Saiyami Juvekar

“If you come looking for the stereotypical therapist acting in expert authority,” Saiyami Juvekar warns on her website, “I shall be a disappointment.” It’s a line that tells you almost everything you need to know about how she practises. Warm, unpretentious, and completely unshockable, she creates a safe space where clients — many of whom have tried other therapists first — describe clicking instantly.

Saiyami holds a Masters in Counselling Psychology from the University of Mumbai (2021) and has over eight years of experience in mental-health counselling and special-needs education. Her path through the field is notably varied: internship work during her master’s, then a role as a counsellor in an international school, then a junior project officer position at an NGO working on child sexual abuse, and now her own independent practice in Mumbai. Her toolkit spans trauma-informed therapy, interpersonal communication, building self-esteem, and what she describes as an “integrated wellbeing approach” that includes holistic nutrition — nourishment, in her phrase, at the body-soul-spirit levels.

She is also the founder of Your Wellbeing Hive and a prolific writer on mental health. Her Substack, Living Landscapes, publishes grounded, jargon-free pieces on anxiety, body awareness, manifestation, and the neurobiology of stress. She writes regularly for SheThePeople, with recent essays on the courage to walk away from relationships and the quiet lessons festivals teach us about letting go. The voice across all of her work is the same — warm, clinically informed, and allergic to empty positivity.

Clients describe Saiyami’s therapy as transformational without being dramatic. “She’s friendly, non-judgmental and deeply knowledgeable about trauma, abuse, interpersonal communication, building self-esteem and overall holistic improvement,” one wrote. Another: “She creates a safe space for you to open up and is always there a phone call/text away.” In a profession where too many practitioners hide behind jargon and clinical distance, Saiyami’s greatest strength is being genuinely in the room with you — which, as her clients keep discovering, is where real therapy begins.