Couple Therapist Online, in Malayalam or English
Talk to a couple therapist who understands your context: a qualified Malayali psychologist. Couples counselling online, in joint sessions, to improve communication, rebuild trust and grow closer. For couples who are dating, engaged or married.
നിങ്ങളുടെ ദാമ്പത്യത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് സ്വന്തം ഭാഷയിൽ, വിലയിരുത്തലില്ലാതെ സംസാരിക്കാം.
- 4.9 on Google
- Qualified Therapists
- Private and confidential
- Evidence-Based
- Both partners join together
- 50-minute sessions
- On Google Meet
ElloMind at a glance
- Who provides care
- Psychologists with a postgraduate degree in psychology: Teresa James (MSc Psychology (Clinical Psychology)), Priyamvada Shankar (M.A. Psychology), Nithya S (MSc Clinical Psychology).
- Languages
- Malayalam and English. You can switch between them during a session.
- Therapy types
- Individual, couples and teen therapy.
- Online or in person
- Online by secure video, anywhere in India or abroad. In person in Kochi, Kakkanad, with limited slots.
- Session length
- 50 minutes.
- Price and payment
- Sessions last 50 minutes. Standard prices are ₹1,499 for individual therapy, ₹1,999 for couples therapy and ₹1,799 for teen therapy. You can book without paying upfront and pay after your session. If cost is a barrier, a lower amount on a sliding scale is available. See pricing and plans.
- Reviews
- Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 64 reviews on Google.
- Confidentiality
- Sessions are recorded and transcribed for your psychologist's clinical notes. Only your psychologist, our consultant psychologist Teresa James, and the ElloMind admin account can see the recordings; our support team cannot. We do not share what you say with anyone else. The one limit is a serious risk of harm to you or someone else, or a legal requirement. Your psychologist explains this in your first session.
- In a crisis
- ElloMind is not an emergency service. If you are in danger now, call 112. For urgent mental-health support, call Tele-MANAS on 1800-89-14416 (24/7). More helplines.
64 Google reviews
What our clients say
Starting couple therapy with Teresa has been one of the best decisions for us. Therapy helped me calm down, reflect on my own patterns, and recognize how both of us were struggling and growing together. It truly brought more clarity, understanding, and peace into our relationship.
Kavya Das
3 months ago
I had tried several therapy sessions in the past without seeing any noticeable changes in my thought patterns. Then, I decided to give Ello Mind a try. My therapist, Teresa, is very friendly, and I was able to connect with her perspective right away. She has already helped me make a positive change during one of the lowest points in my life.
Dhanya James
11 months ago
Taking therapy at Ello Mind is one of the good decisions I have taken so far, and it has helped me a lot.
Krishnapriya G
4 months ago
Experienced team of clinical psychologists who provide excellent services. I’d highly recommend anyone who’d wish to seek help in need, be it something in your personal or professional life. Sessions are flexible, they provide online and offline services, information shared is kept extremely confidential.
Irene James
10 months ago
Ello Mind is a really good centre for mental health and wellness. From the very first session, they created a safe and supportive space where I felt comfortable opening up. I highly recommend Ello Mind and Ms Teresa to anyone looking for compassionate, professional, and effective therapy.
Sree Gouri Soman
a year ago
I had a great experience with Ellomind. I worked with Teresa and she is a wonderful therapist. Helped me get my thoughts sorted and gave some effective exercises that helped me on my mental wellness journey. I am giving this feedback a few months after my sessions ended and still feel great. The effects of the therapy are long lasting.
Aswathi T P
2 years ago
Teresa was able to correctly identify that I had issues with confidence and assertiveness using the right questions and exercises. She then taught me CBT frameworks and techniques that helped me improve my self-image. Teresa is very open to receiving feedback and integrating it into subsequent sessions.
Sidharth Praveen
2 years ago
I’ve been taking sessions at Ello Mind since 2023, and Teresa has helped me overcome many things. She doesn’t just give advice — she helps you understand yourself better. She listens patiently and really tries to understand what you’re going through. I genuinely appreciate her work and highly recommend Ello Mind.
Mohammed Althaf
a month ago
10/10 experience. Really good place, I felt super comfortable opening up here. Ellomind gave me a safe space to talk and feel understood. The therapists are kind and supportive, I always leave feeling lighter. Honestly the best decision I made for myself this year.
Gayatri Nair
5 months ago
What is couples therapy?
