About Us
My Story
"Since 2012, I have spent years of my life to see clients every day, literally every day. The more I saw people in therapy, the more I realised how much those 60 mins of my (any therapist for that matter) time and presence makes a difference in their life. Clients have shared their deepest thoughts & feelings and dreams & secrets and fears and fantasies. And soon I realised how essential it is to humanise the relationship between yourself and the client. It became more important to make a connection and provide a safe space for the client to be able to share the innermost workings of their heart, mind and self with me."
Ruchika Kanwal
Founder & Clinical Psychologist
Our Story, Our Mission
‘Anam Cara’ pronounced as Anam-kaa-ruh is the beautiful Celtic phrase which loosely translates as ‘Soulmate’. ‘Anam’ is the Irish Gaelic word for ‘soul’, ‘cara’ translates from Irish (Gaelic) to friend. So, the literal meaning is soul friend. But it doesn’t just describe the union of two people as a couple or friends but rather, it describes a very specific and special relationship between any two people.
Your Anam Cara always accepts you as you truly are, holding you in beauty and light. In order to appreciate this relationship, you must first recognize your own inner light and beauty. This is not always easy to do but that is what therapy is about. To know yourself, your strength and your weakness without being judged is the essence of therapy and counselling and our Mission.
Anam-kaa-ruh, A Vision
Anam-kaa-ruh resonated quite a lot to the Vision of my practice. Just like an Anam Cara, as a Therapist I am not just focussed in immediate results, but commit to be unconditionally present for the needs of my client. I don’t offer easy answers or a quick fix to my client’s issue but build a connection that enables me to go deeper with them into their internal experience and identify patterns in their lives that probably served them at some point but are no longer helpful.