Hira Barna Kakati

05/07/2025

Mindfulness 🖤
Be present in the present moment 🖤

08/06/2025

My viewpoint on the topic "Does education prepare the youth for the real world?" got published today 8th June, 2025 in the 'People Speak' section of the Sunday Reading Edition of The Assam Tribune.

03/06/2025

Did you know? 🌼🌼

29/04/2025

Limiting beliefs can be eliminated with the help of Counselling/Psychotherapy. All is needed is to come forward and seek Mental Health Help for your mental well-being 🌈

02/04/2025

Autistic children are gifted in a true sense.
Along with love and care they really needed to be understood and accepted by their parents as well as by the society.


💙💙

29/03/2025

My Mandala Artwork ✍️

When thoughts take different shapes.... lines, curves, circles, triangles

Mandala art is one of the most important and widely used forms of artistic expression therapy whether used as a form of self-care or as a part of a therapeutic intervention. It holds great psychological significance as a tool for self-exploration, emotional regulation, and promoting an inner sense of peace and balance.

Carl Jung, a pioneer of analytical psychology believed that mandala drawing can help individuals integrate psychological divisions and enhances psychological harmony, potentially leading to greater sense of self-understanding and well-being.

Benefits of Mandala Art Therapy are :

1. Stress Management
2. Anxiety Reduction
3. Depression Reduction
4. Trauma Recovery
5. Increased Focus and Concentration
6. Enhanced Creativity
7. Improved Mental Well-being

17/03/2025

Counselling or talk therapy or psychotherapy aims to help a person struggling with a mental health issue or challenges like stress, anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), ADHD, personality disorders etc by providing a safe space where clients can freely express their thoughts, feelings and experiences.

Through talk therapy sessions, therapists verbally apply scientifically validated procedures and strategies that have been proven effective through peer-reviewed studies to help the clients in overcoming their emotional distress, getting clarity and developing healthier, more effective habits.

So, begin your healing journey through talk therapy sessions without any fear or hesitation for your mental well-being ✨ ✨

13/03/2025

"You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you feel and do about what happens to you"
~ Viktor E. Frankl

08/03/2025

💔💔 Break-up is widely understood as the ending of a romantic relationship, which can significantly impact mental health, potentially leading to feelings of sadness, and anxiety and even increased risk of suicidal ideation.

The 7 stages that a person emotionally goes through after a break-up are:

1. Shock - Shock is an immediate reaction after the break-up. This is a phase of disbelief as you were used to being with a person, and now suddenly they aren't a part of your life anymore. In this stage you question yourself and want some answers from your ex.

2. Denial - The second stage, followed by shock, is often denial. Here people refuse to accept the reality and bottle up their emotions.
Those who go though break-ups think that if they don't accept the truth, it didn't really happen, leaving a reunion chance.

3. Anger - In this phase, the heart becomes fueled with anger towards your ex for his/her part in the break-up, or perhaps towards yourself for your part. A lot of negative self-talk, regretful and angry conversations happen with oneself. The reason for all this is to find something or someone to blame.

4. Pain - It is the intense distress and discomfort experience. The pain of a break-up manifests as feelings of sadness, grief, longing, anger, and sometimes even physical symptoms like difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, and stomach aches.

5. Bargaining - In this stage you want to fix things that has happened in the past where you feel that you have done wrong that might have lead to the break-up.

6. Depression - The phase where you are emotionally very very low, feel to do nothing. Just grieving over the whole situation.

7. Acceptance - Here one accepts the fact that the relationship is no more there and will have to move on in your life.

It is emphasized that individuals going through a break-up need social support networks and professional mental health help when dealing with it especially if the emotional impact is severe.

15/01/2025

04/12/2024

A nostalgic memory of 2019 working as a Psychologist for the Regional Rehabilitation Centre (RRC) at Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital, Panbazar, Guwahati.

01/12/2024

Work mode at a Health Camp 🩺