Kumar Venkatachalam
Psychotherapy per se would not have flourished a lot in India pre 2000 time period. But that has changed a lot. Even now people in villages may not come for it. Urban and sub urban do. 15- 20 years back when I started my hypnotherapy practice I could still manage a decent practice. Most of my practice was 2 – 5 sessions even though there were a few I could not do much for, (my failing) but who had nowhere else to go since there was no one else in my whole state who was practicing psychotherapy. But I think with hypnotherapy things can be brief and also impress people that something is being done. otherwise people discount psychotherapy in India, as talk therapy. They would not go for it. They get enough counseling and advice as part of the community interaction, extended family etc. and they say they do not need more of the same from a professional and also pay for it.