Well-being support for life in France, in your language.
One-to-one well-being counselling sessions online for parents, professionals and students living in France, from qualified Indian counsellors who understand both where you live and where you come from.
France Schedule
Paris TimezoneSchedule sessions easily across your timezone and India
- €35 per 50-minute session, paid one session at a time
- Book at least one day ahead
- Sessions run during India daytime hours, shown in your local time
Life in France
Life in France can mean paperwork at every turn, a residence permit to renew, and working hard on your French while colleagues switch between languages. Many people are building careers in technology, consulting, business or research in Paris and other cities, or belong to Tamil families with roots in Pondicherry who have been part of France for generations, balancing two heritages. Family can feel both very close and very far, and that can be heavier than it looks.
Mantraminds offers a calm, confidential space to talk it through with someone who understands, without having to explain your culture first.
Supporting Indian families across France
France is home to Indian professionals, students and families, many of them in and around Paris, working in technology, consulting, business, hospitality, research and universities. It also has a long-standing Franco-Pondichérien Tamil community, whose families' ties to France go back generations to French-era Pondicherry and who live largely in the Paris region.
What people in France often talk to us about:
- settling in, paperwork and learning French;
- pressure at work and building a career in a new system;
- holding together Indian and French ways of life as a family;
- expectations from parents and relatives, here and in India;
- feeling far from home, or caught between two homes.
Times that can feel heavier: the first winter, Diwali and Pongal away from family, a permit renewal or job change, and when parents in India or Pondicherry need care.
Our local support page lists free services in your area.
Who we support
Parents
Everyday parenting challenges, raising children across two cultures, teen communication, screen time and school pressure, and family routines.
Relationships
Communication and recurring conflict, in-law and extended-family pressures, intercultural relationships, adjusting after marriage, a new baby or a move.
Professionals
Work pressure, long hours, career changes after moving, work-life balance, confidence and workplace conflict, visa uncertainty.
Students (18+)
Homesickness and loneliness, study pressure, family expectations, career worries after graduation.
All adults
Everyday stress, life transitions, self-esteem, loss and change, healthy routines.
Why Mantraminds
Your language, your context
Sessions in English, Hindi and other Indian languages (depending on counsellor availability) with counsellors who understand Indian family life and the realities of building a life in France.
Qualified counsellors
Every Mantraminds Well-being Counsellor holds a qualification in psychology and works as part of the Mantraminds care team in New Delhi.
Online, in your local time
Sessions by secure video during India daytime hours, shown in your local time. Each counsellor sets their own hours, so you can choose the one whose hours suit you best.
Confidential
What you share stays private. See our Privacy Policy .
A trusted well-being partner
If what you need is something we don't offer, we'll help you find the right local support.
How it works
Tell us a little about you
A short form, about two minutes.
We check it's the right fit
Our team reads your answers and replies by email, usually within one working day.
Book your session
If we're a good fit, we email you a secure booking link. Please book at least one day ahead. Same-day sessions are offered only in exceptional cases, if a counsellor happens to be free, so please don't count on one. We place a hold on your card or PayPal account when you book, and only charge it 2 days before your session (or straight away if you book later than that).
Grow at your pace
Regular online sessions by secure video, with practical strategies and goals that are yours.
Fees
Well-being counselling session
What our service is — and isn't
Mantraminds offers well-being counselling for adults (18+): support with life's everyday challenges. To keep you safe, we're clear about what we don't offer in France:
- No diagnosis or treatment of mental health conditions
- No psychiatric consultations or medication
- No sessions for under-18s (we support parents instead)
- No crisis or emergency care
If our team feels you'd benefit from clinical care, we'll tell you honestly and help you find local services.
Need urgent help?
If you're in crisis or feel unsafe, please don't wait for a session:
- Emergency: call 112
- 3114 — national suicide prevention line (in French): Call 3114 (free) (24/7)
- SOS Amitié (in French): Call 09 72 39 40 50 (24/7)
- SOS Help (in English): Call 01 46 21 46 46 (Daily 3pm–11pm)
Important information
About our counsellors. Mantraminds is based in India, and we hope to support people wherever they live. Our Well-being Counsellors are qualified and experienced in India, and some hold Indian registrations. Overseas qualifications and registrations do not give anyone registration to practise in France. Our counsellors are not registered with the RPPS/ADELI registers for psychologists or on any regional health agency (ARS) list of psychotherapists. When they work with clients in France, they act only as Well-being Counsellors, not as psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists or medical practitioners.
