BY: Dr. Prerna Kohli

Lacking Intimacy?
Lack of Intimacy - Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli India Top Psychologist
Lack of Intimacy – Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli India Top Psychologist
Lack of Intimacy - Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli India Top Psychologist
Lack of Intimacy – Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli India Top Psychologist

When it comes to talking about sex we often shy away, but it is important that we give importance to these problems as they often are indicators of a more serious issue. One reason for the lack of intimacy is impotence, which is the inability to have an erection, which is firm enough to engage in sexual intercourse.

Impotence or the lack of desire may happen from time to time but if it happens very frequently then it is a sign of some other psychological condition that has to be treated. It is most important to meet with a medical doctor to rule out any physical problem, if there is none, then it necessary to meet with a psychologist to help understand the psychological issue.

 

 

Lack of Intimacy - Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli India Top Psychologist
Lack of Intimacy – Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli India Top Psychologist

Impotence can occur due to physical factors like high blood pressure, heart diseases, alcoholism, etc and also due to psychological factors like stress and depression. Thus, it leads to various complications like relationship problems, an unsatisfactory sex life, depression and low self-esteem.

Lack of Intimacy - Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli India Top Psychologist
Lack of Intimacy – Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli India Top Psychologist

Firstly, discuss your symptoms with your family doctor who will help determine if the problem is physical. If the problem is not physical but psychological then you will need to consult with an experienced Psychologist.

“You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you; but it’s not the same as professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need” – Dr. Prerna Kohli.

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli

She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India and provides families, individuals, parents and children counselling on being happy.

 

Dr Prerna Kohli India’s Top Psychologist shares her views on the relevance of the grand festival of Diwali across various religions

BY: Dr. Prerna Kohli

7 Ways to Enjoy Diwali More

A lot of times, people don’t know how to fully enjoy festivals. Instead of enjoying the festival season they wallow in self pity, envy, and dip into depression. Given below are seven things that you can do to enjoy the festival more:

Diwali Festival - Dr Prerna Kohli India's Best Psychologist

Diwali Festival – Dr Prerna Kohli India’s Best Psychologist

 

  • Invite people to your home: Don’t worry about cleaning the house or getting it perfect, just make the phone calls and gather good friends over. If you are really pressed for time, order in food or even have a pot luck
 
  • If you can’t bring people home, meet your friends in a club, restaurant, mall or a carnival (mela)
 
  • Dress up for the festival season, even if you aren’t going out
 
  • If nobody is giving you a gift, gift yourself something nice, that you want, but don’t need
 
  • Cook festival foods, ditch the diet, and enjoy rich sumptuous food
 
  • Help the under privileged, nothing boosts the spirits more than helping the unfortunate

 

  • Make yourself busy, make a list of things that need to done, the cleaning, the shopping, the people you want to meet and call

 

Diwali Festival - Dr Prerna Kohli India's Best Psychologist
Diwali Festival – Dr Prerna Kohli India’s Best Psychologist

 

Remember in life you enjoy when you participate. Participate in the festival. Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it’s about experience, it’s about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious. This is how memories are made… by actively participating!

 

“You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you; but it’s not the same as professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need” – Dr. Prerna Kohli.

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli
She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India and provides families, individuals, parents and children counselling on being happy.

Dr. Prerna Kohli, India's Top Psychologist Explains Happiness through the Stomach

BY: Dr. Prerna Kohli

Happiness through your Stomach

Happiness Counseling - Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
Happiness Counseling – Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

The gut leads to happiness, young and old are rushing to acquire a six pack. Apparently, a six-pack abdomen today is the sign of health and vitality. Thus, young men and women spend hours each day in the gym building those six pack abs. So, I assume if they have such beautiful washboard six packs where you can count each of the pack, the insides of the abdomen must be equally healthy.

So, My focus is on teaching you how to make the inside of your digestive tract healthy leading to a happier you. Firstly, it is well-known fact that a healthy and clear digestive track leads to happiness. Thus, the ability to clear the stomach at a minimum on a daily basis is essential for your well being.

