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Who we are

People, first.

A team of psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists and yoga practitioners who believe compassion and clinical rigour belong in the same room.

Talene exists to make mental wellness ordinary. We build the resources, tools and guidance that help people manage stress, recover balance and grow resilience - through workshops, counselling and steady community work.

Our belief is simple and stubborn: proactive care beats crisis response, every time. So we normalise the conversation until asking for support feels as unremarkable as booking a dental appointment.

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Meet the team

Expertise in mental health and holistic care, held together by people who listen well.

Pracheth Ravindra, Founder at Talene Wellness, Bengaluru

Pracheth Ravindra

Founder & CEO

A Birmingham Business School graduate who spent his early career inside the UK's largest health insurer, working alongside its mental health team. What he saw there - workplaces where minds were cared for openly - became the reason he returned to India to build Talene.

Vijaya Nalini, Co-founder at Talene Wellness, Bengaluru

Vijaya Nalini

Director - Operations

Three decades across operations, supply chain and people development. Nalini builds the systems that let care actually reach people, and champions emotional resilience as a leadership skill rather than a soft one.

Kathryn Rogers, Advisor at Talene Wellness, Bengaluru
Corporate advisor

Kathryn Rogers

A UK-based leader and advocate for mental wellness, and the first manager who showed our founder what good support looks like from the inside.

As advisor, Kathryn keeps our services sharp and accessible - shaping programmes that break stigma and make early intervention practical.

Clinical & wellness practitioners

Psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy and yoga - a network you can be matched with.

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Dr. Prerna Maheshwari, Psychiatrist at Talene Wellness, Bengaluru
About them
Psychiatrist

Dr. Prerna Maheshwari

Psychiatrist

Dr. Prerna Maheshwari

Trauma-informed, neurodivergent-friendly and queer-affirmative psychiatric care for all ages. MD from Amrita Institute, former senior resident at NIMHANS, and a published author - including a poetry book on mental health.

Builds personalised plans across biological, social, developmental and psychological factors, and reframes experiences as healthy or unhealthy rather than good or bad.

ADHD Anxiety & depression OCD Complex trauma
MD Psychiatry · Ex-NIMHANS
Preeti Jain, Psychologist at Talene Wellness, Bengaluru
About them
Psychologist

Preeti Jain

Psychologist

Preeti Jain

Over eight years with adults navigating anxiety, depression and life transitions. Early sessions go to understanding your circumstances first - to her, choosing therapy is already an act of self-care.

Strength-based work blended with CBT, DBT, MBCT, compassion-focused therapy and life-coaching tools. Author of Chrysalis: A Leap to Awakening, and multilingual in session.

CBT & DBT MBCT Life transitions Life coaching
Master’s in Psychology · Certified life coach
Dr. Sowmyashree Narayan, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at Talene Wellness, Bengaluru
About them
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Dr. Sowmyashree Narayan

Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Dr. Sowmyashree Narayan

Fourteen years in child and adolescent mental health, with an MD, a post-doctoral fellowship and a DM in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - all from NIMHANS.

Evidence-based, trauma-informed and gender-affirmative care for developmental disorders, alongside public talks, workshops and expert committee work. Member of the Indian Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

Developmental disorders Adolescents Gender-affirmative
DM, NIMHANS · 14 years
Dr. Ravi Prakash, Psychiatrist at Talene Wellness, Bengaluru
About them
Psychiatrist

Dr. Ravi Prakash

Psychiatrist

Dr. Ravi Prakash

Twenty-plus years diagnosing and treating the full range of psychiatric conditions in Bengaluru, with a multilingual practice.

Practises across geriatric psychiatry and neuropsychiatry, addiction psychiatry, sexual health and psychotherapy - one of the city’s most senior clinicians.

Geriatric psychiatry Neuropsychiatry Addiction Sexology
MBBS, DPM · 20+ years
Rakshita Vinod, Counselling Psychologist at Talene Wellness, Bengaluru
About them
Counselling Psychologist

Rakshita Vinod

Counselling Psychologist

Rakshita Vinod

An engineer turned counselling psychologist, working with families, couples and students on stress, anxiety, relationship strain and personal growth.

Holistic and tailored, drawing on CBT, art therapy, hypnosis, solution-focused and Adlerian work, positive psychology, behaviour therapy and ABA.

Family & couples School counselling Art therapy CBT
Master’s in Counselling Psychology
Dr. Usha Rani, Ayurvedic Physician & Yoga Therapist at Talene Wellness, Bengaluru
About them
Ayurvedic Physician & Yoga Therapist

Dr. Usha Rani

Ayurvedic Physician & Yoga Therapist

Dr. Usha Rani

Ayurvedic physician with a postgraduate degree in Yoga from S-VYASA, now pursuing a PhD on yoga in cancer care. She has built referral models linking psychiatrists, psychologists, dietitians and physiotherapists.

Her yoga therapy follows the Pancha Kosha model - body, energy, mind, intellect and bliss - designed for patients and their caregivers alike.

Anxiety & insomnia Back & neck pain PCOS & metabolic Oncology support
PG Yoga, S-VYASA · PhD candidate
Ayushi Bhardwaj, Psychotherapist & Yoga Therapist at Talene Wellness, Bengaluru
About them
Psychotherapist & Yoga Therapist

Ayushi Bhardwaj

Psychotherapist & Yoga Therapist

Ayushi Bhardwaj

Works with adolescents and adults across relationship concerns, sleep and behavioural difficulties, anxiety, depression, ADHD and OCD - and with organisations as a consultant and workshop facilitator.

Client-centred and evidence-based, drawing on CBT, DBT, ACT, solution-focused brief therapy, ERP, psychodynamic therapy and yoga therapy.

Adolescents ADHD & OCD Sleep ERP
Psychotherapy · Yoga therapy
Vaishali Sharma, Counselling Psychologist at Talene Wellness, Bengaluru
About them
Counselling Psychologist

Vaishali Sharma

Counselling Psychologist

Vaishali Sharma

A trained behaviour therapist working on emotional development, emotional regulation and youth wellbeing - with autistic and ADHD individuals, adolescents and families, including inside Karnataka’s juvenile observation homes.

Reflective, emotionally aware practice including IFS-informed methods. Previously with Aster, Early Autism Services and Zoechea; associated with the NGO We The Men. Based in Bengaluru.

Autism & ADHD Adolescents Emotional regulation Gaming psychology
MSc Clinical & Industrial Psychology
Shanaranya NR, Behavioural Psychologist at Talene Wellness, Bengaluru
About them
Behavioural Psychologist

Shanaranya NR

Behavioural Psychologist

Shanaranya NR

Around five years with individuals and couples across a broad range of mental health concerns, offering therapy both online and in person from Kammanahalli, Bengaluru.

Works through anxiety and stress, low mood, self-esteem, communication and conflict, life transitions, grief, coping skills, and procrastination.

Couples therapy Anxiety & stress Self-esteem Grief & transitions
Counselling Psychologist · 5 years

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