Lekshailee Elliah - Psychologue GMBPsS

19/09/2025

17/09/2025

16/09/2025

This post is for awareness purposes only. If you of someone around you is experiencing suicidal thoughts or crisis, please reach out to Befrienders Mauritius...

09/09/2025

Overthinking and how to solve it

"Overthinking leads to hesitation and stress, making life more complicated than it needs to be.But often, people brush it off, allowing it to spiral into constant self-doubt, missed chances, and strained relationships," says Dr. Sylvia Mercer, Ph.D. in neuroscience.

30/07/2025

Why It’s Best Not to Share Information Before the Therapy Session

While it can be tempting to send long messages, emails, or voice notes about your concerns before your therapy session, it’s usually best to wait and discuss these things during the appointment. Here’s why:

1. Context Matters

In therapy, how you say something is just as important as what you say. Your psychologist observes your tone, emotions, and reactions — all of which are missing in written messages. Without the full context, your psychologist may misinterpret or miss important nuances.

2. Protecting Your Emotional Safety

Unloading sensitive information before a session can leave you feeling vulnerable, anxious, or exposed — especially if your psychologist can’t respond in depth until the session. Discussing things live allows for immediate support, grounding, and clarification.

3. Efficient Use of Time

Sessions are structured to explore your experiences in a focused, guided way. Pre-sharing too much can take the session off track, or lead to spending time revisiting details you already wrote — which might feel repetitive or frustrating.

4. Maintaining Boundaries

Therapy works best within clear professional boundaries. When you send detailed updates or disclosures outside of session time, it may blur the lines between therapy and casual conversation, which can affect the therapeutic relationship.

5. Shared Responsibility

Holding onto what you want to say and expressing it in the session empowers you to take an active role in your healing. It builds emotional regulation, self-awareness, and confidence — all of which are core goals in therapy.

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What You Can Do Instead:
• Jot down notes before your session so you remember key points you want to talk about.
• Ask your psychologist at the start of the session if you can begin with a particular issue.
• If something urgent happens between sessions, reach out only if it’s necessary, and follow the boundaries your psychologist has shared about contact between sessions.

09/04/2025

Three states of living. Where do you want to be?

09/04/2025

Here’s a little 10mins Sleep meditation for those who need it tonight ☺️✨

If you are feeling restless, listen to this guided meditation to ease your mind and body into falling asleep. Written and Narrated by John Davisi. John is a ...

08/04/2025

29/03/2025

Hi guys! Im not in Mauritius at the moment. I will let you know when i am back to business. In the meantime, take care ☺️

03/01/2025

Happy New Year 2025 guys! 🥳🎆
So many of you have messaged me these past few days and it makes me so happy and grateful to see that therapy has helped you and that you are now closer to your goals and keeping better track of your mental health ☺️

I am so proud of each and every one of you for the great progress and hard work! Working on yourself is the hardest job in the world and by now you know what I mean 😋

I wish you all so many good things for 2025 and I can’t wait to come back and carry on with our sessions!

Cheers
Your favorite psychologist 😋
Shailee

10/11/2024

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

CARE Medical & Paramedical Centre will close at 2 pm on Monday 11th November