Consulting & Training

Evidence-Based Mental Health Expertise For Complex Human Leadership Challenges

Better retention, reduced burnout and emotionally intelligent leadership.

We offer three different services to mentor leaders, providing clinical expertise and evidence-based skill building. Our mentoring incorporates psychological education, Strength-based perspective, Assertiveness training even incorporates therapy approaches including CBT, ACT, Schema therapy and EMDR. Leaders are built, not born and we work with the human underneath the role. No one size fits all, and our mentoring helps figure out gaps or maladaptive patterns specific to you:

Understand Myself Experience

Understand Myself Experience

  • If you ever wanted a cutting-edge comprehensive psychological assessment to develop a deep understanding of yourself, this is the right place for you.
  • You complete a comprehensive set of tests that assess your personality, stress levels, strengths, maladaptive patterns of behavior, relational (attachment) styles and even screen for hidden neurodivergence.
  • 1st session includes an intake appointment, where the clinician meets with you to get to know you, understand your history and set up goals for mentoring.
  • You complete a comprehensive psychometric assessment consisting of multiple sub tests.
  • You spend 3 more sessions with the clinician to unpack the findings and figure out what this means for you, the impact of this information on your life and strategies to translate this into your life and leadership.
Multi-session, evidence-based, get to know yourself from evidence-based approaches and screen for neurodivergence, giftedness, personality assessment, attachment style and what this means for you as a leader, Stress and anxiety levels, maladaptive behaviors and strengths.

Leadership Support Consults

  • Unsure how to support an employee with mental health concerns, suicidality, grief and loss?
  • Struggling as a leader with upper management and want to work on communication skills that are evidence based?
  • Are thriving in your career but struggling with stress management and work life balance support.
  • Wish you had a mental health expert on tap to confidentially help manage complex workforce issues like employees experiencing family violence, neurodivergence or resistant to your leadership?

Training

Interactive, engaging and personalized training packages delivered to your team at your workplace or virtually.

Full of cutting edge, research packed information, with practical strategies to help translate learnings into practice.

We usually need a 1-2 week notice to meet with you to understand your needs and create a personalised package.

Below are some of our offerings, and we also offer bespoke/personalized trainings tailored to your needs.

  • Mental Health Awareness (30 minute).
  • Sleep and Wellness (1 hour).
  • Motivational Interviewing Basics: Dealing with resistant clients as health professionals (1 hour).
  • Effective Communication and Assertiveness Training (1.5 hour).
  • Neurodivergent and Mental Health Informed Leadership (1.5 hour).
  • Men’s Mental Health (1 hour).
  • Grief and Loss (1 hour).

Clinical Supervision & Reflective Practice

Aimed at early-career therapists, counsellors, psychologists and social workers, our clinical supervision offers a safe, reflective space to build confidence, reduce burnout and deepen your practice. Led by an AASW-accredited Mental Health Social Worker, our approach is grounded in evidence—not generic coaching.

Whether you’re looking to unpack countertransference, explore identity as a practitioner, or manage complex clinical presentations, we offer real-world, trauma-informed guidance that bridges theory and practice. Reflective, rigorous, and always tailored to you.

Understand Myself Experience

Understand Myself Experience

  • If you ever wanted a cutting-edge comprehensive psychological assessment to develop a deep understanding of yourself, this is the right place for you.
  • You complete a comprehensive set of tests that assess your personality, stress levels, strengths, maladaptive patterns of behavior, relational (attachment) styles and even screen for hidden neurodivergence.
  • 1st session includes an intake appointment, where the clinician meets with you to get to know you, understand your history and set up goals for mentoring.
  • You complete a comprehensive psychometric assessment consisting of multiple sub tests.
  • You spend 3 more sessions with the clinician to unpack the findings and figure out what this means for you, the impact of this information on your life and strategies to translate this into your life and leadership.
Multi-session, evidence-based, get to know yourself from evidence-based approaches and screen for neurodivergence, giftedness, personality assessment, attachment style and what this means for you as a leader, Stress and anxiety levels, maladaptive behaviors and strengths.