Not a health service. Our conversations are for everyday life challenges. They are not psychotherapy, they don't identify or treat any illness, and they never replace medical care. If you may be unwell, please see your médecin traitant.
What this service doesn't provide. Our service is not a French psychology, psychiatry or medical service. It doesn't provide:
- medical, psychiatric or psychological diagnosis, or diagnostic assessment;
- treatment of any mental health condition;
- prescribing, or advice on starting, stopping or changing medication;
- medical certificates, reports, letters or certificates for legal, insurance, employment, immigration or court purposes;
- emergency or crisis care.
When to seek care in France. If you have a diagnosed or suspected mental health condition, symptoms that are significant or getting worse, need medication or medical advice, or are already receiving mental health treatment, please seek or continue care with your médecin traitant (GP), who can refer you to a psychiatrist or a psychologist, including through Mon soutien psy. If your counsellor thinks you need clinical care, they will tell you and suggest local services.
Claims and reimbursement. Sessions can't be claimed through the Assurance Maladie (including Mon soutien psy), your mutuelle (complémentaire santé) or employer schemes, and may not qualify for workplace or employer reimbursement. Please check with your employer before booking.
Your choice. Local services are available to you. By booking, you confirm you've chosen an India-based, non-clinical service instead, knowing the points above. Because our counsellors aren't registered locally, local regulators can't take complaints about them. Please bring any concern to us at contact@mantraminds.com.
In an emergency, call 112 or go to your nearest hospital emergency department (urgences), or call 15 (SAMU) for a medical emergency. You can also contact 3114 — national suicide prevention line (in French) (call 3114 (free)).
This doesn't affect your rights under the French Code de la consommation, including your right to withdraw within 14 days (articles L221-18 to L221-28; see our Cancellation & Refund Policy ).
Frequently asked questions
En français : l'essentiel
Ce que nous proposons. Mantraminds propose un accompagnement en bien-être en ligne, non clinique, réservé aux adultes. Nos séances offrent un espace confidentiel pour parler du stress, des relations, du travail, de la parentalité ou des changements de vie, et pour trouver des pistes concrètes. Le service est fourni depuis l'Inde, en anglais, en hindi et dans d'autres langues indiennes.
Ce que nous ne proposons pas.
- pas de diagnostic ni de traitement ;
- pas de psychiatrie ni de médicaments ;
- pas d'accompagnement des mineurs (moins de 18 ans) ;
- pas un service d'urgence.
Nos conseillers. Nos conseillers et conseillères en bien-être sont diplômés en psychologie en Inde. Ils ne sont pas psychologues ni psychothérapeutes enregistrés en France : ils ne figurent pas dans les registres RPPS/ADELI ni sur les listes de psychothérapeutes des agences régionales de santé (ARS). « Conseiller en bien-être » n'est pas un titre de psychologue ou de psychothérapeute.
Tarifs et paiement.
- €35 par séance de 50 minutes ;
- premier appel gratuit de 15 minutes, pour vérifier ensemble que notre service vous convient ;
- paiement séance par séance, par carte ou PayPal, sans abonnement ;
- une pré-autorisation (empreinte bancaire) est effectuée au moment de la réservation, et le montant est débité à 18 h, heure de l'Inde, deux jours avant la séance.
Annulation. Si vous annulez avant cette heure limite, vous n'êtes pas débité, ou vous êtes intégralement remboursé si vous avez déjà payé. Vous disposez aussi d'un droit de rétractation de 14 jours (articles L221-18 et suivants du Code de la consommation) ; le formulaire de rétractation figure dans notre politique d'annulation. En cas de retard de plus de 15 minutes ou d'absence, la séance est due.
En cas d'urgence. Nous ne pouvons pas intervenir en urgence. Si vous êtes en danger, appelez le 112 ou le 15. Si vous avez des idées suicidaires, ou si vous vous inquiétez pour un proche, appelez le 3114, le numéro national de prévention du suicide : gratuit, 24 h/24.
Prenez le temps de lire nos documents, disponibles en français :
Une question ? Écrivez-nous à care@mantraminds.com. Nous serons heureux de vous répondre.
You don't have to figure it out alone.
Talk to someone who understands your life here and where you come from.