Academic Work Discovering Spiritual Meaning Through Ongoing Bonds in the Face of Death “When the people we love leave us, where does the love go?” In this deeply personal and professional exploration, Shruti Jain invites us to reimagine death not as an end, but as a threshold. Drawing from her own journey through the loss […]

You have the job. The partner. The flat in a nice part of London. On paper, the checklist is complete. Your friends look at your life and see success. Your parents look at it and see stability. But when you are in the taxi home after a long week, or when you turn the key […]

Working with young adults in Singapore challenged everything I had been taught about the “right” therapeutic frame. This article explores how flexibility, creativity, and shared responsibility can deepen trust and connection in therapy – allowing clients to explore what has brought them to me while remaining within a structure that feels safe, ethical, and comfortable. […]

This piece is a tender, honest account of my relationship with my mother – its love, conflict, cultural tensions, and reconciliation. I write about the emotional landscape of her death, what she taught me about courage, and how her presence continues to guide my work as a therapist. You can read the full article here:View […]

Grief can be full of people and still feel profoundly lonely. In this reflection, I explore the years surrounding my parents’ deaths, the quiet tension between choosing solitude and feeling abandoned, and how these experiences shape the way I understand existential loneliness in myself and the clients I work with. You can read the full […]