Shvaasa
Breathing vitality into life
Shvaasa is a mental health and wellness initiative offering psychotherapy and counselling services for individuals, couples, and groups. We use holistic, evidence-based approaches to support mental and emotional well-being. Our work is informed by human-centred, clinical, psychodynamic, neuroscience, and mind–body perspectives, allowing us to support the whole person across different emotional experiences and life stages.
What we Support
We work with people who are going through a wide range of emotional and mental health challenges, including anxiety, stress, low mood, trauma, grief, relationship difficulties, burnout, and concerns around eating or body image. We also help individuals navigate ADHD, perinatal and postnatal mental health, chronic pain, and the lasting impact of difficult childhood experiences.
Our space is affirming for those exploring sexual or gender identity, and for anyone who has lived through physical, emotional, or sexual abuse—offering care that is respectful, compassionate, and non-judgmental.
Therapy at Shvaasa is not limited to times of distress; it also supports self-awareness, emotional integration, and resilience, helping individuals reconnect with a sense of wholeness and vitality in everyday life.
Our Approach
Our integrative, trauma-informed approach brings together relational psychotherapy and expressive arts-based interventions.
Sessions are shaped collaboratively, with a strong focus on safety, compassion, and ethical care, and are guided by each person’s needs, preferences, and readiness.
The therapeutic process may include talking, creative expression, or somatic work, depending on what feels most supportive for each individual.
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Services Offered
Individual Therapy
Couples Counselling
Group Therapy
Meet the Shvaasa Team
Atmica R. Reddy (She/Her)
Founder & Lead Psychotherapist
(M.A Movement Psychotherapy)
Atmica is a mental health professional whose work is grounded in embodiment, safety, and depth-oriented therapeutic presence. Her practice is trauma-informed, person-centred, and queer-affirmative, with a strong emphasis on the body as a pathway to emotional and psychological understanding. She holds a Master’s degree in Movement Psychotherapy from the University of Derby, UK, and is currently undertaking advanced training in Somatic Experiencing for trauma resolution. With over five years of experience across healthcare and social care settings in India and the UK, Atmica works with individuals and groups through an integrative, embodied lens, supporting a wide range of emotional, relational, and trauma-related concerns. Atmica offers online sessions, and in-person sessions for individuals and groups in Bengaluru.
Beena Govindaraju
(she/her)
Associate Psychotherapist
(M.A Counselling Psychology)
Beena is a mental health practitioner whose work is rooted in presence-centred therapeutic engagement, valuing the quiet shifts that emerge when individuals feel deeply seen and supported. Her approach is trauma-informed and holistic, drawing from Expressive & Creative Arts Therapy, Narrative Practices, and Transactional Analysis. She holds an MA in Counselling Psychology and supports individuals and couples with concerns related to burnout, work stress, relationships, identity shifts, and life transitions, informed by both clinical practice and experience in leadership and social impact settings. Beena offers online and in-person sessions for individuals, couples, and groups in Bengaluru.
Aanchal Sharma
(she/her)
Associate Psychotherapist
(M.Sc Psychology)
Aanchal is a psychotherapist and expressive arts–based practitioner who supports clients in exploring their inner worlds with curiosity and care. Her work is trauma-informed, integrative, and queer-affirmative, with a focus on emotional depth and thoughtful self-inquiry. She holds an MSc in Psychology from Queen Mary University of London and works with individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, grief, burnout, childhood trauma, relationship difficulties, PTSD, and experiences of sexual abuse. Aanchal offers online sessions, and in-person sessions for individuals and groups in Bengaluru.
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Maanya Chetty
(she/her)
Associate Psychotherapist
(M.Sc Clinical Psychology)
Maanya is a psychotherapist and expressive arts-based practitioner whose work is rooted in curiosity, collaboration, and reflective therapeutic engagement. She holds training in Clinical and Counselling Psychology, Expressive Arts Therapy, and Trauma-Informed Care, and is currently undergoing training in Narrative Practices. Her work is shaped by experience working with diverse individuals navigating emotional regulation, identity and self-exploration, relational and attachment-related concerns, burnout, anxiety, life transitions, and trauma. Her approach is trauma-informed, person-centred, and neurodivergent-affirming, integrating expressive arts, somatic awareness, and narrative-informed practices to support clients in exploring their inner worlds with care and authenticity. Her work is also informed by sensitivity to relational, systemic, and intersectional contexts that shape lived experiences and emotional well-being. Maanya offers online sessions.
