Before the fix. Before the framework.
THERE IS
UNDERSTANDING.
Psychoanalytic therapy for people who are not looking to be told what to do. This is for the ones who want to understand why, and are willing to stay long enough to find out.
The Practice
About Us
Psychoanalytic therapy for people who are not looking to be told what to do. This is for the ones who want to understand why, and are willing to stay long enough to find out.
What We Do?
What makes the practice of Psychotherapy meaningful is the commitment, trust, and shared intention between those who enter the process. Our work supports emotional understanding, inner clarity, and lasting change — shaped by what you are living, feeling, and seeking.
Psychotherapy
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is a depth-oriented way of working with emotional struggles, relational patterns, and inner conflicts. It is a reflective, long-term process that supports awareness, meaning-making, and psychological change within and beyond the therapy space.
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Clinical Supervision
Clinical Supervision is a thoughtful space for therapists to explore their work, question, and grow. Through dialogue between experience and theory, supervision strengthens reflective capacity, ethical grounding, and the evolving therapist self for more effective clinical practice.
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The In-Betweens
Not all transformation happens inside sessions. The In-Betweens hold reflective, creative, and communal spaces that support emotional processing, curiosity, and inner movement. These offerings invite community engagement and deeper exploration beyond the formal therapeutic frame.
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The People Who Hold the Space
Meet The Team
Every therapist at Lost and Found is in their own therapy, supervised weekly, and trained in psychoanalytic method. That's the baseline, not the aspiration.
We believe the quality of the work depends entirely on the quality of the clinician's own thinking, and we invest in that seriously. Each person on this team brings a distinct clinical sensibility to the room, shaped by their own training, their own analysis, and their own willingness to stay curious about the human mind.
Mihika Ghoshal
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST & EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY PRACTITIONER
A BIT ABOUT ME
I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist currently in training with the Psychoanalytic Training and Research Centre (PTRC), Mumbai, and an Expressive Arts Therapy Practitioner. I have three years of experience working with adolescents and adults across concerns such as identity, relationships, emotional distress, childhood trauma and sexual abuse. I practice from a queer friendly and feminist lens. My work integrates depth-oriented psychoanalytic understanding with expressive arts, allowing therapy to move beyond just words when needed.
WHAT DOES “WORKING WITH ME” FEEL LIKE?
Working with me feels like setting out to sea together where we move slowly, exploring deeper emotional waters while staying anchored. We make space for complexity, creativity and silence.
WHAT MIGHT A FIRST SESSION LOOK LIKE?
The first session is a space for you to speak freely and be heard. You’re invited to share what brings you to therapy, what feels heavy right now, and what you hope for from this process. I listen closely, ask questions, and begin understanding your emotional world and expectations.
WHO MIGHT I BE A GOOD FIT FOR?
I may be a good fit for people who are reflective and emotionally curious, those who think deeply, feel deeply, and want to understand themselves beyond the surface. I work especially well with individuals who resonate with creativity, imagination, and artistic or symbolic ways of expressing their inner world.
Shruti Garg
THERAPIST & PSYCHOSOCIAL PRACTITIONER
A BIT ABOUT ME
I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Delhi and a Master’s degree in Psychosocial and Clinical Studies from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Delhi. After my graduation, I completed observerships at IHBAS, Lady Hardinge Medical College, and St. Stephen’s Hospital. I have also been a therapist-in-training at Ehsaas Clinic, where my Psychoanalytic understanding of working started to get shaped through supervision and reflection.
WHAT DOES “WORKING WITH ME” FEEL LIKE?
I will be listening carefully to what you are saying, while also holding curiosity about the things you are not yet able to say. Focusing on the pauses and feelings that arrive before your words do.
WHAT MIGHT A FIRST SESSION LOOK LIKE?
The first session is completely for you. Think of it like a rough paper where you can scribble and do whatever that your heart desires. You can bring a story, a feeling, a question, or even just silence. I will be there to help create a space that feels safe enough for you to arrive slowly.
WHO MIGHT I BE A GOOD FIT FOR?
I may be a good fit for you if you are interested in in-depth work where we will be reflecting, slowing down and coming close to the chaos you are feeling. I may not be the best fit if you are looking only for quick solutions, advice-driven sessions, or a highly structured approach.
Akshita Kaushik
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST & PSYCHOANALYTIC COUPLE THERAPIST
A BIT ABOUT ME
I’m Akshita Kaushik, an RCI-licensed Clinical Psychologist with an M.Phil in Clinical Psychology and psychoanalytic training as a Fellow at the Washington Baltimore Centre for Psychoanalysis. I also practice as a Psychoanalytic Couple Therapist, drawing from psychodynamic, trauma-focused and relational frameworks. Over the years, I’ve worked across hospitals and clinical settings—supporting individuals and couples as they navigate identity, relationships, trauma, and the longing for deeper emotional safety.
WHAT DOES “WORKING WITH ME” FEEL LIKE?
Working with me is like walking through the different rooms of your mind with someone gently holding a lantern. It’s slow, curious, attuned work — a balance between being held and being understood, insight and warmth, depth and lightness.
WHAT MIGHT A FIRST SESSION LOOK LIKE?
Our first session is about finding your rhythm. We will explore what you’re needing, hoping, or longing for, and answer any questions about the therapy process. It’s gentle, structured, and at your pace — no pressure to tell everything at once.
WHO MIGHT I BE A GOOD FIT FOR?
A good fit for: Individuals and couples (ages 20–40) navigating relationships, identity, trauma, or a longing for deeper self-understanding.
Not the best fit for: Individuals below 20 or above 40, those needing purely solution-focused therapy, or crisis management.
Aanchal Bhatnagar
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST | FOUNDER, LOST & FOUND
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.
FOUNDER'S NOTE
I started Lost and Found because I couldn't find the kind of practice I wanted to work in. One where the pace of the work was protected, where therapists were supervised closely and held to a standard that went beyond competence into genuine depth. One where the quality of a clinician's thinking mattered as much as the number of patients they could see in a week.
I trained in psychoanalysis because it was the only framework that matched the complexity of what I saw in people. The way someone's childhood shows up in their marriage. The way grief hides inside ambition. The way a person can build an entire life around avoiding a feeling they invariably carry. No other clinical tradition takes these things as seriously, or works with them as carefully.
The demand for therapy is growing faster than the field's ability to maintain standards, and somewhere in that gap, the patient's inner life gets lost. We exist to make sure it gets found.
~ Aanchal Bhatnagar
