Whose Baby Is It Anyway?: Inside the Indian Heart

This book of essays takes an informal and I hope gentle look into South Asian homes hearts and homeland in an attempt to help mental health practitioners have a more complete understanding of their Indian clients. My aim is that these stories anecdotes and social and psychological sketches open the door to more pertinent clinical conversations. Just as there is no mother without a child there is no Indian individual without the family. The focus of western psychotherapy has been on the individual and individuation. My book expands the picture to include the importance of Indian society family and culture as an equally if not more important path to helping Indian immigrant patients get more clarity from helping professionals.