Couples therapy is a structured process where both partners work with a psychologist to improve communication, resolve conflicts, and strengthen their relationship. At ElloMind, couples therapy and couples counselling are joint sessions over video, in Malayalam or English, with a qualified psychologist. Married couples can also read about marriage counselling online.
Signs you may need a couple therapist
You don't have to be at a breaking point to start
You love each other but can't stop fighting
Therapy helps you break the cycle and communicate without it turning into an argument
You feel more like roommates than partners
Reconnect emotionally with guided conversations that go deeper than day-to-day logistics
Trust has been broken
A neutral space to talk about what happened, at a pace both of you can manage
Family pressure is coming between you
Work out together where your marriage ends and the wider family begins
One of you wants therapy and the other is hesitant
Many partners start skeptical and find it helpful. The first session is low-pressure
You're going through a rough patch and need perspective
A neutral space to understand each other again, with someone who is not taking sides
Relationship counselling online
Relationship counselling is for any couple, dating, engaged or married, who keep getting stuck in the same arguments or feel the distance growing. Your relationship counsellor is a qualified psychologist who stays neutral and helps you both slow the conversation down. Sessions run over secure video, so you can join together from one room or from two different cities or countries. If your partner is not ready yet, you can start on your own and they can join later.
Marriage counselling for married couples
For married couples it is both of you, one psychologist, and a structured space to talk about trust, family pressure, money, intimacy or a hard season. Our page on marriage counselling online covers in-laws, distance and life after a difficult year. Couples preparing for marriage can start earlier with premarital counselling, and you can compare what couples therapy costs in India before you book.
Couple counselling in Malayalam
Many couples find it easier to say the hardest things in Malayalam, and most sessions move between Malayalam and English as you need. Your psychologist understands Kerala family life, in-law dynamics and the strain of long-distance or Gulf marriages, so you spend the session on your relationship rather than explaining the background. Sessions on your own work the same way: see Malayalam counselling online.
Couples join from Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and across Kerala, and from the Gulf, the UK and the US, with Malayalis in Dubai among them.
What couples come to us for
Communication and the same argument on repeat
The fight starts about the phone or the dishes and ends somewhere else entirely. Therapy helps you see the pattern and talk without it turning into an argument.
Trust and infidelity
After an affair or a broken promise, both of you need a safe, structured way to talk about what happened and what comes next. The therapist does not take sides.
In-laws and family pressure
Joint-family expectations, a parent who is always involved, decisions that never feel like your own. Common in Kerala marriages, and something you can work on together.
Emotional distance and intimacy
You are not really fighting, but something feels off. You feel more like roommates, or closeness has faded. This is one of the most common reasons couples start.
Parenting disagreements
Different ideas about discipline, screen time or school pressure can turn into a standing argument. Sessions help you agree on how to parent as a team.
Long-distance and Gulf marriages
One of you is abroad, the other at home, and calls have become logistics. You can join the same session from two different countries.
Before marriage
Engaged couples can talk through money, family roles and expectations early, with premarital counselling.
Deciding whether to stay together
Therapy can help you make that decision with clarity and respect, either way. Our page on divorce counselling explains how separation support works.
Attachment styles: why couples fight the way they do
When things feel shaky, some people reach for their partner and others pull away. In this short video, our psychologists explain the four attachment styles in Malayalam and how they shape the way couples argue and make up. Curious about yours? Try the attachment style quiz, or check how your relationship is doing with the relationship health check.
How online couples therapy works
Book together
Choose a time that works for both of you
Get matched
We connect you with a therapist suited to your situation. You can switch anytime
Start your session
A guided conversation where both of you can speak and feel heard
What happens in the first session
Your psychologist asks what brought you here and how each of you sees it. Both of you get time to speak, without being interrupted or judged. You leave with a clearer picture of the pattern you are caught in, and a sense of whether this feels right for you.
How many sessions do couples need?
There is no fixed number, and nobody signs you up for a long course. You can try one session and decide. Your psychologist will tell you honestly how things are going and what might help next.
Online, from home or from two countries
Couples sessions are online, on Google Meet. You can join from the same room or from two different cities or countries. Pick a time when both of you can talk freely.
Approaches we use: EFT and the Gottman Method
ElloMind psychologists draw on the two best-studied approaches to couples work. You do not need to know the names. You will feel the difference as: we finally understood the pattern, and we have something to do instead.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Looks underneath the argument. The fight about the phone, or the in-laws, is usually a fight about something older: do you have me, can I reach you, do I matter to you. EFT helps you reach the real signal under the noise, so your partner can actually respond to it.
