“The first session I felt genuinely heard, not assessed.”
Therapist in Singapore · Heal Counselling
Good morning.
Whatever brought you here this morning, you're in the right place.
Private therapy and counselling in Singapore.
Heal is run by Nidhi Pitkar, a SAC-registered therapist and counsellor with a Master's in Psychology and over a decade of experience in India and Singapore. As a therapist in Singapore, Nidhi works particularly well with women, adolescents, and clients navigating South Asian and Southeast Asian cultural contexts. Sessions happen in person at Havelock Road, online, or walking through Singapore's parks. The first 30 minutes is always free.
No forms · First 30 minutes always free
Slots available this week“The first session I felt genuinely heard, not assessed.”
A.L. · Marketing manager, 31
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Nidhi
Heal Counselling
How are you feeling today?
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The problem
The space between “I'm not okay” and “I'm getting help” is where most people get stuck.
Singaporeans will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime
Institute of Mental Health, Singapore Mental Health Study
Average time between first symptoms and getting help
WHO World Mental Health Survey
Years Nidhi has been doing this work, across India and Singapore.
Heal Counselling
“Most people wait years before asking for help, unsure whether what they're feeling is 'bad enough.' The Clarity Check was built to help you answer that.”
Nidhi Pitkar
Founder, Heal Counselling
Common reasons people come to Heal
Something here might sound familiar.
“Most people who come to Heal aren't in crisis. They're just tired of carrying something alone. That's enough of a reason.”— Nidhi
Meet your therapist in Singapore
Present. Grounded. Singapore-rooted.
Nidhi Pitkar started Heal with a simple conviction: therapy should feel less like a clinical intake and more like a real conversation. As a therapist in Singapore, she brings Walk & Talk sessions into the city's parks — because sometimes moving helps you say things you couldn't sitting down.
She draws on approaches that have strong research behind them, and uses tools that help clients arrive with a clearer sense of what they're dealing with. Her published writing explores what she sees in the therapy room: teenagers navigating failure in an AI-saturated world, parents who want to raise children with real boundaries rather than rules, and the quiet cost of never having learned to sit with difficulty.
Her belief: the hardest part is the step before therapy. Everything at Heal — the free consultation, the Clarity Check, the outdoor sessions — is designed to make that step smaller. Nidhi is the only therapist you'll work with here, from the first conversation to the last.
Writing published in
What's different here
Three things that aren't standard.
I know that choosing a therapist is a lot. The free 30 minutes exists so you don't have to decide in the dark. If it doesn't feel right, you'll know — and that's completely okay.
— Nidhi
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You work with Nidhi. Only Nidhi.
At most practices, you might start with one therapist and end with another. At Heal, Nidhi is your counsellor from the first conversation to the last. She remembers what you said three months ago. That continuity is one of the main reasons therapy actually works.
02
You arrive knowing where you stand.
The free Clarity Check takes five minutes and gives you real language for what you're going through. Your first session with Nidhi starts from where you actually are, not from scratch.
03
Online sessions fit your actual life.
No commute. No waiting room. No juggling a school run with a 6pm session across town. Online sessions with Nidhi via Zoom are just as effective as in-person — the research is unambiguous. The therapeutic relationship forms fully through a screen. You just need a private space and 60 minutes.
What Nidhi offers
Therapy that meets you where you are.
All sessions are 60 minutes. Packages of 5 or 7 sessions available. Your first 30-minute conversation is always free.
Walk & Talk Therapy
Individual counselling along Singapore's green corridors and parks. Moving has a way of loosening what talking alone sometimes can't. Sessions adapt to your pace.
Not a fitness programme. A proper clinical service that uses nature as co-therapist.
Individual Therapy
One-on-one sessions tailored to you: anxiety, depression, life transitions, identity, burnout, or simply the feeling that something is off. In person or online.
Couples Therapy
For relationships dealing with recurring conflict, distance, or intimacy challenges. Both partners are held with equal care.
Family Therapy
Support for families navigating difficult dynamics, intergenerational conflict, a child's struggles, or a family member's mental health journey.
Free · 5 minutes · Private
Understand what you're going through before you begin.
The Clarity Check uses three questionnaires that doctors and researchers around the world use to understand mental wellbeing. They take about five minutes and give you a clear, honest picture of where you are.
It's not a diagnosis. It's a starting point — a way to arrive at your first session with Nidhi knowing what you're dealing with, so you can get into the real work sooner.
Start the Clarity Check →Enter your email at the end to receive your personalised report.
Five simple questions used in over 30 countries to help people understand how they've been feeling.
World Health Organization · Bech et al., 2003
One of the most widely used depression screeners in the world. Used in thousands of clinical studies.
Kroenke & Spitzer, J Gen Intern Med, 2001
Seven questions that help identify anxiety and how much it's affecting daily life. Validated in 15+ countries.
Spitzer et al., Arch Intern Med, 2006
How to get started
Three steps and you're in the room.
01
Take the Clarity Check
Five minutes. Three short questionnaires. You'll have a clearer sense of what you're going through — and so will Nidhi before you meet.
02
Book a free conversation
No paperwork, no intake forms. Just a 30-minute chat. Nidhi uses your Clarity Check results to meet you where you are from minute one.
03
A plan built around you
Therapy tailored to your situation — in person at Havelock Road, online, or Walk & Talk through Singapore's parks. The plan adapts as you do.
What clients say
What clients say
“I came in completely burned out after two years in finance. Within six sessions I had a framework for what was happening and why. The Walk & Talk sessions at MacRitchie were something I didn't know I needed.”
J.T.
Finance professional, Singapore
“As an expat who moved here without a network, finding Nidhi was a turning point. She understood the specific loneliness of building a life from scratch in a city that looks perfect from the outside.”
S.M.
Expat from the UK, 3 years in Singapore
“I'd tried therapy before and it felt clinical and distant. This was completely different. The first session I felt genuinely heard, not assessed.”
A.L.
Marketing manager, 31
“My husband and I were at a point where we couldn't speak without it becoming a conflict. Six sessions later we have actual tools and we use them. I didn't think couples therapy would work for us.”
R. & D.K.
Couple, Singapore
“I took the Clarity Check on a Tuesday evening, had a free consultation on Thursday, and started sessions the following week. The whole thing was remarkably human and un-corporate.”
C.H.
Tech lead, 34
“I came in completely burned out after two years in finance. Within six sessions I had a framework for what was happening and why. The Walk & Talk sessions at MacRitchie were something I didn't know I needed.”
J.T.
Finance professional, Singapore
“As an expat who moved here without a network, finding Nidhi was a turning point. She understood the specific loneliness of building a life from scratch in a city that looks perfect from the outside.”
S.M.
Expat from the UK, 3 years in Singapore
“I'd tried therapy before and it felt clinical and distant. This was completely different. The first session I felt genuinely heard, not assessed.”
A.L.
Marketing manager, 31
“My husband and I were at a point where we couldn't speak without it becoming a conflict. Six sessions later we have actual tools and we use them. I didn't think couples therapy would work for us.”
R. & D.K.
Couple, Singapore
“I took the Clarity Check on a Tuesday evening, had a free consultation on Thursday, and started sessions the following week. The whole thing was remarkably human and un-corporate.”
C.H.
Tech lead, 34
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Feel calmer in three minutes. Right now.
A guided breathing exercise built by Heal. Pick your goal — calm down, sharpen focus, or wind down for sleep — and let your breath do the work.
Not sure where to start? That's okay.
Take the free Clarity Check and arrive at your first session knowing where you stand. Or just reach out — no forms, no pressure.