Happiness Counseling - Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
Happiness Counseling – Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

According to Dr. Kirsten Tillisch of the UCLA:

“Time and time again, we hear from patients that they never felt depressed or anxious until they started experiencing problems with their gut. Hence, Our study shows that the gut–brain connection is a two-way street… ‘When we consider the implications of this work, the old sayings ‘you are what you eat’ and ‘gut feelings’ take on new meaning.’”

In my opinion, one of the most significant books on stomach health has been written by Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar. One of the best ayurvedic holistic doctor/author. Thus, reading his book and research has opened my mind. Dr. Kshirsagar has written a book called “The Hot Belly Diet”. It is a very easy to read book, and should be essential reading for anyone who is feeling any discomfort in their gut. Hence, an extremely simple and easy book to follow, of about 300 pages it includes recipes and instructions. I have learnt the following few pointers from his book, and I am sharing them with you

Happiness Counseling - Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
Happiness Counseling – Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

Once in 90 days, it is extremely helpful to clear your digestive track by drinking two table spoons of castor oil mixed with fresh orange juice first thing in the morning. Please be sure to stay at home when you do this, as you will have multiple bowel movements, and a excellent cleansing of the stomach

Ayurvedic supplements Triphala and Trikatu are not habit forming, and should be a part of your daily routine

Eat three meals a day (not 5 or 6 as being suggested these days), with lunch being your heaviest meal of the day

Preferably be vegetarian (or reduce the amount of red meat in your diet)

Happiness Counseling - Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
Happiness Counseling – Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

This book is highly recommended to all my readers, as it contains numerous nuggets of healthy living.

A tip that I learnt from observing my father is to eat at least half a cup of yoghurt twice a day. Make sure it’s either homemade i.e. the healthy bacteria in it alive. If it is store purchased yogurt verify that it has the live probiotic bacteria in it. A research funded by Danone and conducted by the researchers at UCLA (Dr. Kirsten Tillisch et al) indicated that a controlled group of subjects who had yogurt twice a day for four weeks compared to those who were give a placebo or no yogurt had improve emotional reactions. We have seen that yogurt has been a stable in the diets across the Indian and the Mediterranean diets. Incorporate yogurt into your diet and within four weeks you should see your health improve and your happiness index increase.

“You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you; but it’s not the same as professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need” – Dr. Prerna Kohli.

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli
She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India and provides families, individuals, parents and children counselling on being happy.

Dr Prerna Kohli India’s Top Psychologist shares her views on the relevance of the grand festival of Diwali across various religions

BY: Dr. Prerna Kohli

Depression During Diwali

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Diwali, as we all know is the Hindu festival of lights, it occurs during the months of October and November. Thus, Diwali is associated with Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity, and marks the beginning of the financial year in India. Hence, for most Hindus, Diwali is a period of festivities and joy and happiness. Thus, people celebrate by exchanging gifts with friends and family, going to parties, decorating their homes, painting their homes, buying new clothes, jewellery and other beautiful things for themselves, their loved ones, and their homes. The air is filled with the feeling of festivity, joy and happiness.

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Unfortunately, some people suffer from depression during this period, while, everyone else seems to be beaming, bursting with Diwali joy and you’re feeling wretched and exhausted.  Those people who are suffering from depression or who have had depression in the past, need to be especially careful when coping with Diwali stress.

 Here are seven steps to manage Diwali Stress: 

Keep it simple: Reduce the number of parties you attend, reduce the number of gifts you give

Do something different: Travel, go out of town, do something different to avoid the madness of Diwali

Don’t do the unimportant stuff: Don’t be under pressure to do everything that was a tradition in the family, cherry pick and do only those activities you enjoy

Don’t worry about things outside your control

Find positive ways to remember loved ones who are no more

Don’t look for the perfect gift, it is the thought behind the gift that counts

Stick to a budget, don’t allow the financial strain to cause you mental anguish

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Remember that during the Diwali period, stress is caused by media, social media, friends and relatives who create unnecessary expectations. So, If you are feeling overwhelmed with the Diwali season stress, it is best to meet an experienced psychologist, who can help you manage the stress.

