I got into this work because I needed it.

Not because I had the answers. Because I didn’t. And I looked around and realised nobody in my world was talking about the things that were actually hard — desire, shame, the gap between how relationships look and how they feel, what sex does to us when we’ve never been taught to talk about it.

I grew up in that silence. I watched people close to me navigate intimacy, addiction and relationships without a single honest conversation to help them. I decided I wanted to be the person who made those conversations possible.

My path to this work was not linear. I studied documentary filmmaking at American University in Washington DC. I worked in film and media for a decade — as a first AD at Yash Raj Films, with National Geographic and Discovery Channel in the US, collaborating with some of India’s leading directors. I understood how stories get told. I also understood how much

gets left out.

Then I went back to school. MSc in Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental Health from King’s College London. Intensive clinical training in sex therapy, couples therapy, addiction counselling, Internal Family Systems, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Internationally Certified Addiction Professional, Level 2.

I now run a private practice from Goa, seeing clients remotely across India and internationally. I specialise in sex and intimacy therapy, couples therapy, addiction and recovery — and the specific ways South Asian culture shapes, and often damages, our relationship with all of the above.

I also work with film and OTT productions as an intimacy coordinator and script consultant. If you’re a producer or director, you can reach me at richainsession@gmail.com.

And I run @truthsfromtherapy — a platform for the conversations South Asian culture has been avoiding. Because the therapy room can only hold so many people at a time.

I’m not talking about any of this from a distance.

I’m talking about it because I know what it costs.

Sex & Intimacy Therapy

For individuals and couples navigating desire discrepancy, sexual pain, shame, performance pressure, intimacy avoidance, and the specific ways South Asian culture has shaped — and often silenced — their sexual selves. This is not sex education. It’s therapy. The difference is that we start with you — your history, your body, your relationship — and work from there.

Couples & Relationship Therapy

For couples who are disconnected, stuck, or navigating something that has broken trust. Infidelity. Desire discrepancy. Communication breakdown. The slow drift that happens when two people stop being honest with each other. I work with arranged and love marriages, couples in different countries, and couples who have never had a single honest conversation about sex.

Addiction & Recovery

For individuals and families navigating alcohol, substance use, and behavioural addiction. As an Internationally Certified Addiction Professional (ICAP Level 2), I work with the person in recovery and the people around them — because addiction is never just one person’s problem.

I also work with the specific connection between addiction and intimacy — because they are almost always related, and almost never treated together.

Film & OTT Consultancy

I work with film and OTT productions as an intimacy coordinator and script consultant. With ten years of film production experience and advanced clinical training in sex, intimacy and trauma, I bring both sides of the camera to this work.

For enquiries: richainsession@gmail.com

Why Work With Me?

I don’t talk about sex and intimacy from a textbook.

I talk about it from a decade of clinical work, a neuroscience degree from King’s College London, international certifications in sex therapy and addiction.

What that combination gives you:

Someone who understands South Asian culture from the inside—not as a case study, but as a lived reality.
Clinical training that is genuinely international—India, the UK, the US—with all three perspectives in every session.
Remote sessions accessible from anywhere at a fraction of UK or US therapy costs.