Our Team
Pause for Perspective was christened in 2015. It was founded by Aarathi Selvan who had an established private practice since 2010.
We are a team of clinical psychologists, psychological counselors, counselling psychologists and educationists who offer space and presence for the unfolding of human experience. We help individuals understand themselves, live intentionally, resist the impact of trauma, anxieties and life’s challenges to access preferred territories of our lives. We offer one-on-one counseling and psychotherapy, group counseling, family, couples counseling as well as counseling for children. We also work with clients online.
Pause, as we lovingly call our space, supports several non-governmental organizations and collectives in Hyderabad and around the country.
Our approach combines several modalities of counseling and therapy. Our team is trained in Mindfulness and Narrative Practices. We integrate our work with other modalities of psychotherapy such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Developmental Model of Couples work, Relational Life Therapy, Imago therapy, EMDR, Attachment perspective, Gestalt and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
Aarathi Selvan
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Aarathi Selvan is the Founder-Director at Pause for Perspective. She is Clinical Psychologist, Psychological Counselor, Mindfulness Practitioner, Supervisor and Teacher. She is also TEDxSpeaker
Divya Raj
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Divya Raj is a Clinical Psychologist, a mindfulness practitioner and a narrative therapist. She sees individuals, couples and geriatric folks in therapy.
Nida Mir
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Nida Mir is a Counseling Psychologist , a mindfulness practitioner and a narrative therapist. They are Pause’s Social Media head, Individual and Group Supervisor and Therapist. They see individuals, and couples in therapy.
Vasavi Eriki
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Vasavi Eriki is a mental health practitioner, art therapy practitioner at Pause for Perspective (PFP). They work primarily in Group Spaces and are not available for Individual appointments.
Eera Vishnoi
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Eera is a psychologist at Pause for Perspective. She specialises in seeing children and adults. She works within school communities and with marginalised communities as well.
Meherin Roshanara
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Meherin is a mental health worker and an individual therapist at Pause for Perspective. They have training in Narrative and Mindfulness practices. They work with queer, neurodivergent and c-ptsd individuals.
Sammy Sahni
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Sammy is an expressive arts therapy practitioner at Pause for Perspective. She specialises in seeing children, family and individuals. She works within school communities and with marginalised communities as well.
Shravani Koduri
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Shravani is a consultant psychotherapist at Pause for Perspective. She specialises in seeing children and adults. She works within school communities and with marginalised communities as well.
Dr. Rachana Chollangi
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Dr. Rachana is a Neuroqueer surgeon and mental health professional who works with individuals, communities and spaces to make mental health and medical care accessible, affirmative and anti oppressive.
Ruhi Sameena
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Ruhi is a consultant mental health professional Pause for Perspective. She works with adults and young people in individual, couples therapy
Manasi Udgirkar
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Manasi is a Mental Health Worker. She was a Fellow at Pause for Perspective. She currently works with adults and young people in individual therapy, group therapy and family therapy.
BN Gayathri
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Gayathri is a mental health worker and completed the fellowship at Pause for Perspective. She works with adults and young people in individual therapy, group therapy and family therapy.
Namrata Ajmani
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Namrata is a consultant Mental Health Worker. She compelted the fellowship at Pause for Perspective. She works with adults and young people in individual, family and group therapy
Trisha Reddy
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Trisha is a consultant mental health worker and completed the Fellowship at Pause for Perspective. She works with adults and young people in individual therapy, group therapy and family therapy.
Promodhni Suresh
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Promodhni is a mental health professional and a consultant at Pause for Perspective. She works with young people in individual therapy.
Batul Hussain
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Batul Hussain is an individual therapist. She works with young people in individual and family therapy. Her work is eclectic in nature, majorly guided by works of Person-Centred, Gestalt and Narrative therapy. She is interested in the intersection of nature based approaches and traditional therapy practices.
Shazia Ahmad (She/her)
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Shazia is a mental health professional and a consultant at Pause for Perspective. She works with people of all ages in individual therapy.
Bhanuja Peddu
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Bhanuja is a Mental Health Practitioner and consultant at Pause. She is trained in Mindfulness and Narrative Practices. She works with children, young adults and couples. She’s trained in mindfulness, narrative practice and trauma informed care with 3 years of experience.
Krishna Priya
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Krishna Priya is a mental health professional and a consultant at Pause for Perspective. She works with adults and young people in individual therapy.
Amala Manohar Vaidya
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Amala is an expressive arts practitioner. They work with adults and young people in individual therapy.
Anjali Alloria
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Anjali Alloria is an Expressive Arts Practitioner and a Mental Health Worker at Pause for Perspective. She is current a Fellow at the Embodied Social Justice for Mental Health Fellowship at Pause for Perspective. She sees children, adults, families and communities.
Nithya Sri Buragadda
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Nithya Sri Buragadda is a Mental Health Worker at Pause for Perspective. She is current a Fellow at the Embodied Social Justice for Mental Health Fellowship at Pause for Perspective. She sees children, adults, families and communities.
Ramya Shruti A
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Ramya Shruti is an Expressive Arts Practitioner, a medical professional and a Mental Health Worker at Pause for Perspective. She is current a Fellow at the Embodied Social Justice for Mental Health Fellowship at Pause for Perspective. She sees children, adults, families and communities.
Anjali Nambiar
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Anjali Nambiar is a Mental Health Worker at Pause for Perspective. She is current a Fellow at the Embodied Social Justice for Mental Health Fellowship at Pause for Perspective. She sees children, adults, families and communities.
Shwetha Kishore
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Shwetha Kishore is a Mental Health Worker at Pause for Perspective. She is current a Fellow at the Embodied Social Justice for Mental Health Fellowship at Pause for Perspective. She sees children, adults, families and communities.