Deepa Kumar

Why talk to me

My approach brings together the body and the mind. I work at the intersection of talk therapy and somatic work, helping you not just understand what you’re going through, but also feel it, process it, and slowly move through it in a way that’s grounded in your body.

I’ve spent the last six years in deep professional training, four years in Transactional Analysis and ongoing training in the Somatic Experiencing Professional Program with internationally accredited organizations. This combination allows me to work with both stories and sensations, patterns and nervous system responses. For many of my clients, that opens up a deeper kind of shift, not just intellectual clarity, but real, embodied change.

My presence in the room is calm, attuned, intuitive, empathetic and full of compassion. I am creative and holistic in my approach and I’ll always check in with what feels okay for you. You don’t have to have the words ready, I’ll meet you wherever you are.

I’ve been fortunate to work with clients across multiple continents and a wide range of life experiences and psychological concerns. If you’re looking for a therapist who can help you tune into what your mind and body are both trying to say, I’d be glad to work with you.

I have 450+ hours of training and supervision to deal with a variety of concerns like:

• "I want to work through feelings of shame and guilt."
• "I want to improve my relationship with my partner or family."
• "I want to process grief."
• "I want to feel more confident handling life’s ups and downs."
• "I’m feeling overwhelmed."
• "I am emotionally drained."
• "I’ve been through some difficult experiences and want to feel like myself again."
• "I want to manage my anxiety better."
• "I struggle with how I see myself and my body."
• "Work used to excite me, but now it just drains me."
• "I am struggling to manage my boss’s expectations."
• "I have no work-life balance."
• "I end up doing tasks that nobody wants to do."
• "I feel taken for granted by my team."

Approaches I use

• Relational Therapy
• Redecision Therapy
• Somatic Experiencing

Therapy modalities I use

• Transactional Analysis (TA)
• Somatic Experiencing
• Psychodrama
• Elements of existential therapy

Languages I speak

English, Tamil, Kannada & Hindi (can understand)

My Qualifications

• BSc Microbiology from St Josephs College
• MSc Microbiology from Maharanis College of Arts and Science
• M.Sc, Psychology from Jain University (Pursuing)
• Diploma in Transactional Analysis from SAATA
• Transactional Analysis Advance Practitioner from SAATA
• Introduction to Relational Transactional Analysis from Prabhava IIMH
• Basics of Psychodrama from Navgati
• SE Professional Training Programme from Somatic Experiencing International (Ongoing)