Counseling guides and self help reading
Free reading on counseling in India, written plainly for everyday questions.
What actually happens in your first counseling session
Nervous about your first counseling session? A close walk through what happens, what to say, and why crying is normal. Plainly explained.
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What if I enter the wrong booking email?
Check a booking email before confirming and learn what to do if a confirmation or meeting link does not arrive.
What to check on a counselor profile before booking
Check a counselor's qualifications, language, session format, fee, availability, and approach before choosing a time.
Help local clients understand your practice location
Make an in-person counseling practice easier to assess with accurate city, area, access, and session details.
Improve counselor website SEO in India
Make a counselor website easier to understand and discover with clear page titles, useful answers, and accurate local details.
Leshya profile or practice website: what is different?
Understand the role of your Leshya counselor profile and your own practice website without duplicating content.
Preview and publish your practice website
Check your practice website draft, publish it, update pages, and understand what visitors see.
Reuse existing cards across website pages
Add an existing website card to another page without rewriting its content, then arrange cards within the section.
Use a gallery or magnetic carousel well
Choose between a gallery and magnetic carousel for practice photos, then order and describe images clearly.
Choose images for a counseling website
Use accurate, calm photos and image descriptions to help visitors understand your counseling practice.
Choose useful topics for a counseling blog
Find distinct blog topics from questions clients ask, then write helpful, careful answers without making clinical promises.
Add a blog to your practice website
Use a counselor blog to answer one helpful question at a time, with clear titles and careful claims.
Write useful FAQs for a counseling website
Choose practical counseling website FAQs about first sessions, booking, format, payment, and location.
Show your practice location without oversharing
Choose what visitors see about your counseling practice location while keeping the booking address accurate.
Write an About or How I work page
Choose what belongs on a counselor About page and explain your working style without repeating the homepage.
Explain your counseling sessions clearly
Help clients compare your counseling offerings with clear names, durations, formats, prices, and short descriptions.
Write a counselor bio clients can understand
Write a concise counselor bio that explains who you support, how you work, and what a first session can feel like.
Plan a counselor website homepage
A simple homepage order for counselors: introduce your work, explain sessions, answer practical questions, and make booking clear.
Set up your private practice website
Set up your Leshya practice website, from the home page and sessions to preview and publishing.
Clinic hours, booking rules and your page
How a clinic admin sets weekly hours, decides who controls counselor availability, sets booking rules, and manages the clinic's public page and emails.
Clinic payments
How a clinic admin tracks payments across the clinic and marks desk bookings paid.
Clinic team
How a clinic admin invites counselors and admins, and reviews a counselor's profile before turning on their bookings.
The clinic console
How a clinic admin signs in, finds their way around the console, and sets up their practice on Leshya.
Share kit
How to get and use your two ready-made profile cards, a story and status card and a desk card, to help clients find your page and book.
Counselor at a clinic
How practising at a clinic changes your day on Leshya, from the invite that brings you in to the money at the end of a session.
Running your practice
Your day-to-day on Leshya once you are live: your home page, bookings, earnings, calendar, offerings, and Practice settings.
Counselor onboarding
How to register, finish your profile and qualification proof, submit for review, and prepare for your first booking.
Gift cards
How Leshya gift cards work: buying one, redeeming a code, what happens to leftover balance, and cancellations.
Creating a customer account
How to sign up for a Leshya account, verify your email, complete your profile, and reach Home.
Continuing with your counselor
How to book your next session with a counselor you have already met, and how the reminders work.
Managing your bookings
What you can do with a booking once it is confirmed: joining, rescheduling, cancelling, and reviews.
Booking without an account
How to book and pay for a Leshya session as a guest, without creating an account first.
Booking a session
How to find a counselor and book a session on Leshya when you are signed in, from choosing a match to your confirmation.
Your account
What you can see and change about your Leshya account: your profile, the daily check-in, notifications, and privacy.
Therapist vs counselor in India
The titles therapist and counselor can mean different things. Here is what to look for before you book a session.
How to withdraw your earnings on Leshya
How counselor withdrawals work on Leshya: your balance, adding a UPI ID, requesting a withdrawal, and when you get paid.
Refer a counselor to Leshya
How the counselor referral pilot works: your invite link, what happens next, and the zero commission reward for both of you.
How Leshya referrals work
How to invite someone to Leshya, what happens after they book their first session, and what the thank you looks like.
What Leshya does for counselors
A tour of what Leshya handles for counselors: getting found, bookings, your calendar, getting paid, sharing your page, and your client list.
How to set up your counselor account
Set up your Leshya counselor page step by step: your profile, credentials, sessions, offerings, and availability, then go live after a quick review.
How Leshya gift cards work
How a Leshya gift card works: what it covers, how to use the code, what happens to leftover balance, and when it expires.
Online versus in-person counseling
How online and in-person counseling actually compare, so you can choose what fits your life rather than guessing.
Finding a counselor who speaks Hindi
Why speaking to a counselor in your own language matters, and how to find Hindi speaking counselors on Leshya.
A guide to couples counseling
What couples counseling actually involves, when to consider it, and how to bring it up with a partner without it feeling like an accusation.
Coping with workplace stress
Why workplace stress builds up, the signs it is becoming too much, and how counseling can help you find a steadier footing at work.
Understanding anxiety: a plain guide
What anxiety actually feels like, why it shows up, and how counseling can help you build a different relationship with it.
How to choose a counselor
A practical way to narrow down counselors on Leshya: what to look at first, what to ignore, and how to know when someone feels right.
What counseling costs in India, and how to think about it
What does counseling cost in India? A plain look at session fees, what shapes the price, free and low-cost options, and how to budget for a few months.
Browse by what is on your mind
Explore a topic to see matching counselors, where available, with their fees and open times.
The monthly Leshya email
One calm email a month. Reading that helps, nothing that sells. Leave anytime with one click.