Raju Akon, Clinical & Counseling Psychologist, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Raju Akon is a counseling psychologist in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and an expert in clinical psychology, child psychology, and educational psychology to treat children and adults. He is also a Bangladesh Psychological Association (BPA) Life Member. He is passionate and helps clients to achieve personal and relational meaning in their personal and social lives.

His systematic approach draws client-centered, psychodynamic, psychoeducational, exceptional, and existential treatment modalities. Every Client is unique to meet their needs. Raju Akon enjoys collaborating with clients, encouraging them to be concerned with their reality through self-disclosure. Currently, he is practicing counseling at SIBL Foundation Hospital & Diagnostic Center. You can also get him in Dhanmondi Hospital (PVT) LTD.

As a clinical and counseling psychologist, he has experience dealing with clients’ trauma, addiction, emotional regulation, generalized anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), depression, sexual dysfunction, and other anxiety-based disorders.

Clients need not feel shy about traditionally taboo topics like human sexuality, intimate relationships, prone to addiction, etc. All of these topics are our inheriting behavior. However, clients can free themselves through proper psychological support (Counseling, psychotherapy, and psychiatric medicines).

Moreover, he has experience working with several psychological organizations to provide counseling. For example, relationship issues, domestic violence, mood disorders, social skills, assertiveness training, anger/stress/time management, life transactions, conflict resolution, and other behavioral issues of children or adults.

He attends national and international workshops on various therapeutic interventions to get updated research on mental health. Moreover, he is trained in Transactional Analysis (T.A.), Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Behavior Therapy, Couple Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, and other humanistic approaches.

He cares for clients to confirm their confidentiality and faith in expectations. He believes everyone can get the utmost success for their physical and psychological health.

Counseling Time:

Patients can get psychological help between 10.00 am to 8 pm on certain days. Feel free to contact him at the below address.

His Areas of Specialties:

He Can Also Help With These Areas:

• Gender Identity
• Male Sexual Issues
• Marriage and Relationship Issues
• Pornography Addiction
• Sexual Abuse & Assault
• Career Counseling

Treatment Approaches:

Assessment Services:

• Assessments for Developmental Disabilities
• Career Assessments
• Parental Assessments
• Intelligence, Psychoeducational, and Memory Assessments
• Personality and Behavioral Assessments

How Can These Assessment Tools Help?

Psychologists use various tools to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the recommended behavioral and academic intervention structure. Using these tools makes it easy to identify the clients’ difficulties to feel better themselves.

Session fees for Counseling and Psychotherapy in Dhaka, Bangladesh

The fees vary from professional to professional, and their experience, degrees, counseling institutions, etc. Psychologists and psychiatrists both are psychotherapists and work in the mental health sector. A professional psychologist provides counseling/psychotherapy. On the other hand, psychiatrist provides psychiatric medicine. Dr. Rashidul Haque is a prominent psychiatrist and psychiatric medicine specialist in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Moreover, Clients are regularly getting the best counseling and psychotherapy during the recent COVID-19 pandemic from this professional.

N.B.: ** Can Vary. Financial Agreement and Fee Schedule for Psychological Counseling. *Bangladeshi clients can pay through Bikash/DBBL. *For Foreign Clients, Dollar payment will be applied (PayPal/TransferWise).

Contact Address:

• Name: Md. Asadujjaman Raju Akon
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: +8801521437270 (For Online/offline Counseling appointments)
• Place of counseling: “SIBL Foundation Hospital & Diagnostic Center” and “Dhanmondi Hospital (PVT) LTD.”

Types of Counseling:

Clients can get five types of counseling or therapy, online or offline. If you are searching for the best psychologist or psychotherapist near you, we recommend taking online psychotherapy. It is easy, money, and time-consuming.

1.  Individual counseling

In individual counseling, clients and counselors work one-to-one online or offline sessions in a safe, caring, and confidential environment. Counselors facilitate exploring clients’ feelings, beliefs, or behaviors and challenging or influential memories to identify aspects of their lives that they want to change. As a result, clients can better understand themselves and others through counseling to set goals for desired change.

2. Couples/Family Counseling

Couple counseling (for couples of any gender or sexual orientation) is a therapy that improves communication and resolves intimate relationships.

Family counseling suits parental separation or divorce, sibling conflict, mixed families, and more.

3. Initial Interview

The counselor observed the Patient’s feelings and thoughts during the initial interview. Then, counselors make a structure to help patients with negative thoughts and feelings or get specific data. Phrase questions to invite the Patient to talk (e.g., open-ended, non-leading questions).

You should expect the psychologist to ask different questions about your background, current lifestyle, work experience, education, etc.

Three (3) Scales will be applied to measure the Patient’s present Depression, Anxiety, and Hopelessness level. This can be much more effective for patients from remote areas who have hindrances to taking regular psychotherapy.

4. Group Counseling

A counseling group comprises six to eight patients who meet face-to-face with one or two trained group therapists to discuss their concerns. In addition, members communicate with each other and share their personal opinions, thoughts, and feelings with other members of the group do or say.

Group Counseling aims to create confidence in the Client’s mind by sharing and exploring others’ issues to benefit from throughout the session. Proper sharing and communication help clients think they are not alone or isolated. Group therapy is vital to minimize depression, OCD, and other behavioral issues. All the systematic counseling procedure motivates every Client to lead a healthier and happy well-being.

5. Other Assessment Services:

Various assessment tools for Children and Adults measure Developmental Disabilities, Intelligence, Psychoeducational, Psychoeducational, Personality, and Behavioral Assessments. These tools help to get proper treatment and to be more productive in individual and social life.

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