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My daughter Rakhi, 18 years old, 5’6” tall, weighs only 37 kg. Her actual weight should be around 50 kg looking at her age and built. Even then, she feels that she is overweight and wants to lose 3 kgs…

My sister, Amisha, 28 years old, lives in Pune. Her husband, Sandeep, a businessman is a very dominating person. They have a small child, Priya, who is just 2 years old. Amisha is unable to adapt to Sandeep’s dominance and…

Last week we were looking at the possible interventions that Manoj and Riya could undertake so that they could improve their marital relationship. It is often important to process the negative experiences – to talk them through, resolve them, understand…

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 son, Adit is 12 years old and studies in the 7th grade. He watches television for at least 3-4 hours per day. One day it is a movie, the other day it is a serial, which he must watch…

My son, Aryan is 14 years old. Since the last one year, our communication seems to have taken a turn for the worse. He feels that I am unable to understand him, however, I feel that he is being more…

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, with his business clients and with his acquaintances. On 10th October, 2001, the family…

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, which he has built, are damaged every now and then and the tenants…

Raj had begun to show improvement in his attitude towards school, but there were still moments when he felt unsure of himself. While he had started taking interest in certain subjects, he often compared himself with other students and felt…