“You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you; but it’s not the same as professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need” – Dr. Prerna Kohli.

 

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli

She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India and provides families, individuals, parents and children counselling on being happy.  

BY: Dr. Prerna Kohli

7 Reasons Why your Child is performing Poorly in School

Helping Students Excel in School - Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
Helping Students Excel in School – Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

As parents we expect our children to perform brilliantly in school. But most of child  not doing well in school. if your child performing poorly in school. Then It is important to remember this quote:

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Anonymous 

Helping Students Excel in School - Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
Helping Students Excel in School – Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

Each child has his or her own inherent skills and things that they enjoy doing, and as a parent, it is important for us to identify those skills whether it is painting, dancing or singing and help them excel in those areas.  Despite this, it is important to understand the root cause of why your child is not performing academically at his or best in school.

These are 7 reasons if your child performing poorly in school :

Helping Students Excel in School - Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
Helping Students Excel in School – Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

Cognitive deficits: A quick IQ determination helps here.

Learning disability: Is the child suffering from any learning disability such as dyslexia?

Social-emotional difficulties: Secondly, does the child have issues in interacting with peers, anger management etc?

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Third, is the child suffering from ADHD?

Executive dysfunction: Also, is he facing trouble doing executive function includes mental processes such as planning, organizing, sorting, regulating, prioritizing, and abstracting?

Bullying in school: Importantly, Is the child being bullied at school?

Dysfunctional Home: Lastly, Is the home life dysfunctional? That is to say, are the parents constantly fighting, or are there other issues in the parents’ marriage?

Helping Students Excel in School - Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
Helping Students Excel in School – Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

The reason that the child is not performing well in school can be varied and multiple, instead of unnecessarily disciplining and punishing the child, it is far more appropriate to meet with an experienced psychologist.

“You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you; but it’s not the same as professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need” – Dr. Prerna Kohli.

 

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli

She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India and provides families, individuals, parents and children counselling on being happy.

BY: Dr. Prerna Kohli

Coping with the Death of Your Child

Coping with the Death of Your Child - Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
Coping with the Death of Your Child – Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

A common management term is FIFO, which means First In, First Out. This term simply means that the item which comes first must go first. This term is also applicable to human beings, to maintain the equilibrium that those who are born first should also die first. When this order of nature is broken, it leads to immense sorry.

In my private practice, I observe that parents who have lost their children are the neediest of psychological counselling. Thus, the death of a child is the most devastating loss. So, the parent mourns the loss of his or her child’s life, the missed potential and future together.

Hence, there are some steps which the parents can take to make to be able to cope with the death of their child.

Be Gentle with yourself: Firstly, don’t blame yourself for the death of your child.

Get Plenty of sleep: Secondly, Science has shown that a loss of this magnitude is equivalent to a major injury, and your body needs rest to recover

Remember to eat: In this grief, there is a loss of appetite, make sure that your body receives enough nutrition to sustain

Coping with the Death of Your Child - Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
Coping with the Death of Your Child – Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

 

 

 

Drink Water: It is very important to keep your body hydrated to function correctly

Avoid Alcohol and drugs: Also, don’t use abuse alcohol and make it a crutch to cope with this grief

Medication: Most importantly, don’t self-medicate, use antidepressants under the guidance of a doctor only

Meditation: Lastly, Meditate. It brings solace and the ability to cope with the loss

For a parent, death of their child is the worst possible pain, and they most likely need professional guidance to cope with this pain. I strongly urge the surviving siblings and parents to seek professional help from an experienced psychologist.

Coping with the Death of Your Child - Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
Coping with the Death of Your Child – Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

“You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you; but it’s not the same as professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need” – Dr. Prerna Kohli.

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli

She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

 Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India and provides families, individuals, parents and children counselling on being happy.

