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Dr. Vinaya Prabha Baligar

Top Psychologist in Bangalore

Dr. Vinaya Prabha is a renowned psychologist based in Bangalore, known for her expertise in addressing various mental health challenges. With years of experience and a deep understanding of human behavior, Dr. Vinaya Prabha has garnered a reputation as one of the top psychologists in bangalore. Her compassionate approach coupled with evidence-based techniques has helped numerous individuals navigate through their psychological issues effectively. Whether it’s managing stress, overcoming anxiety, or dealing with depression, Dr. Vinaya Prabha offers comprehensive support to her clients, fostering positive mental well-being and growth.

We are living in times of immense change and uncertainty. We are facing tremendous pressure in practically all areas of our lives:

  • Personal and family relationships
  • Job scenario & work structure
  • Financial future
  • Physical health

  • Emotional well-being
  • Belief systems, attitudes, values
  • Priorities in life
  • Spiritual well-being

Only those of us who are

  • Resilient
  • Emotionally intelligent
  • Innovative
  • Nurturing
  • Valiant
  • Explorers of creative life options
  • Nature- reverent
  • Tenacious

will successfully face the challenges posed by the present day pandemic. In short, it is becoming necessary for us to REINVENT ourselves and to make changes in our lives.

Changes can be painful and anxiety provoking. Most people are ill equipped to handle the unforeseen, unprecedented complexities that the global pandemic has brought into our lives. In order to better ride the waves of uncertainty, it would help a person to consult with and use the expertise of a trained professional.

Let me support you on this journey of change which can at times be difficult and lonely. I am a professional psychotherapist and hold a PhD degree in Psychology. I am trained in Cognitive Behavior Therapy. I have more than 21 years of experience in providing counseling and therapy solutions to clients from all walks of life.

My clients include those living in India, USA, Canada, Europe, UAE, Australia, Singapore.

I offer therapy and counseling services both online( online-counseling/Teletherapy ) and offline( face-to-face counseling ).

To consult with me, click here to book an appointment.

Cognitive Therapy – Therapy used for Counseling

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is a form of psychotherapy which emphasizes the importance of thinking and how it affects our emotions and actions. It is based on the idea that our thoughts influence our actions, our moods, our feelings and our emotions. External things like people, situations, and the environment are not the cause of our problems. Thus, if you correct your way of thinking and make a change in yourself you can cope better with the same people and situations and function better in the same environment.

CBT is a type of therapy that helps you understand the connection between your thoughts, feelings, and actions. Think of it as untangling a knot in your mind. By unraveling the threads of your thoughts, CBT helps you see things more clearly and make positive changes in your life.

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With the unfaltering understanding and completely non judgemental attitudes of my counsellor, Dr Vinaya……helped me put the pieces of my life together

 Counseling has been such an enriching experience! Yet when I attempt to put down in writing what the process did for me, I don’t quite know where to begin. 

It was at one of those coffee breaks at the work place when a friend casually mentioned that she was undergoing counseling. As I was to learn later during my own counseling sessions, there is a reason for everything that happens in the universe. This chat with my friend was a precursor of things to come. Barely a few weeks later, my very carefully constructed world came crashing down. I blindly turned to my friend and told her to take me to her counselor. She did. Thus began a journey I have now come to cherish. A journey that took me into myself – a place I had not been to before. It was anything but a joyride. But with the unfaltering understanding and the completely non-judgmental attitude of my counselor, Vinaya, as my crutches, I managed to hang in there. Bit by bit, she helped me put back the pieces of my life together. She helped me gain insights into my behaviour patterns and “see” why I was behaving in ways that were more disruptive than helpful. Together we unearthed some of my belief systems that had been leading me to behave in ways that were unpleasant. And when I saw why I was doing what I was doing, I knew that I simply had to change.

And change I did. Now when I look back, I feel that the change happened so very subtly, without my even knowing it. This was obviously thanks to Vinaya’s skills, her gentle but firm approach, the deftness with which she used the theories and processes inherent to counseling, the shrewdness coupled with extreme practicality with which she taught me to deal with situations – all of which helped me understand myself.

This improved vision that I had of myself also meant that I got to see better, literally. For years, I had been a slave to high powered contact lenses (I was very short sighted). As a child, I had been diagnosed with glaucoma, an eye condition whereby the pressure in the eyes increases to the extent that it affects vision. And glaucoma is known to eventually lead to blindness. Since I had contracted the disease very early in life (I was 12 when it was detected), the chances of my becoming blind at an early age too were pretty high. To make matters worse, I developed cataract in both my eyes when I stepped into my thirties. So there I was, blindly walking towards blindness, with no clue as to what to do about it except follow the doctor’s advice to the T. Sure, a doctor’s prescriptions do help, but as I now know, they only deal with the surface condition. It needs to be coupled with therapy to get to the real reason behind the ailment and when that happens, you do heal.

Vinaya taught me that real power, real vision, lies behind the eyes, not within the eyes. It is the way we look at life, at ourselves, at the significant others in our life, which determines how well we can see.  
As I’ve said earlier, the events in our lives take place in an order that is predestined, in an order that defies human logic. As things turned out, the surgery to remove the cataract in my eyes was scheduled shortly after my therapy sessions concluded. I must confess that though I did believe that therapy had enriched my life, I still did not realize the full extent to which it had. This is something I “saw” only after my surgery.

I say this because my vision has never been as good as it is now. My power has come down to -1 from -12 in one eye and -15 in the other. I can now see clearly without any visual aids. It is only in very poor light, if at all, that I need to put on my glasses. And all this I attribute wholly to the fact that the lady who walked into the operation theatre was a very different person from the lady who’d been groping her way through life before she went in for therapy. It was a new me who walked out from the operation theatre!

