Aanchal Bhatnagar

A BIT ABOUT ME

I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, writer, and the founder of Lost & Found Psychotherapy. My training and work have paved my years of psychoanalytic thinking, clinical practice, supervision, and listening closely to the complicated ways people think, adapt, and forgive. Over the years, I have worked not only with individuals in therapy, but also with therapists, groups, and communities holding a potential to live fuller and freer lives through the resources enabled by this practice.

WHAT DOES “WORKING WITH ME” FEEL LIKE?

I take your inner world very seriously, with immense wonderment and deep empathy. Working with me can feel like entering a space where you do not have to be impressive, coherent, or even particularly likeable to be taken seriously. We pay attention to what repeats, what evades words, what has had to be normalised to survive, and work with where it hurts at a pace that’s sustainable & effective.

WHAT MIGHT A FIRST SESSION LOOK LIKE?

A first session with me usually begins with a curiosity around what brings you here now, and what has perhaps been building for longer than now. You do not need to prepare a perfect narrative. We begin with whatever feels most pressing, most confusing, or most difficult. The attempt is to seed enough trust and mutual understanding for the work to take its course.

WHO MIGHT I BE A GOOD FIT FOR?

A good fit for: Those looking for depth, not just relief. If you are curious about your patterns, your inner contradictions, and perhaps anxiously, but committed to your own growth & healing, we’d be a great fit. You may also find this work meaningful if you have felt misunderstood by spaces that advise too easily.

Not the best fit for: If you are looking for quick strategies, structured homework, or immediate symptom management alone. But we can explore this urgency, and arrive at possible interventions that would be realistically beneficial for you.