Author: Dr. Darshan Shah

I am Rohit, 36 years old, working as a manager in a bank. I have 2 children – Prasad aged 12 years and Rohini aged 9 years. Prasad was weak in his studies right from the beginning and would pass…

Last week, we looked at the impact of mental retardation on a person’s personality and the characteristics through the case of Prasad. A few interventions can be implemented for the mentally retarded adolescent. It has been found that the living…

My friend Manoj, a cardiologist, and his wife, Riya, an anesthetist, got married on 02/02/02. On 03/03/03, they are on the verge of a divorce. The reason is communication failure between the two. Both feel that the other person does…

My daughter Deval, 10 years old, studying in the 5th standard finds her studies very difficult. Earlier, she used to score 70-80 % marks and now she is struggling to reach even 60 %. She also failed in one subject…

Sahil, a 29-year-old businessman, lives with his wife and child in a posh locality of Ahmedabad. He gets on fantastically well with his neighbours, business clients, and acquaintances. On 10th October 2001, the family is in a multiplex watching the…

Ajay is a 38-year-old builder. He has an outstanding debt of 4 crores. He refuses to pay the money even though he has it. The apartments he has built are damaged every now and then, and the tenants are always…

My son Raj is 14 years old, and there is a constant complaint from him that he does not like to go to school. He says that there is nothing worthwhile taught in school these days and that the teachers…

Rahul is a 30-year-old MBA working as a marketing executive in a bank. His wife, Mitali, 28, an interior designer from Bombay, works from home. Theirs was an arranged marriage, and it has been two years since then. It is…

Sachin and Hema got married through the Times Matrimonial on Dec. 1, 2001. Sachin is 28, an IT professional, while Hema, 26, is a teacher in a school. Their courtship was hardly for about a month and they had practically…

Karan, 15 years old, studies in the 11th standard of a prestigious English medium school in Ahmedabad. He came here from Junagadh where he lived with his parents. He was a very obedient son, would study well and scored 91%…