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Aakanksha Kanojia

I’m Aakanksha Kanojia (she/her) — a Counselling Psychologist & Psychotherapist, and the Founder of HopeAlive Wellness Private Limited. I hold with over 11 years of Counselling and Psychotherapy experience. 

 

My work is integrated, trauma-informed, mindfulness-based, and depth-oriented — blending emotional safety with structure so that therapy doesn’t stay stuck at understanding.

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This practice is built for therapy that is warm, deeply human, non-pathologising, and structured enough to create lasting change — not just insight. 

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It is paced for real integration—especially for clients navigating attachment wounds, emotional dysregulation, complex relational trauma, self-worth injuries, and relationship patterns.

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I work with individuals, couples, and families- who may look like they’re managing life — but internally feel tense, heavy, stuck, reactive, or emotionally tired. 

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I offer online sessions (India and global) and in-person sessions in Gurugram, Haryana. 

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Best first step: A short intro call to check fit and recommend a starting path.

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“Sometimes, the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up."

 

- Brené Brown

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Who I support

People come to me for many reasons — not only trauma. I commonly support:

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  • Anxiety, stress, burnout, chronic overthinking, hypervigilance

  • Perfectionism, shame, self-criticism, people pleasing, conflict sensitivity, emotional wounds/overwhelm

  • Transitions & identity shifts (including “I don’t feel like myself anymore” phases) i.e. self-worth injuries, shame, identity transitions, body image distress

  • LGBTQIA+ / queer and trans folks* — identity-safe, affirming therapy

  • Relationship concerns and attachment wounds: conflict cycles, rupture & repair, communication, trust, chasing, distancing, fear of abandonment or neglect

  • Family dynamics and patterns shaped by earlier experiences i.e. childhood emotional neglect, criticism, instability, complex relational trauma

  • Children/adolescents and parents: grief and complicated family relationships including grief for a parent who was emotionally absent — or for one who isn’t alive anymore, yet still shapes your inner world.

 

If you’re unsure whether your concern “counts,” you’re welcome to begin anyway. I will help you find clarity.

How therapy with me feels like

My style is relational, paced, and non-pathologising. We don’t just talk about what happened — we work with what your system learned to do for safety (control, shutdown, people-pleasing, over-functioning, avoidance, overthinking).​

Therapy here is not just insight — it’s integration. Our work often includes:

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  • Clarity: mapping patterns, triggers, relationship loops, and what your system is protecting you from

  • Capacity: building emotional regulation and nervous-system tools so you can feel without flooding or shutting down

  • Deeper repair (when appropriate): working with root wounds and memory networks safely, at your pace

  • Relational change: boundaries, communication, secure connection, and repair after rupture

  • Integration: changes that hold under real stress, not only in a calm week

 

We review progress periodically so therapy doesn’t feel endless or vague.

How I work

I use an integrative, evidence-informed approach, choosing methods based on your needs:

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  • Mindfulness-based/ Presence-oriented therapy to reduce reactivity and build steadier awareness within the body

  • CBT / REBT / behaviour therapy tools for thought patterns, coping and skill-building

  • EMDR and other trauma based modalities for stuck emotional responses and distressing memories imprints showing up in body and mind.

  • Art/expressive methods when words aren’t enough

  • Queer-affirmative, identity-safe care: where I know, identity is not what needs fixing. The pain around it—shame, fear, rejection, isolation—deserves support. Focussing on strengthening chosen belonging, rebuild self-trust, and navigate relationships, family systems, and society with more steadiness and agency.

Credentials

Education Includes:

  • B.A. (H) in Applied Psychology, University of Delhi

  • M.A. in Applied Psychology (Clinical and Counselling Practices ), TISS, Mumbai.

 

My training includes

  • EMDR Basic level 1 & 2, Trauma Recovery (HAP) | EMDR Asia | EMDR Association of India

  • Queer Affirmative Counselling Practices, Mariwala Health Initiative

  • Post Graduate Advance Diploma in Mindfulness & Presence- Oriented Psychotherapy: Integrating Compassion and Wisdom- A Non Dual Approach, Just Being Center, Pune & TISS, Mumbai

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