Talking about difficult things is hard enough without doing it in your second language.
Bilingual speakers process emotion differently across their languages. Research on this — often described as reduced emotional resonance in a second language — consistently finds that people report feeling less intensely when they speak about emotional material in a language learned later in life. That distance is useful when you want to stay composed in a meeting. It is a problem in therapy, where the aim is to reach the feeling rather than manage it.
There is a practical dimension too. Family structures, obligations, forms of address and the specific weight of certain expectations often have precise words in Hindi and only clumsy approximations in English. When a client has to translate before speaking, two things get lost: accuracy, and the time spent explaining context instead of doing the work.
Hindi is spoken widely across North and Central India, and among Hindi-speaking communities worldwide, and sessions are available for clients both in India and overseas.
Tell us your language preference when you book and we will match you with a therapist who speaks it.
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