The Gottman Method
More skills and structure: it teaches the habits that actually predict a couple staying close, managing conflict, building fondness, and turning towards each other in the small daily moments rather than away.
Is couples therapy confidential?
Yes. What the two of you share stays between you and your psychologist, and your information is never shared with family or anyone else. The only exceptions are a legal requirement, such as a court order, or a serious risk to someone's safety, and we would talk to you first where we can. Our confidentiality policy has the details.
Does couples therapy work?
It helps most when both of you are safe to speak openly and willing to try. It is not a quick fix, and it does not decide for you whether to stay together. What it gives you is a clearer view of the pattern between you, and practical ways to change it.
The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy reports that over 98% of people who saw a marriage and family therapist rated the service they received as good or excellent. That is how clients rated the care, rather than a measure of how many relationships improved.
Couples therapy cost
₹1,999
per couple, 50-minute session
Option to pay after a single session
Multi-session plans are paid upfront. See every option on the pricing page.
Meet your couple therapists
Every ElloMind psychologist works with couples, in Malayalam and English. We match you with the one who suits your situation, and you stay with the same psychologist from session to session.
Teresa James
Consultant Psychologist, MSc Psychology (Clinical Psychology)Sees couples and individualsAlso specialises in anxiety, OCD and depressionSessions in Malayalam and English
Priyamvada Shankar
Counselling Psychologist, M.A. PsychologySees couples and individualsAlso specialises in relationships, grief and burnoutSessions in Malayalam and English
Shifana Sidheeque
Clinical Psychologist, M.Phil Clinical Psychology, MSc Applied PsychologySees couples and individualsAlso specialises in OCD, trauma and migration stressSessions in Malayalam and EnglishOn a short break
Nithya S
Counselling Psychologist, MSc Clinical PsychologySees couples and individualsAlso specialises in anxiety and self-esteemSessions in Malayalam and English
Frequently asked questions
They overlap. Couples counselling is for any couple, dating, engaged or married; marriage counselling focuses on married life, such as in-laws, money and distance. Both mean you and your partner meeting a psychologist together. You do not need to be married to book, and you do not need to be in crisis. Married couples can read more about marriage counselling online.
Yes. Our couples sessions are available in Malayalam and English, and most couples use a natural mix of both. Speaking in your own language makes it easier to talk about things that are hard to put into words.
Yes. A relationship is a pattern between two people, and changing your half of it shifts the whole pattern, often enough that a hesitant partner becomes curious and joins later. Starting on your own is a completely normal way to begin, not a consolation prize.
No. The focus is on the pattern the two of you are caught in, not on who is right or wrong. The therapist stays even-handed, and nothing said in an individual session becomes a secret weapon later.
Mainly Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), which works with the emotions underneath the argument, and the Gottman Method, which teaches the specific habits that keep couples close. Most sessions blend the two with practical tools, to fit your relationship. You do not need to know the names to benefit.
Yes, and for many couples that is the whole point. Because sessions are online, the two of you can join from the same room or from two different countries. For couples separated by a Gulf posting or a move abroad, this is often the only way to be in the same session at all.
When there is abuse or violence in the relationship, whether physical, sexual, or a pattern of fear and control, couples therapy is not the right tool, because it can make things more dangerous rather than safer. In that situation your safety comes first, and the better routes are individual support and confidential safety planning.
Yes. Many couples combine couples therapy with individual sessions. You can view our plans for both.
Therapy can help you navigate that decision with clarity and respect, whether you stay together or part ways. Our divorce counselling page explains how separation support works.
Each session is 50 minutes on Google Meet. Both partners join the same session.
The price is per couple, not per person. A 50-minute couples session is ₹1,999, both partners join the same session, and a single session comes with the option to pay after it.
Other therapy options
If you are not safe
Couples therapy is for two people who are both safe to speak freely. It is not the right tool while there is abuse or violence in a relationship, physical, sexual, or a pattern of fear and control, because sitting an abuser and the person they harm in the same room can make things more dangerous, not less. This is true of couples therapy everywhere. If that is your situation, your safety comes first. If you are in immediate danger, contact emergency services. For confidential support and safety planning, see our crisis and support helplines, or talk to one of our psychologists on your own, first. If you are not sure whether what is happening is manipulation, our page on gaslighting meaning in Malayalam explains the pattern.
Take the first step together
Showing up is the hardest part. Everything else, your therapist will guide you through.