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Psychology & Behavioural Support

Psychology & Behavioural Support for children

Psychology-led help for behaviour and emotions that keep disrupting family or school life. We start by understanding what the behaviour is saying.

Talk to us first. It’s freeOr ask about an assessment

Consultation and assessment fees are explained before booking.

When is psychology support relevant?

Ask when behaviour or emotion repeatedly disrupts school, family life, safety, or recovery, and the approaches you have tried are no longer enough.

What progress can look like

A shorter storm, an evening that recovers, or a word where a scream used to be. We set visible goals and review them about every four months.

What this is
Psychology-led assessment, child support, and parent coaching.
First step
Understand what the behaviour may be communicating before choosing treatment.
Cost and place
Kalyan Nagar only. Consultation ₹1,000; sessions ₹900.

Cornerstone does not prescribe medication. Assessment fees vary by type and depth and are quoted individually.

Inside the support

From a big feeling to a strategy you can use at home.

This service runs at Kalyan Nagar. The work starts by understanding what the behaviour may be communicating, then building one consistent plan.

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    The big feeling

    What the behaviour may be saying

    A meltdown, an outburst, or a withdrawal is treated as communication, not defiance. The first job is to understand what your child is managing and when it is hardest.

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    Assessment to home

    One plan, carried into the week

    The assessment shapes goals in plain language, and parents are coached on concrete responses for the next difficult moment. Progress is reviewed about every four months.

The kind of help this is

At Kalyan Nagar, a behavioural and educational psychologist can assess developmental or behaviour concerns and support a child and family.

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The kind of help this is

Support here is led by a qualified behavioural and educational psychologist, and it’s available at our Kalyan Nagar centre. It covers both assessment and evaluation, including developmental, cognitive and behavioural questions, and ongoing behaviour support for a child and their family.

How the team works is what matters here: it starts with understanding your child, then builds a plan with you. We don’t name or champion a single branded method. We use what fits the child in front of us, and we explain our thinking in plain language as we go. No jargon, no blame, no “systems” you’d need training to decode.

From a worry to a clear picture

When a concern is still taking shape, the first useful step is often understanding, not treatment. Our consulting developmental psychologists carry out comprehensive evaluations, shaped to what your child needs: cognitive, emotional, developmental and behavioural profiles, and other assessments where they help.

From concern to a useful plan
  1. Understand the concern

    Talk through what you see and whether fuller assessment would help.

  2. Build the picture

    Assess strengths and needs, then explain them in plain language.

  3. Choose the support

    Begin here or receive a clear pointer onwards when that fits better.

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Developmental and autism assessment

Our consulting developmental psychologists can also be part of a child’s autism diagnostic assessment where appropriate. Assessment fees vary with the type and depth of the evaluation, so each is quoted individually.

What the support looks like

  • It starts with understanding.Behaviour is a message: I’m overwhelmed. I can’t say what I need. This is too much.
  • An assessment and a plan you can see.What’s driving the behaviour, goals in plain language, and how we’ll know things are changing.
  • Sessions with your child.Naming feelings, managing the big ones.

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Sessions with you.

Parents are coached, not lectured. You leave with concrete responses for the next meltdown and the next school call. Parent coaching is woven into the plan, and where a named programme fits (like More Than Words or TalkAbility), we’ll use it.

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Coordination where it helps.

With your permission, we work with the other therapists in the centre, and with the school, so the adults around your child respond the same way.

When is it just a phase?

Many big feelings are part of growing up; a conversation helps when behaviour repeatedly disrupts school, home, or safety.

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When is it just a phase?

Most childhood behaviour is development doing its loud work: tantrums at three, limit-testing at seven, moodiness at twelve are all normal.

A conversation helps when behaviour starts running the family: school regularly disrupted, your child hurting themselves or others, storms far longer than their cause, or when you’re exhausted and out of ideas. None of that means something is “wrong” with your child. It means the current approach has run its course.

How we’ll know it’s working

We agree on visible goals and review them about every four months, looking for small changes at home and school.

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How we’ll know it’s working

Change is slow and never a straight line. You’ll likely see it at home first: a shorter storm, an evening that recovers, a word where a scream used to be. We set goals you can see and review them about once every four months.

Questions parents ask

  • Does my child need a psychiatrist or medicine?

    Not necessarily, and we don’t prescribe. If we believe a medical opinion would help, we’ll say so and guide you.

  • Is this my fault?

    No. Behaviour like this isn’t caused by a parent’s mistake. What is yours is the response, and that can be learned.

  • We’ve tried everything. Why would this be different?

    Because “everything” is usually a series of guesses. This starts with understanding what the behaviour is really saying, then one consistent plan.

  • My child has autism. Will you work with us?

    Yes, support is built around your child. Children with autism can have enormous feelings, and psychology-led support alongside speech and occupational therapy is often part of the answer. This support is at Kalyan Nagar; if you’re nearer our other centre, we’ll tell you how it works.

  • Is this service available at both centres?

    No. Psychology & Behavioural Support runs at Kalyan Nagar. We’d rather tell you that plainly than let you book something that isn’t there.

  • How much does it cost?

    A psychology consultation is ₹1,000; sessions are ₹900. Our Fees page shows the structure, and we answer plainly on the phone.

If you are not ready to call

Keep reading before you decide

Each page answers a different question. The first one matches what most parents bring to this service.

You don’t need the problem perfectly described before you call

That’s what the first conversation is for, and it is free. Call +91 70225 30530.

Talk to us first. It’s freeAsk about an assessment

Consultation and assessment fees are explained before booking.