Listen before diagnosing
The first sessions are largely about understanding the full picture — history, relationships, and what's actually being asked for — before naming anything or suggesting a plan.
A short background on how the practice started, what guides it today, and the credentials behind it.
Sanjeev Sharma began counseling in 1999, working first with school-referred children before expanding into adolescent, family and marital counselling as his practice grew. Over 2 decades, the work has widened to include medical-linked psychological support, personality and self-esteem concerns, and the specific pressures that come with divorce, dating, and later-life transitions such as post-menopause.
He continues to see clients in person at Vasant Kunj, New Delhi and also does home visits, keeping caseloads deliberately manageable so that each person is genuinely known rather than processed.
The first sessions are largely about understanding the full picture — history, relationships, and what's actually being asked for — before naming anything or suggesting a plan.
Techniques are drawn from cognitive-behavioural therapy and family systems work, but always translated into specific, doable steps between sessions.
For family, couple, and co-parenting cases, sessions are structured to include the people who actually need to be in the room — not just the one who booked the appointment.
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