Dr Prerna Kohli India’s Top Psychologist tells About Kleptomania

BY: Dr. Prerna Kohli

Spousal Death Depression

Spouse Death Counselling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
Spouse Death Counselling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

When your spouse dies your life changes immensely. Thus, you are in a state of mourning and grieving feeling the sorrow of this loss. You may feel shocked, numb and fearful. This is a misnomer among people that if the death of the spouse is after a prolonged illness there is ample time to say goodbye and prepare for death, vs. a sudden death. Whether sudden or not, the death of a spouse leaves scars that take time to heal.

For some this grief leads to depression, and this depression needs to be handled under the guidance of an experienced psychologist.  What is depression? Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person’s thoughts, behavior, feelings and sense of well-being. It is important to understand the difference between grief and depression. Grief is an overwhelming sense of loss post the death of a loved one, grief comes in waves, and then recedes and returns when a memory, incident, or emotion triggers a recollection of the deceased. Over a period of time the grief reduces, and one is able to rekindle memories of the deceased with joy and happiness. A perpetual grief is an indication that the remaining spouse is under depression.

Spouse Death Counselling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
Spouse Death Counselling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

 If you or someone you know is depressed after the death of a spouse, you need to take the following steps to manage the stress:

Start exercising, go for long walks, bicycle or start some form of exercise

Get sufficient sleep, 7-8 hours each day

Explore a new skill which involves group activities such as a cooking, photography class etc

Meet with friends and loved ones who can offer support

Join a support group, in the Indian context, become a regular at the “kirtan / bhajan” session. Very few support groups for spousal death are available in India, so the kirtan / bhajan sessions provide a similar support

Spouse Death Counselling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
Spouse Death Counselling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

If despite these interventions you still have:

difficulty performing everyday activities

feeling guilty or blaming yourself for your loved one’s death

feeling as if you have no purpose in life

losing desire to engage in social activities

wishing you had died as well

feeling as if your life isn’t worth living if you don’t have your loved one

You must seek professional help, and meet an experienced Psychologist.

“You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you; but it’s not the same as professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need” – Dr. Prerna Kohli.

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli

She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

 Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India and provides families, individuals, parents and children counselling on being happy.

Dr Prerna Kohli is India's Leading Child Psychologist

BY: Dr. Prerna Kohli

7 Rules of Raising Healthy Children

Every parent’s desire is to raise children who grow up to be healthy, loving, and confident adults. The right seeds need to be planted early enough in life, so as to avoid emotionally unbalanced adults. I believe, that these seven rules of raising healthy children will  defininately result in well balanced adults.

Allow freedom of information.

Dr Prerna Kohli is India's Leading Child Psychologist
Dr Prerna Kohli is India’s Leading Child Psychologist

For a family to be healthy, allow the freedom of information, allow your children to partake in age appropriate family discussions, please don’t hide facts and information from them. This leads to open sharing of ideas, and a strong bond between parents and children.

Show your children respect.

Dr Prerna Kohli is India's Leading Child Psychologist
Dr Prerna Kohli is India’s Leading Child Psychologist

You children aren’t your possessions. Treat them like the young people that they are. Talk to them with respect and dignity, and value their inputs and suggestions. Communication is about listening, you don’t have to agree with what you say, but you definitely need to listen to them.

Publicly and privately appreciate their successes, when they fail, listen to them, suggest ways of recovering from failure.

Accept your children’s feelings.

Dr Prerna Kohli is India's Leading Child Psychologist
Dr Prerna Kohli is India’s Leading Child Psychologist

Accept that your child is going to have feelings of anger, joy, and sadness, among other feelings. Allow them to freely express them. Parents who overly discipline their children and deny their children the right to express their feelings raise emotionally deficit adults. Habits learnt in childhood manifest in adulthood.

Respect your children’s boundaries.

Dr Prerna Kohli is India's Leading Child Psychologist
Dr Prerna Kohli is India’s Leading Child Psychologist

Respecting your child’s thoughts, dreams, and feelings is a simple way to respect the parent child boundaries.  Any abuse whether, physical, verbal or emotional attacks theese boundaries. Simple things like monitoring their emails, SMS, WhatsApp chats, reading their diary or spying on them via their friends is not respecting their boundaries.

