You've built a settled life in Britain — the job, the home, maybe the family. So why does it still feel a little lonely, a little far from yourself? Ruchi Makkar is an Indian psychotherapist offering video therapy in Hindi or English to Indians right across the UK, with no waiting list.
Yes — you can see an Indian therapist from the UK, entirely online over secure video. You'll work with Ruchi Makkar, a Counselling Psychologist (MA Psychology) with over 6 years' experience, in Hindi or English. She understands the things British-Asian life quietly piles on: the long NHS waits for talking therapy, the distance and guilt about ageing parents in India, the pull between two cultures, and the loneliness that can sit underneath an otherwise settled life. Sessions are ₹2,000 (about £19) for 50 minutes — and there's no waiting list.
People of Indian heritage are the largest ethnic-minority group in the UK — roughly 1.9 million at the 2021 Census. That's a huge community, and yet the specific weight of living between two cultures often goes unspoken.
You finally worked up the courage to ask for talking therapy — and then came the wait. Months, sometimes. When you're struggling now, being told there's a queue can feel like being told it isn't urgent. It is.
The calls where they sound a little older. The health updates that arrive slowly. The guilt of being here when you might be needed there. Most of your colleagues won't quite understand that weight — but Ruchi does.
The dark afternoons, the grey weeks, the way the cold pushes everyone indoors. For many Indians in the UK, the winter low is real — and so is the quiet isolation of being far from the warmth and noise of home.
Two people, two careers, no extended family nearby to share the load. Living far from home can put a particular strain on a marriage — and there's rarely anyone to talk to about it honestly.
You want them to keep the language, the values, the connection to family back home — while they grow up thoroughly British. That tension between roots and belonging is real, and it's hard to parent through alone.
When you say you're struggling, the response is often "but you have such a good life there." The people who love you most can't always see the cost. That gap — between how things look and how they feel — is exhausting.
Ruchi Makkar is a postgraduate-trained psychotherapist based in Gurgaon. She works with Indian clients across the UK — London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leicester, Glasgow and beyond — as well as the UAE, USA, Canada, Singapore, and Australia.
She understands the British-Indian experience specifically: the frustration of long NHS waits, the guilt of carrying family responsibility from a distance, the pull between two cultures, and the loneliness that can sit underneath a life that looks perfectly settled from the outside.
Her clinical approach draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and systemic family therapy — adapted to Indian family structures and the realities of diaspora life, not textbook Western assumptions.
"So many of my UK-based clients say the same thing — 'everyone thinks I've made it, so who am I to complain?' That sentence is exactly where we begin. You're allowed to have a good life and still not feel okay." — Ruchi Makkar, Psychotherapist
Three steps from right now to your first session. No commute, no waiting list, no explaining yourself to a stranger who doesn't understand your world.
Send a message to +91 95600 67620. Tell her where you are and what's going on. She replies personally — usually within a few hours.
The UK is roughly 4.5–5.5 hours behind India, so Ruchi's afternoon and evening hours land in your late morning, afternoon, and early evening. Daytime and after-work slots both work — no awkward calls.
Sessions happen on encrypted video. No app to install. Just a browser, a stable connection, and a private spot — your home, a quiet office, wherever you feel comfortable speaking freely.
Settled elsewhere overseas? See our dedicated pages for Indians in the UAE and worldwide NRIs.
NRI Therapy →Therapy isn't just for crises. It's for the slow weight of things that are hard to name — especially when life looks fine from the outside.
The quiet ache of being far from home, the friendships that stay surface-level, the long winters indoors. Loneliness abroad is common — and it's something worth talking through, not just enduring.
Too Indian for some rooms, too Westernised when you go back to India, never quite fully at home in either. That in-between state is psychologically real and worth working through.
The pressure to justify having moved, to keep proving yourself, to hold it all together with no extended family to lean on. Burnout among British-Indian professionals is real and often unacknowledged.
Marriages under pressure from distance, careers, and no family nearby to share the load. Couples therapy — and individual work around relationship patterns — is available for UK clients.
The missed occasions, the ageing parents, the health calls you get too late. That guilt doesn't resolve on its own — and it often sits under everything else you're dealing with.
Raising children who are British and Indian at once, holding onto roots while letting them belong here. The everyday tension of that is worth real space to think through.
When? To what? The decision to return to India after years in Britain is one of the hardest emotional inflection points in a diaspora life — and it deserves more than a pros-and-cons list.
Which often look different when your stressors include cultural isolation, family expectations from afar, and a high-performance life that doesn't leave much room for visible struggle.
No hidden fees. Sliding scale available on request.
A first session or an occasional check-in when you need someone to talk to.
4 sessions per month — the cadence that actually creates change, not just temporary relief.
Yes. Sessions are conducted over secure encrypted video — you just need a browser and a private space. Ruchi Makkar is an Indian Counselling Psychologist (MA Psychology, 6+ years' experience) who works in Hindi and English with Indians right across the UK, from London to Glasgow. And there's no waiting list — your first session can happen within days.
The UK is about 4.5 to 5.5 hours behind India, depending on the season. In winter (GMT) it's 5.5 hours behind IST; in summer (BST) it's 4.5 hours behind. That gives a good overlap: Ruchi's afternoon and evening IST hours land in your late morning, afternoon, and early evening, so daytime and after-work slots both work without anyone taking an awkward call.
The NHS is genuinely good, and you should absolutely use it — especially in a crisis. But waits for talking therapy can run for months, and the therapist you eventually see may not understand Indian family dynamics, joint-family expectations, or the guilt of having ageing parents back home. Seeing Ruchi is a complement, not a replacement: support in your own language, with someone who already gets the cultural context, and no waiting list.
Absolutely. Ruchi conducts sessions in Hindi, English, or a natural mix of both — whichever feels right. Many Indian clients in the UK find it easier to talk about family, relationships, and identity in Hindi. There's no need to translate your inner life into a language that doesn't quite fit.
Sessions are ₹2,000 for 50 minutes — that's roughly £19, far less than typical private-therapy rates in the UK. A monthly plan of four sessions is ₹7,000 (about £67). Payment details are confirmed on WhatsApp; most UK clients pay by bank transfer or card. Sliding scale is available on request.
One WhatsApp message is all it takes. Ruchi replies personally, there's no waiting list, and your first session can happen within days in a slot that works for the UK.
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