Case Studies

Using the “Wish List” technique My 9-year-old daughter’s list of needs seems to be getting longer than mine. And most of the time the items on the list [...]

The Exchange Siya is a 13-year-old teenager. She is an avid reader and has joined a local library to borrow books she likes to read. She also prefers [...]

My son Rohan is 16. Yesterday when I was putting his jeans in the washing machine, I found a condom in his pocket. Is my boy having sex? [...]

Using the “What and How” approach Sumit was from a middle-class family, 14 years old, and an excellent student. Suddenly he became unmotivated. He refused to do his [...]

Sapna is a beautiful, bright girl who loves singing. She is quite talented but very shy. Her mother worried a great deal about her and her future. She [...]

Seema is 10 years old and she is a compulsive liar. She stole 100 rupees from her mother’s purse while she was sleeping. She lied to her [...]

My 18-year-old son became a drug addict in a hostel. How I discovered his addiction and helped him overcome it? Manas, my 18-year-old son left home for [...]

Sikha Sehgal is a single mother after her husband expired in a road accident. She is 29 years old and has a child who is 7 years [...]

Sushant is a 14-year-old, who has always been quiet and reserved by nature. He is a bright and quiet boy who always got very good grades in [...]

Anand is a restless 9-year-old boy and is in the habit of constantly moving his hands. He must move his hands about when he speaks. No amount [...]

The negotiation technique My two children Mahira and Rohan, aged 11 and 9 got into a terrible fight about something and all hell broke loose. I did [...]

Kiran’s daughter, Sheeba is almost 5 years old and would wet her bed occasionally. Kiran would scream at Sheeba every morning when she would see an occurrence [...]

Malati had a great career as a computer analyst before she had her baby. She used to work long hours and her job was very tiring and consuming. [...]

I am the mother of a 6-year-old boy and handling him would wear me out physically and emotionally. He would throw tantrums at everything. Toys, eating, going out, [...]

Mrinalini (my 5-year-old) had a big fight with her 10-year-old brother (my biological son) and he told her she was adopted and we would send her back to [...]