Just as it is a new me who drives a car with considerable ease today. I had undertaken driving lessons on two occasions many years earlier. Once the lessons were done, however, my driving was also done. I never ever sat behind the wheel again. Why would I? I did not have control over my life, did not have a sense of direction and instead was letting all my debilitating beliefs rule my life. But now, I do know better. I know what it is that I want from myself. I have a far greater sense of control and power over myself. Sure, I will make my mistakes. I am human after all. But I do know that I will learn from my mistakes and only move forward. Naturally, this time after I finished with my formal driving lessons, I continued to drive and even enjoy the experience.

I did start by saying that I did not know where to begin. Having started however, I am loathe to stop. There’s still a lot more for me to say about the process of therapy and what it has done for me. But no matter how much I speak and what I may say, you will have to undergo the process to be able to fully appreciate what it can do for you. It is not as if counseling has to be resorted to only in an attempt to deal with debilitating physical or emotional traumas. The process in fact equips you with the life skills that will enable you to function from a higher level even when dealing with simple everyday situations and issues. 

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Ex- editor of a magazine

I will always be very grateful to her ( Dr Vinaya) for teaching me to get in touch with myself and be happy

I had tried a million diets and was not able to lose my weight. As a last resort I tried counseling. Initially I thought it was an expensive proposition but I convinced myself that I was worth it. I spent many sessions wondering why she was addressing everything except my weight. I went for one session a week and did the exercises which Vinaya told me to. 


Initially nothing happened. But slowly I started to feel alive. I realized that I was living a life that was not my story. It belonged to the dos and don’ts of the world. I started re- discovering myself through counseling.
In the process I was able to sustain my exercise as well as choose to eat healthy food. I never felt that I was sacrificing anything. As I felt alive my need for food decreased. I was able to make clearer decisions, because they came from my soul and not from the programming of my mind. Even today I am able to take better decisions because I have learned that what is best for me makes me feel happy. I learned to throw false burdens which I chose to carry, when I realized that the world has its own axis and I need not support it !
I check my happiness indicator to check for good decisions. Over the period of counseling for a year and a half my pay check doubled, I bought a car, I had more friends, I learned to live independently, and I lost 30 kilos.

My friends who had not seen me in a year said that I had changed for the better. They said that there was a confidence that I had an air of being happy and free.


I think that all of us must have this experience. It is one of the most thrilling adventures of one’s life to discover oneself and be able to have the freedom to choose to be happy.

I am not sure of whether Vinaya knows what she has done for me! Beauty can never appreciate itself. But I will always be very grateful to her for teaching me to get in touch with myself and be happy because when you just are, there is no other way to be. Thanks Vinaya. 

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Corporate trainer

I would like to thank Dr Vinaya Prabha for…. showing me various ways of generating enough amount of energy for myself in order to face the world and future with open arms. With her I understood what is true meaning of passion ,motivation ,and how important it is to befriend yourself first.

Talking to her was like learning to look at things(issues) with another dimension where many possibilities exist…. well things don’t end here…if I’m to write i may write this stuff forever…”

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Student of Medicine

I was a completely distraught person, confused and disoriented at the happenings in my life…Today I am doing well not only in my job, but also in my relationships with near and dear ones

I was under pressure to perform in the office and there was even more pressure at home. There were pressures from all directions at all times of the day – unrelenting and threatening to break me into pieces.

I was struggling to cope with these pressures. I was not sure of myself, and was almost a withdrawn person. I was badly in need of some help. When i was looking for the help on the web, i found Dr.Vinaya Prabha’s website which said that help is available in the form of counseling – face to face or on-line or through e-mail. I was not sure what awaited me when i first called her. I decided to try and it was only the first session that i went reluctantly. I found her to be a genuine person, a highly qualified psychologist, and an experienced professional councellor. After the first session, i used to eagerly look forward for the counseling sessions.

She was very professional in helping me to open up and discuss what was happening in my mind, and how i chose to react to situations. She helped me understand myself better. I realised that i was in the centre of all that has happened in my life. It took about six months for me to feel that a new person has emerged out of me – much more confident in facing the world with much less internal drag of negative emotions. Surely, it has made significant positive effects on my work performance. Today i am doing well not only in my job, but also in my relationships with near and dear ones. At the end of it, i feel, it was a worth going through the counseling to become a new ME. I can now face the world better. Thanks, Doctor. ………

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Executive

I had the chance to work with Dr. Vinayaprabha for two very different situations: one involving a couple with relationship challenges and another with a 13-year-old struggling with mild depression.

Dr. Vinayaprabha was wonderful to talk to; she has a logical yet compassionate approach to therapy. What really stood out was her commitment to understanding the full picture, not just the individual issues. She took the time to explain things clearly to the parents, making sure they knew what was happening and what could be done. She doesn’t just focus on the patient but also considers the environment and the people around them. This holistic approach made a big difference. I would definitely recommend her to anyone looking for thoughtful and caring psychological support.

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Professor

I underwent counselling with  doctor Vinaya 21 years ago. I was interested in weight loss and did not believe that counselling could help me lose weight. I tried counselling as an experiment and low behold , in 6 months I lost 20 kilos and 30 kilos in a year. 

Dr Vinaya patiently worked with me to break down my barriers and help me understand my unproductive patterns. She used many counselling techniques to help me shape my behaviour and also help me to become independent and manage myself on my own. 

Dr Vinaya helped me understand that are so many layers to my external behaviours. Once I understood that I know I am more conscious and able to come out of challenging situations in a more scientific and mindful way. 

Thank you doctor Vinaya for helping me transform my life and know how to navigate life more, empowered. 

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