Therapy that starts with a conversation, not a form
A free first consultation with a licensed therapist, an assessment before anyone is matched to you, and the option to change therapist at any point without explaining why.
What we work with
And, below each, what we would refer elsewhere.
Anxiety and panic
CBT and exposure work, usually eight to sixteen sessions. Acute panic with a cardiac history goes to a physician first — we will say so at the consultation.
Depression and low mood
Behavioural activation and CBT. Where medication is likely to help we refer to a psychiatrist and work alongside them rather than instead of them.
Relationships and family
Couples and family sessions, both parties present. We do not take on one partner to work on the other, which is a request we get and decline.
Trauma and PTSD
EMDR and trauma-focused CBT with clinicians trained in both. Active crisis or risk to life needs emergency services, not an appointment in nine days.
How it works
Three steps, and you can stop after the first at no cost.
Free consultation
Thirty minutes with a licensed therapist to talk about what brought you. No charge, no obligation, and no notes kept if you do not continue.
Assessment and intake
A structured session covering history, goals and risk. This is what the match is made on — matching before it is guesswork dressed as a service.
Matched to a therapist
Usually within four working days. If the fit is wrong you tell the coordinator, not the therapist, and you are moved without a conversation about it.
We guide you through your mental health recovery
Healance is eleven licensed therapists working out of two rooms in Gariahat, with a coordinator who does the matching so that no clinician is assessing their own suitability. Everybody here holds an RCI licence or an M.Phil in clinical psychology, and the register number is on each profile below. Session notes belong to you: ask and they are shared, which is a right people rarely know they have.
The clinicians
Register numbers are published because you are entitled to check them.
Dr Sarah Winters
Trauma-focused CBT and EMDR. Fourteen years, previously at a tertiary hospital.
Ranjan Bose
Anxiety, panic and OCD. Runs the intake assessments.
Dr Meher Sethi
Systemic family therapy. Both parties present, always.
Iqbal Hussain
Does the matching, takes the calls, and is who you tell if the fit is wrong.
From people who came here
The trauma from my accident haunted me for two years. The free consultation is the reason I came at all — I had cancelled on two other practices because paying two thousand rupees to find out whether I could talk to someone felt like a bet I would lose. Fourteen sessions later I finally feel like myself.
The first conversation costs nothing
Thirty minutes, a licensed therapist, and no notes kept if you decide not to continue.