# Rashmi Poduval — Mental Health Counsellor, Bengaluru > Mental health counsellor in Bengaluru supporting individuals, couples and adolescents through anxiety, stress, grief, relationship challenges and life transitions. ## About Rashmi Poduval is a mental health counsellor based in Bengaluru, working with adolescents, young adults, working professionals and couples. She supports people as they navigate relationship concerns, career challenges, anxiety, stress, grief and life transitions. Before transitioning into counselling, Rashmi spent more than two decades in the corporate sector as a software engineer, specialising in embedded technologies. This experience has given her firsthand insight into the demands of professional life, workplace pressures, relationships at work, the many transitions that can arise over the course of a long career and the challenge of balancing it all with personal life. Alongside her professional journey, Rashmi has been a Steiner Waldorf parent for over a decade. The philosophy and principles of Steiner Waldorf education have deeply influenced the way she understands childhood, adolescence, development, relationships and parenting. She draws on these perspectives in her own parenting journey and brings the insights she has gained into her work with parents and mentoring. Her diverse professional and life experiences allow her to connect with people across different stages of life. She particularly enjoys working with young adults, working professionals, adolescents and individuals navigating midlife transitions, bringing empathy, curiosity and practical insight into the counselling space. ## Approach Rashmi integrates the following modalities in her therapy sessions: - Person-Centered Approach (Rogerian): Being with the person before working on the problem. - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Understanding patterns of thought, emotion and behaviour. - Mindfulness-Based Counselling: Developing awareness, presence and a deeper way of relating to experience. ## Services (individual counselling) - **Individual Counselling** — One-to-one counselling sessions that offer a safe, confidential and non-judgmental space to explore what is weighing on you. Whether you are navigating anxiety, relationship difficulties, a career crossroads or simply a feeling that something needs to change — this work begins where you actually are. - **Stress & Anxiety** — Support for the persistent tension, worry and overwhelm that can take hold when life's demands outpace your inner resources. Together we identify patterns, build practical regulation tools and create a different relationship with the experiences that feel most difficult. - **Couples & Relationship Counselling** — Couples counselling to help you and your partner understand each other more fully — improving communication, rebuilding trust and working through the patterns that keep you stuck. Whether you are at a crossroads or simply want to deepen your connection, this is a space for honest, constructive work together. - **Workplace Stress & Burnout** — Support for working professionals navigating the specific pressures of career demands, difficult workplace dynamics, role uncertainty and the chronic exhaustion that burnout brings. Practical, empathetic and grounded in the reality of professional life. - **Grief Counselling** — Compassionate support for navigating loss — of a person, a relationship, a role or a version of life you had planned. Grief is not a problem to solve or a stage to move past. This is space to sit with it, understand it and find your own way through — with care and without rushing. - **Parenting Mentorship** — Mentorship for parents navigating the challenges of raising children and adolescents — understanding development, strengthening family communication and finding a more grounded way to be present. You do not have to navigate any of this quietly or alone. - **Midlife Transitions** — Support for the significant shifts of midlife: career changes, identity questions, relationship transitions and the particular grief and freedom that come when long-held certainties soften. This is a space to pause, reflect and decide what comes next on your own terms. ## Who Rashmi works with - **Adolescents** — Supporting young people as they navigate identity, relationships, emotions, academic pressures and transitions. - **Young Adults** — Creating space to explore identity, relationships, career choices, independence and life transitions. - **Working Professionals** — Working through stress, burnout, workplace challenges, relationships and questions around balance and purpose. - **Couples** — Supporting couples in understanding patterns, improving communication, navigating conflict and strengthening their relationship. ## Qualifications & training - Diploma in Counselling Skills — Banjara Academy - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) — Beck Institute Training - Mindfulness-Based Counselling — Just Being Center - Marriage Counselling — Darwin Psychology Centre - Grief Counselling — Darwin Psychology Centre - Student Counselling — Darwin Psychology Centre - Life Skills & Emotional Intelligence (EI) — Darwin Psychology Centre - Child & Adolescent Development — Banjara Academy ## How to get started 1. **Reach Out** — Share a little about what brings you here — in complete confidence. 2. **Get Guidance** — Availability and next steps are shared clearly and privately. 3. **Book Your Call** — Choose a suitable time for your free 30-minute consultation. 4. **Begin Working Together** — Ongoing counselling sessions, at your own pace. ## Contact - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Email: connect@rashmipoduval.com - Phone / WhatsApp: +91 63601 69488 - Website: https://rashmipoduval.com/ ## Pages - [Home](https://rashmipoduval.com/): everything above, plus the free self-reflection assessment and the guided breathing tool - [Privacy Policy](https://rashmipoduval.com/privacy-policy.html) - [Terms & Conditions](https://rashmipoduval.com/terms.html) ## Note The on-site assessment is a self-reflection tool, not a clinically validated diagnostic assessment, and is not a substitute for professional evaluation or diagnosis.