Sudha Thimmaiah

Internationally Certified Counsellor

• Provisional Teaching & Supervising Transactional Analyst (Counselling)

• Client Centered Therapy, Vishwas, Bangalore

• Diploma in Counselling, United Theological College, Bangalore

Sudha comes from an interdependent, extended family with a strong power structure in place. A happy child, she excelled in both, academics and sports. However, the experience of sexual abuse as a child cast a dark shadow on her personality. Her parents stood up for her, and were ostracized by the close-knit family. She carried the shame and guilt for a long time, compensating with the pursuit of excellence in all areas of her life.

Her first experience with mental illness in her marriage left her paralyzed. The breakdown led to what she then saw as hysteria and violence. Confused, helpless and disturbed, she turned to therapy for answers.

At therapy, she got a non-judgmental ear, encouraging her to reveal the unresolved issues of her childhood. She worked through her feelings of trauma and the patterns that were limiting her. She finally felt liberated from her past, and chose to see herself beyond a victim of abuse.

Sudha’s own journey has given her deep insights into Indian culture and family systems. She works with her clients on their need for individual identity in the context of larger expectations from society. Through her approach, her clients have broken out of a boxed framework of their life, to experience freedom and connection with themselves and others. In Sudha, clients see a safe and supportive person, highly capable of empathy and unconditional positive acceptance.

Over the years she has dealt with addiction, complex relationships, issues regarding work-life balance and disorders like depression and anxiety, with the consistent ability to form a supportive, mutually respectful relationship with each of her clients.