Online Counselling and Holistic Therapy for Clients in the USA
Dr. (Hon.) Taanya Nagi is an Australian-trained, AHHCA-certified counsellor with an MA in Counselling Psychology and more than twenty-five years of counselling and healing work. She trained at the Holistic Living Training Institute in Me...
“Dr. (Hon.) Taanya Nagi is an Australian-trained, AHHCA-certified counsellor with an MA in Counselling Psychology and more than twenty-five years of counselling and healing work. She trained at the Holistic Living Training Institute in Melbourne, lived and practised in Australia for thirteen years, and now works online from New Delhi with clients across the United States — in New York and New Jersey, the Bay Area, Texas, Chicago, Seattle, Atlanta and elsewhere.”
What American clients come for is a combination that is hard to find locally: clinical hypnotherapy and distance Reiki from a certified practitioner, holistic and spiritual counselling grounded in formal psychology training, and — for the many clients of Indian origin — someone who understands Indian family context without needing it explained. Sessions are by video, in English or Hindi, at a fixed weekly time that suits your evening or your morning.
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Training and Credentials
Taanya holds a BA (Hons) in Behavioural Sciences and an MA in Counselling Psychology, awarded in first division. Her Diploma in Holistic Healing and Counselling is from the Holistic Living Training Institute (HLTI) in Melbourne, an Australian-accredited course, and on the strength of it she is a certified member of the Australian Holistic Healers and Counsellors Association (AHHCA). Her Anger and Stress Management certification is from the Australian Institute of Management.
She is a certified Clinical Hypnotherapist (C.H.I.I), a Usui Reiki Master and teacher, a certified NLP Practitioner and Level 1 NLP Life Coach, and holds further certifications in IEMT, EFT, inner child healing, colour therapy, pre-marital and relationship counselling, and Bach Flower Remedies through the Bach Centre in the UK. She has been practising for over twenty-five years across Australia, India and the wider diaspora, and still travels to Australia and Dubai for training and workshops.
What This Practice Offers American Clients
There is a real and useful scope of work here, and it is the part that most US-based practitioners do not cover:
Where a person's needs sit outside that scope — a formal diagnosis, medication, or treatment of severe mental illness — the honest answer is to say so at the first conversation, and that answer gets given.
- «Clinical hypnotherapy — for smoking cessation, weight and eating patterns, phobias, exam and performance anxiety, and sleep.
- «Distance Reiki, and Reiki attunement and training for students who want to learn it.
- «Holistic and spiritual counselling, including chakra work, EFT tapping, inner child work and past life regression.
- «Life coaching, and anger and stress management.
- «Pre-marital and relationship conversations, particularly where cultural expectations are part of the picture.
- «Meditation and yogic breathing techniques for people who want a daily practice, not only a weekly appointment.
Why American Clients Come to a Delhi Practitioner
Almost always for one of three reasons. The first is cultural fluency — not having to explain, from the beginning, why a parent's opinion about your marriage carries the weight it does, or what it means to be the child your family moved countries for. Taanya has lived that migration herself, from India to Australia and back, and has spent twenty-five years working with families on both sides of it.
The second is the specific combination of modalities. Reiki mastery of twenty-five years alongside clinical hypnotherapy and formal counselling psychology training is uncommon anywhere, and clients looking for that mix often cannot find it locally.
The third is simply access. Waiting lists in many US metros are long, and for hypnotherapy, Reiki and holistic counselling there is no reason the practitioner has to be in the same country. Many clients also value that the practice has no connection to any US community organisation, temple or professional network, which makes confidentiality easier to trust.
How Sessions Work
Scheduling across the India to US time gap (nine and a half to twelve and a half hours) is simpler than it sounds. If you are on the East Coast, an Indian morning appointment is your evening; if you are on the West Coast, an Indian late-evening appointment is your morning. You and Taanya settle on one weekly time and she handles the seasonal clock changes from Delhi so the slot does not drift.
Sessions run fifty to sixty minutes over video. The first covers what brings you and what you want to be different, and Taanya explains which modalities she thinks may help and why — you will not be pushed towards anything you are not comfortable with. Hypnotherapy works well over video provided you are somewhere private and undisturbed; you remain aware and in control throughout, and the session ends with you fully alert. Distance Reiki is a long-established part of the Usui system and geography is not held to be a limiting factor within it.
How This Works from the United States
Sessions are held online by video from the practice at D-96 Anand Niketan, New Delhi. There is no US clinic or consulting room. In the United States the titles "psychologist", "counselor" and "therapist", and the LPC, LMFT and LCSW designations, are protected by each individual state, and Taanya holds no US state licence; with US residents she works as a clinical hypnotherapist, Reiki Master and holistic counsellor rather than as a provider of licensed psychotherapy. Hypnotherapy and Reiki are not government-regulated professions in the US, which is why they are fully deliverable online, and her C.H.I.I hypnotherapy certification and Usui Reiki Master lineage are the relevant credentials for that work.
She does not diagnose, does not prescribe medication, and does not treat severe eating disorders, psychosis or substance withdrawal; those need a licensed clinician in your own state, and ideally in person. Fees are paid privately and are not reimbursable through US health insurance, which requires a licensed, usually in-network provider. Sessions are scheduled, not on demand, so this is not a crisis service: if you are in the United States and in crisis, call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at any hour, or call 911 if you are in immediate danger.
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Online Counselling and Holistic Therapy for Clients in the USA
Questions & Answers
Everything you need to know before booking your first session.
What are your qualifications?+
An MA in Counselling Psychology, an Australian-accredited Diploma in Holistic Healing and Counselling from HLTI Melbourne, certified membership of the AHHCA, certification as a Clinical Hypnotherapist (C.H.I.I), and Usui Reiki Master status, with more than twenty-five years in practice. She is not licensed in any US state; see How This Works above.
What time zone do you work in?+
Indian Standard Time, which is nine and a half to twelve and a half hours ahead of the continental US depending on your zone and the season. Indian mornings suit US evenings and Indian late evenings suit US mornings. A fixed weekly slot is usually set so it stays predictable.
Is distance Reiki actually effective over that distance?+
Distance Reiki is a long-established part of the Usui tradition and geography is not held to be a limiting factor within it. It is a complementary practice used for relaxation and wellbeing, not a medical treatment, and it sits alongside rather than replaces medical care.
Can sessions be in Hindi or Punjabi?+
Sessions run in English or Hindi, and bilingual clients often move between the two, particularly once the material touches family. Many people find that things they have never put into English come out more directly in their first language.
Do you work with people who are not of Indian origin?+
Yes. A large share of American clients come for the cultural fluency, and many come purely for the hypnotherapy or Reiki work, which does not depend on background at all.
How do I start?+
Get in touch through the form on this page or by WhatsApp on +91-9999344415. The first conversation is about whether Taanya works with your kind of concern and which time slot fits your zone; practical details, including international payment, are explained before anything is committed to.
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