Leadership Support Consults

  • Unsure how to support an employee with mental health concerns, suicidality, grief and loss?
  • Struggling as a leader with upper management and want to work on communication skills that are evidence based?
  • Are thriving in your career but struggling with stress management and work life balance support.
  • Wish you had a mental health expert on tap to confidentially help manage complex workforce issues like employees experiencing family violence, neurodivergence or resistant to your leadership?

Training

Interactive, engaging and personalized training packages delivered to your team at your workplace or virtually.

Full of cutting edge, research packed information, with practical strategies to help translate learnings into practice.

We usually need a 1-2 week notice to meet with you to understand your needs and create a personalised package.

Below are some of our offerings, and we also offer bespoke/personalized trainings tailored to your needs.

  • Mental Health Awareness (30 minute).
  • Sleep and Wellness (1 hour).
  • Motivational Interviewing Basics: Dealing with resistant clients as health professionals (1 hour).
  • Effective Communication and Assertiveness Training (1.5 hour).
  • Neurodivergent and Mental Health Informed Leadership (1.5 hour).
  • Men’s Mental Health (1 hour).
  • Grief and Loss (1 hour).

Clinical Supervision & Reflective Practice

Aimed at early-career therapists, counsellors, psychologists and social workers, our clinical supervision offers a safe, reflective space to build confidence, reduce burnout and deepen your practice. Led by an AASW-accredited Mental Health Social Worker, our approach is grounded in evidence—not generic coaching.

Whether you’re looking to unpack countertransference, explore identity as a practitioner, or manage complex clinical presentations, we offer real-world, trauma-informed guidance that bridges theory and practice. Reflective, rigorous, and always tailored to you.

Clinical Supervision & Reflective Practice

The Meaning of Indus

Our name is a nod to the Indus Valley — one of the oldest civilisations, rooted in mindfulness, language, and learning. We honour these origins by making therapy modern, accessible, and grounded in real science and culture.

Ready to start therapy? 

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Evidence-Based Mental Health Expertise for Complex Human Challenges at Work

When Leadership Gets Human, We’re Here

We work with leaders, teams, and organisations ready to go deeper. Our services draw from therapeutic models (CBT, ACT, Schema, EMDR), and are grounded in psychology, not pseudoscience.

What We Offer

A clinical deep-dive into your personality, wellbeing, and patterns.

  • Psychometric testing for personality, neurodivergence, stress, and attachment.
  • 4-session mentoring package including comprehensive intake and feedback.
  • Learn what drives you — and what might be holding you back.

Ideal for: self-aware professionals, senior leaders, or those in transition who want to look under the hood for why they lead the way they do.

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Your personal clinical sounding board.

  • Support for navigating complex staff mental health issues.
  • One-on-one mentoring for emotionally intelligent leadership.
  • Guidance on boundaries, burnout, grief, and difficult conversations.

Think: therapy meets executive mentoring, designed for people in high-stakes roles.

Research-backed workshops and keynotes — engaging, practical, and real.

Topics include:

  • Mental Health Awareness
  • Dealing with resistant clients for medical and allied health professionals
  • Effective Communication & Assertiveness
  • Wellbeing and Sleep Hygiene
  • Grief & Loss in the Workplace
  • Men’s Mental Health
  • Neurodivergent-Informed Leadership

Customised options available. Delivered at your workplace or online.

Why Choose Us?

Choosing the right support matters. We go beyond surface-level coaching to provide evidence-based strategies that work in real life. Our approach is grounded in clinical training, practical experience, and a deep understanding of leaders’ daily pressures. Every step is focused on helping you build confidence, resilience, and clarity — not with templates, but with tools that truly fit you.

  • Clinically trained in comprehensive therapy modalities and real science, not corporate fluff.
  • Flexible, discreet, and tailored — no cookie-cutter frameworks.
  • Designed for humans under pressure — executives, founders, people leaders.

Build insight. Expand your tools. Deal with insecurities. Lead from a deeper place.

“Leadership is personal. Let’s treat it that way.”

