Hi, my name is Garima

Dr Garima Chaturvedi, founder of the Talking Couch Therapy, is a Counselling Psychologist by profession. She is registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) in the United Kingdom, and is also a practising psychologist in India. Her interest and expertise lies in working with trauma and mood presentations.

She is originally from India but currently lives in London.

She speaks Hindi and English fluently.

About us

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Qualifications

Doctorate of Counselling Psychology
MA in Psychology (spl. in Clinical Psychology)
BA (Hons) in Psychology

Her work includes :

With 1000+ hours of therapeutic experience, Garima has extensive experience supporting individuals across diverse ages, cultures, and life stages globally.
Her background includes work in adult community mental health teams, addiction services, children & adolescent mental health services, schools, universities and inclusive learning centers, forensic settings as well as private practice.
Garima’s therapeutic approach is integrative, relational and tailored to each individual. Her therapy is underpinned by Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), with techniques incorporated from person-centered approaches, systemic thinking, attachment-based work, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
Garima holds specialist interest in working with complex trauma and addictions, including behavioural addictions.
With a commitment to inclusive care, Garima works extensively with neurodiverse individuals, offering compassionate support tailored to their specific life stages and experiences.

Our Vision

Talking Couch Therapy was born out of a personal need for connection.

While seeking therapy for herself during her doctoral training in the UK, Garima struggled to find a registered psychologist who was fluent in Hindi and truly understood her cultural roots. She knew that therapy is most effective when you can express yourself in the language you most often think and feel in. She also recognised the unique mental health challenges faced by individuals who have their home country. This sparked her mission to create a space where language and culture are never barriers to healing. She envisioned to build a foundation of same-language and non-English speaking therapy services tailored to individual needs for people, especially those struggling to navigate life outside of their home country.

Through a personalised and culturally sensitive approach, therapy at Talking Couch Therapy aims to provide mental health support to individuals, both locally and internationally, in a language they understand, fostering a deeper sense of connection and healing.