Allow children age-appropriate decisions, responsibility, and independence.

Dr Prerna Kohli is India's Leading Child Psychologist
Dr Prerna Kohli is India’s Leading Child Psychologist

Teaching your children to make age-appropriate decisions, responsibility and independence can be done by teaching fiscal responsibility and financial decision making to them by giving them appropriate pocket money, allowing them to spend their money as they deem fit. Also, Allow them to independently spend the money they receive as gifts. But, Draw lines, don’t overindulge financially. Hence, Children need support in learning how to problem-solve and make decisions. Parents usually err on one extreme or the other. Thus, Many children must take on adult responsibilities too young and never learn to receive or rely on anyone. Some children are controlled or pampered, become dependent and don’t learn to make their own choices, while others are given unlimited freedom without guidance.

Have reasonable, predictable, humane rules and punishments.

Dr Prerna Kohli is India's Leading Child Psychologist
Dr Prerna Kohli is India’s Leading Child Psychologist

Homes necessarily need rules to function effectively. Thus, no rules or rules that are too harsh are both detrimental to the rounded personality development of children. Hence, rules need to be safe, predictable and fair. When rules are unpredictable, harsh or not consistent, children learn to distrust their elders, and authority. Both the parents need to be consistent and united on the rules.

Nurture your children.

Nurture your children, nurturing is not indulging in toys and gifts, that is spoiling them. Thus, Loving and nurturing your children is spending quality time, listening to them with love and affection. Also, this is what makes them grow into well balanced, and confident adults.

Understand that one of our most important jobs as parents is to stay loving and separate from our children. We do this by clearly defining our principles, staying in our role as a parent, and sticking to our bottom lines.

About Dr. Prerna Kohli

She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016)from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Child Psychologist in India and provides both parents and children counselling on raising well rounded children.

 

Depression can affect any one

BY: Dr. Prerna Kohli

Diagnosing Depression before it starts

Depression can affect any one

Diagnosing Depression

First of all, there are exams and tests which can help rule out other problems that could be causing your symptoms, pinpoint a diagnosis and check for any related complications:

  • Diagnosing Depression by Physical exam. Your doctor may do a physical exam and ask questions about your health. In some cases, depression may be linked to an underlying physical health problem.
  • Diagnosing Depression by Lab tests. For example, your doctor may do a blood test called a complete blood count or test your thyroid to make sure it’s functioning properly.
  • Diagnosing Depression by Psychological evaluation. Expect your doctor or mental health provider to ask about your symptoms, thoughts, feelings and behavior patterns. Also, You may be asked to fill out a questionnaire to help answer these questions.
  • Diagnosing Depression by DSM-5. Your mental health professional may use the criteria for depression listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), published by the American Psychiatric Association. Thus, This manual is used by mental health providers to diagnose mental conditions and by insurance companies to reimburse for treatment.

 

Dr Prerna Kohli India’s Top Psychologist tells About Depression and Its Reality
Dr Prerna Kohli India’s Top Psychologist tells About Depression and Its Reality

Types of depression

Symptoms caused by major depression can vary from person to person. To clarify the type of depression you have, your doctor may add one or more specifiers. A specifier means that you have depression with specific features, such as:

  • Anxious distress depression with unusual restlessness or worry about possible events or loss of control
  • Mixed features simultaneous depression and mania, which includes elevated self-esteem, talking too much and increased energy
  • Melancholic features severe depression with lack of response to something that used to bring pleasure and associated with early morning awakening, worsened mood in the morning, major changes in appetite, and feelings of guilt, agitation or sluggishness
  • Atypical features depression that includes the ability to be cheered by happy events, increased appetite, excessive need for sleep, sensitivity to rejection, and a heavy feeling in arms or legs
  • Psychotic features depression accompanied by delusions or hallucinations, which may involve personal inadequacy or other negative themes
  • Catatonia depression that includes motor activity that involves either uncontrollable and purposeless movement or fixed and inflexible posture
  • Peripartum onset depression that occurs during pregnancy or in the weeks or months after delivery (postpartum)
  • Seasonal pattern depression related to changes in seasons and reduced exposure to sunlight
Dr Prerna Kohli India’s Top Psychologist Talks About Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Dr Prerna Kohli India’s Top Psychologist Talks About Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Other disorders that cause depression symptoms

Several other disorders, such as those below, include depression as a symptom. It’s important to get an accurate diagnosis, so you can get appropriate treatment.

