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The Alchemy of Change
If you’ve landed on this page, you might be feeling stuck, overwhelmed, at a crossroads or simply curious about understanding yourself better.
Maybe things aren’t necessarily “wrong,” but something inside you is asking for more clarity, more alignment, more room to breathe.
Whatever brought you here, I’m glad you’re taking this step.
Pooja Alex
I believe clarity rarely comes from being told what to do. It emerges when we’re given the space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with our own strengths. Growth begins the moment we stop long enough to understand what’s actually happening within.
My through WishLadder offers support across a spectrum — from navigating everyday challenges and finding direction, to deeper emotional exploration and meaningful psychological change — wherever you are in that process
My Journey
Before entering this field, I spent over a decade working in India’s airline and telecommunications industries. Those years brought me into contact with people from vastly different backgrounds and circumstances, and taught me invaluable, hard-earned lessons about communication, relationships, responsibility, resilience, and what it really takes to navigate change lessons that would go on to shape everything I learned through formal training.
In time, I found myself drawn back to something I had always been curious about the deeper question of why people think, feel, and behave the way they do. That pull led me back to academia: a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology (Hons), followed by a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Mumbai University, and alongside it, counselling training at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences building on my earlier training as a Life Coach and NLP Practitioner.
Returning to the classroom after all those years taught me something I now carry into every room I sit in with a client: growth doesn’t have an age limit it simply asks that you stay willing to begin again.
Today, I bring all of these different experiences together in my work. I don’t see therapy, counselling, and coaching simply as ways of solving problems. I see them as opportunities to develop a deeper understanding of yourself.
Sometimes we need to process what has happened. Sometimes we need clarity about where we’re going. And sometimes, we simply need a space where we can stop, reflect, and hear our own thoughts without the noise of everything around us.
My role is not to give you ready-made answers, or to tell you who you should be. It is to help you understand yourself well enough to make choices that are informed, intentional, and truly your own. I walk alongside you as you explore your inner world, understand your patterns, find greater clarity, and work towards the changes that matter to you.
Because growth doesn’t always mean becoming someone new. Sometimes, it means coming home to yourself.
What I offer
There are different ways of seeking support, and not everyone comes to this process with the same needs.
My work brings together psychotherapy, counselling, and life coaching, so we can choose the approach that best fits where you are and what you’re looking for.
Psychotherapy
Understanding yourself beneath the surface
Psychotherapy is where we slow down and look more closely — at the thoughts, emotions, and patterns shaping how you respond to life. Together, we explore what’s beneath the surface, process difficult experiences, and build healthier ways of moving forward
Counselling
Finding clarity when life feels complicated
Counselling is for working through what’s in front of you right now — a decision, a situation, a feeling that’s hard to sit with alone.Often, room to pause, organise your thoughts, and see things from a different angle is all it takes to find your way forward.
Not sure which one you need?
You don’t have to know before you reach out. A conversation can help us understand what you’re looking for and what kind of support may be most appropriate for you.
Psychotherapy
Understanding yourself beneath the surface
Psychotherapy is a collaborative process of exploring the thoughts, emotions, experiences, beliefs, and patterns that shape the way we understand ourselves and relate to the world around us. It can provide space to understand recurring patterns, process difficult experiences, explore emotions and beliefs, and develop healthier and more adaptive ways of responding. Psychotherapy is not about being told what to do or finding a quick solution — it is about understanding what is happening, why it may be happening, and what can change.
My Therapeutic Approach
Different people need different approaches.
I don’t believe therapy should be a one-size-fits-all process.
My approach is integrative. Rather than working from a fixed framework, I draw from CBT, REBT, Psychodynamic, IFS, Mindfulness-Based, Trauma-Informed, Queer-Affirmative, and Coaching & NLP-based approaches depending on the individual, their experiences, and what we’re working towards. Rather than trying to fit a person into a particular technique, I believe in understanding the person first and then considering what approach may be most helpful.
The technique is never more important than the person.
My aim is to create a space where you can explore yourself with curiosity rather than judgement, develop greater awareness, and find ways of moving forward that feel meaningful and authentic to you.
How I Work
A collaborative process.
You don’t have to arrive with everything figured out. You don’t need to know exactly what to say, or even know which kind of support you’re looking for.
We begin with where you are.
Together, we explore what is happening, what may be contributing to it, and what you would like to be different. Depending on your needs, our work may involve deeper exploration and reflection, developing practical strategies, understanding patterns, challenging perspectives, or working towards personal goals.
My role isn’t to tell you how to live your life. It is to help you understand yourself well enough to make choices that are informed, intentional, and truly your own.
I believe in asking questions, offering perspective, challenging when appropriate, and creating space for you to discover your own answers.
There is no fixed formula for growth. We work together to find what works for you.
LET'S TALK
You don’t have to have all the answers before you begin.
If you’re curious about working together, the first step can simply be a conversation. You don’t need to know whether psychotherapy, counselling, or life coaching is right for you before reaching out.
A 30-minute Chemistry Session gives us an opportunity to understand what you’re looking for, answer any initial questions, and explore whether we might be a good fit to work together.
Ready to take the first step?
Why WishLadder?
I chose the name WishLadder because I don’t believe growth happens in a single leap.
A wish may begin as a thought: I want something to change.
But turning that wish into reality often takes awareness, courage, reflection, and many small steps. Sometimes those steps involve understanding an old pattern. Sometimes they mean seeing yourself differently. Sometimes they mean setting a boundary, making a difficult decision, or simply giving yourself permission to want something different.
You don’t have to become someone else. You may simply need the space to discover more of who you already are.