Meet Rishi

Rishi Sharma is an accredited Mental Health Social Worker with experience in trauma, neurodivergence, culturally responsive practice, and mental health-informed leadership.

He works with adults, couples, and families — with a style that’s calm, reflective, and deeply human. Therapy with Rishi is a real conversation, backed by clinical insight and lived experience.

You can also read about Mr Otis → Our mascot, who brings his own kind of comfort.

Rishi has personally provided supported, delivered training or has been involved with the following organisations
Rishi has personally provided supported , delivered training or has been involved with the following organisations

The Meaning of Indus

Our name is a nod to the Indus Valley — one of the oldest civilisations, rooted in mindfulness, language, and learning. We honour these origins by making therapy modern, accessible, and grounded in real science and culture.

Ready to start therapy? 

Welcome to Indus Therapy

Personalised, trauma-informed care for real people.

We specialise in supporting individuals who have had no or negative experiences with therapy. Every story is different — so our approach is tailored to you. We’re here to help you make sense of your experience and move toward long-term, sustainable change.

Why Choose Indus?

Personalised Care

We meet you where you're at — whether you're starting therapy for the first time, or returning after being disappointed elsewhere. We tailor our work to your needs, values, culture, and goals.

Flexible Appointments

After-hours and weekend sessions available to suit your schedule. You shouldn't have to choose between work, family and your mental health.

Evidence-Based Therapy

We use globally recognised, research-backed modalities like:

Free Compatibility Call

Feeling unsure? Book a free 10-minute call to see if we're a good fit.

Meet Rishi

Rishi Sharma is an accredited Mental Health Social Worker with experience in trauma, neurodivergence, culturally responsive practice, and mental health-informed leadership.

He works with adults, couples, and families — with a style that’s calm, reflective, and deeply human. Therapy with Rishi is a real conversation, backed by clinical insight and lived experience.

You can also read about Mr Otis → our mascot, who brings his own kind of comfort.

Services Offered

We support clients experiencing

We are a good fit for

Our Therapy Approaches

The gold standard for trauma therapy.

  • Globally recognised and evidence-based first-order treatment for trauma by the WHO
  • Reduces distress from PTSD, anxiety, grief, and more
  • Helps the brain “unstick” traumatic memories

Challenge unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Learn tools for emotional regulation and healthier thinking patterns.

Helps you move toward your values, even when difficult thoughts and feelings show up.

Explore deeply rooted patterns developed from early life. Helps change long-term emotional responses.

Work through ambivalence and find your inner motivation for change.

  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Gestalt Chair Work
  • Strength-Based Practice
  • Culturally Safe, Trauma-Informed Care
  • Group Therapy Facilitation

Clinical Experience

Rishi has provided therapy, training, and supervision in:

Rishi as a Human

Rishi is a nerd at heart. He rides motorcycles, enjoys tattoos, stays in fitness, and loves cooking epic meals. He grew up trying to make sense of neurodivergence, trauma, and culture. Therapy with Rishi isn’t clinical in the cold sense — it’s human, authentic, and real.

Mr Otis, his Frenchie, often joins sessions as a support pup. You’re welcome to request his company if that helps you feel grounded.

Success Stories Shared by Our Customers

Highly recommend Indus-therapy!

Rishi is exceptional, he creates a safe and welcoming space where you can openly discuss your concerns. He is compassionate, empathetic, and truly skilled. I was able to have both zoom and in person sessions which was very convenient. Truly transformative!

Radika

I found Rishi to be very understanding and helpful, and never made me feel judged. I definitely recommend him, especially for clients experiencing severe anxiety or trauma. I felt at ease with him from our first session, which can be very rare when seeking help for difficult situations. I would rate him higher if I could.

Ali Swasbrick

Rishi has personally provided support, delivered training or has been involved with the following organisations

The Meaning of Indus

Our name is a nod to the Indus Valley — one of the oldest civilisations, rooted in mindfulness, language, and learning. We honour these origins by making therapy modern, accessible, and grounded in real science and culture.

Ready to start therapy? 

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