  • Bipolar I and II disorders. These mood disorders include mood swings that range from highs to lows. Thus, It’s sometimes difficult to distinguish between bipolar disorder and depression.
  • Cyclothymic disorder. Cyclothymic (sy-kloe-THIE-mik) disorder involves highs and lows that are milder than those of bipolar disorder.
  • Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. This mood disorder in children includes chronic and severe irritability and anger with frequent extreme temper outbursts. This disorder typically develops into depressive disorder or anxiety disorder during the teen years or adulthood.
  • Persistent depressive disorder. Sometimes called dysthymia (dis-THIE-me-uh), this is a less severe but more chronic form of depression. While it’s usually not disabling, the persistent depressive disorder can prevent you from functioning normally in your daily routine and from living life to its fullest.
  • Premenstrual dysphoric disorder. This involves depression symptoms associated with hormone changes that begin a week before and improve within a few days after the onset of your period, and are minimal or gone after completion of your period.
  • Other depression disorders. This includes depression that’s caused by the use of recreational drugs, some prescribed medications or another medical condition.

In conclusion, depression is a treatable medical problem but needs treatment by an experienced psychologist.

Learn more about Dr. Prerna Kohli

Dr. Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist explains Identifying Depression in Children
Dr. Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist explains Identifying Depression in Children

“You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you, but it’s not the same as a professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need – Dr. Prerna Kohli.”

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli

First of all, Dr. Kohli believes that “You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you, but it’s not the same as a professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need.”

Furthermore, she is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness, and Inner Peace. Consequently she is dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others. Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with a solid understanding. And creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India. Consequently, with over 20 years of experience and has been providing families, individuals, parents and children counseling on being happy.

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Depression Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist

BY: Dr. Prerna Kohli

7 things people regret before they die

Depression Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India's Leading Psychologist
7 things people regret before they die – Depression Counseling with Dr Prerna Kohli, India’s Leading Psychologist

Inevitably every living being will die; and when humans are in the sunset of their life, and sitting on their death bed, there is a sense of depression, regret and feeling that many desires and ambitions have been unfilled.

Our life is full of choices, and many of them come with uncertainty as well as a lack of clarity of what the outcome of that choice will be. Unfortunately, we can never come to know what would have happened, if we had made a different choice.

Failed relationships, missed opportunities, and poor judgment calls are emotions and depressions that each one of has to live with. Thus, some choices seem easy at the time that the choice is made, but later turn out to have been poorly selected; but, other choices are difficult from the beginning.

There will be many regrets in life but different regrets will have magnitudes of the sense of lost opportunities and be reasons for depression.

Here is a list of seven potential regrets that people have expressed on their deathbed, best to make sure that you avoid them and this depression:

Not spending enough time with loved ones: choose what you do with your time wisely

Worrying too much:  worry has never gotten anyone anywhere.

Not forgiving enough: forgive them for your own peace of mind

Not living your life to it’s fullest: you only have one life, live it.

Worked too much: work enough to live. Thus, have hobbies to enjoy your life.

Wasting time on the unimportant: and not achieving your fullest potential.

Not living in the moment: people don’t live in the present but are focused on the mistakes made in the past or fearing what the future holds. and you also suffer from same problem so you need to meet with  Depression Counseling

You know you will die, and it important to not reach the end of life with regrets, start changing your life today itself, and make these changes in your behaviour from today, from now!

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“You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you; it’s not the same as professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need – Dr. Prerna Kohli.”

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli

She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and also a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Thus, Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Child Psychologist in India and provides both parents and children counselling on raising healthy and well rounded children.

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