Emotional care, designed by psychologists
Mumbai · since 2014
Some of it you have a word for. Most of
it you don’t.
Therapy, tools and writing for the things you’ve been carrying.
What brings people in
You might not have a word for it yet.
Most people don’t arrive with a diagnosis. They arrive with a feeling they’ve been carrying a while. See if one of these sounds like yours.
“My mind won’t switch off.”
The 2am replays. The conversations you keep rerunning. It has a reason. It also has a way out.Anxiety therapy → Relationships & attachment“Why do I keep ending up here?”
The same fight, a new face. Patterns aren’t flaws. Learned things can be unlearned.Relationship therapy → Burnout & work“I’m tired in a way sleep doesn’t fix.”
When rest stops working, it was never about rest. Let’s find what’s actually draining you.Burnout therapy → Low mood & flatness“Nothing’s wrong. I just feel nothing.”
Not sadness exactly. More like the colour drained out. You don’t need a reason to bring it in.Therapy for low mood → Family & the desi household“They mean well. It still hurts.”
Love, guilt and duty, knotted together. You won’t have to explain the household first. We already know it.Read: the half of log kya kahenge → Grief & change“I should be over this by now.”
There’s no “by now.” The losses nobody else counts as loss — they count here.Grief counselling →swipe →
Therapy is for people in crisis carrying something too long.
¹ From our most-read page, Do I need therapy? — the people who’d gain most are usually the surest they don’t need it.
How it starts
It starts with a hello. Not an assessment.
Most people aren’t avoiding therapy. They’re avoiding the version in their head. It's usually a verdict, a couch, something you can’t leave.
An intro call
know what it's about
Come as you are
say it as it is
You set the pace
you're never pushed
Stop whenever
no pressure!You do have to do one thing: pick a time.15 minutes, free, with a psychologist. Then you decide.
No candles. No affirmations. No marks. No “you’ve got this.” Just psychologists and the truth before the reassurance.
Honest before reassuring. Specific beats vague. Hard things are actually hard.
Not ready for a room?
Start here. It’s free, and nothing is stored.
Short clinical check-ins, built by our psychologists. No login, no email, no score kept anywhere but your phone.
Free · 3 minutes
Do I need therapy?
Helps you decide whether therapy is for you now.
Turn the cards → start here ↓
Free · 2 minutes
Anxiety test (GAD-7)
Questions clinicians use in a first session. Scored on your device only.
Take the test →
Free · 2 minutes
Check-in games
Two-minute grounding and check-in tools for the nights that run loud. Play, don’t read.
Check in →swipe →
Who we work with
One practice. Four rooms.
Everything we teach and everything we build for companies comes out of the same room we sit in every day.
One-to-one therapy, online or in Lower Parel.
Book an intro call →
For youCouples
Relationship therapy, without the performance.
Couples therapy →
For youOrganisations
Employee care programmes, manager training, and the honest number on whether your support gets used.
Take the free 5-minute audit →
For youTherapists
Training for psychologists and counsellors — taught by practitioners who still see clients.
See the training →
The Thought Co. is a psychologist-led therapy practice in Lower Parel, Mumbai, working online across India and with the Indian diaspora since 2014. Founded by Priyanka Kartari, a psychologist with dual Master’s degrees in clinical and counselling psychology; every therapist here is a trained psychologist. We offer individual and couples therapy, free clinical check-ins, psychologist-designed journals and tools, workplace mental-health programmes for organisations, and training for psychologists and therapists.