InternationalMental Well-being Support
Mental well-being support for life in the Netherlands, in your language.
One-to-one well-being counselling sessions online for parents, professionals and students living in the Netherlands, from qualified Indian counsellors who understand both where you live and where you come from.
- Online
- Confidential
- English, Hindi & other Indian languages
Sessions run during India daytime hours and are shown in your local time.
Online counselling in the Netherlands: at a glance
Mantraminds offers online, non-clinical well-being counselling for adults living in the Netherlands, in English, Hindi and other Indian languages, with Well-being Counsellors based in India. A 50-minute session costs €35, you pay one session at a time, and you book at least one day ahead.
- Price
- €35 per 50-minute session, paid one session at a time. No packages.
- First step
- A short sign-up form, then choose a time and pay. Our team reads your answers before your session.
- Booking
- At least one day ahead. Same-day sessions are rare and depend on a counsellor being free.
- Languages
- English, Hindi and other Indian languages (depending on counsellor availability).
- How
- One-to-one by secure video. Adults 18+ only.
- Session times
- Within India daytime hours (about 10:00 AM–7:00 PM India time): 6:30 AM–3:30 PM in Amsterdam in July and 5:30 AM–2:30 PM in January, as clocks change. Each counsellor sets their own hours.
- What it is
- Non-clinical well-being counselling for everyday challenges. Not therapy, diagnosis, medication or emergency care.
- In an emergency
- Call 112. Free support: 113 Zelfmoordpreventie, call 113 (free) · online chat at 113.nl (24/7).
Life in the Netherlands
Life in the Netherlands can mean a visa tied to one employer, a hard search for housing in the Randstad or Eindhoven, and family many hours and a time difference away. Many people are building careers in a direct, fast-moving work culture, supporting a partner who is restarting their own career, or raising children between two cultures without the extended family who would usually help. Long, dark winters can make it all feel heavier, even when life looks settled from the outside.
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 the Netherlands
Many Indians in the Netherlands came as highly skilled migrants (kennismigranten), often in technology, engineering and research around Amsterdam, Amstelveen, Eindhoven, Rotterdam and The Hague. The Netherlands is also home to a large Surinamese-Hindustani community with roots in India.
What people in the Netherlands often talk to us about:
- a residence permit tied to one employer and its salary requirements;
- finding a home in a tight housing market;
- learning Dutch and the integration process while working in English;
- partners rebuilding careers, and children growing up in Dutch schools;
- feeling far from family, even in a very international country.
Times that can feel heavier: grey, short winter days, and festivals spent away from home.
Our local support page lists free services in your area.
Concerns we support
Who we support
Parents
Parenting stress, raising children across two cultures, teen communication, screen time and school pressure, and guidance if your child already has a diagnosis such as ADHD or autism.
Relationships
Communication and recurring conflict, in-law and extended-family pressures, intercultural relationships, adjusting after marriage, a new baby or a move.
Professionals
Work stress and burnout, long hours, career changes after moving, work-life balance, confidence and workplace conflict, visa uncertainty.
Students (18+)
Homesickness and loneliness, academic pressure, family expectations, career worries after graduation.
All adults
Everyday stress, feeling low, grief and loss (including losing a loved one back home), life transitions, self-esteem, 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 the Netherlands.
- 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 International Privacy Policy.
- A trusted mental 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.
Book and pay. Straight after the form, choose a time in our booking calendar and pay securely by card. 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 check it's the right fit. Our team reads your answers before your session. If our service isn't right for you, we'll tell you and refund you in full.
Grow at your pace. Regular online sessions by secure video, with practical strategies and goals that are yours.
Our counsellors
Meet the Well-being Counsellors who support clients outside India. Sessions are offered in English, Hindi and other Indian languages, depending on counsellor availability.
Ms. Nivedita Aggarwal
4+ Years of experience
Speaks: English · Hindi
Available (online, India time)
Monday - Sunday: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Mrs. Kritika Nanda
12+ Years of experience
Speaks: English · Hindi
Available (online, India time)
Monday - Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Ms. Rootam Goswami
5+ Years of experience
Speaks: English · Hindi
Available (online, India time)
Monday - Sunday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Ms. Bhawna Bisht
1+ Year of experience
Speaks: English · Hindi
Available (online, India time)
Monday - Sunday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Fees
Pay for one session at a time. Continue only if it's helping you.
Pay by card when you book. Cancel by 6:00 PM India time, 2 days before your session, for a full refund.
| Well-being counselling session | €35 · 50 minutes |
| Booking | At least one day ahead. Same-day sessions are rare and depend on a counsellor being free |
| How you pay | Pay per session by card when you book, through our secure checkout. No packages, no lock-in. Cancel by 6:00 PM India time, 2 days before your session, for a full refund. It shows on your statement as MANTRAMINDS. |
| Payment | Paid directly. Sessions can't be claimed through Dutch basic health insurance (basisverzekering), supplementary insurance (aanvullende verzekering) or employer-funded schemes. |
| Refunds | Cancel by 6:00 PM India time, 2 or more days before your session and you'll get a full refund. You can keep the value as session credit instead. No refund for later cancellations, no-shows or joining more than 15 minutes late. See our International Cancellation & Refund Policy. |
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 the Netherlands:
- 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
- 113 Zelfmoordpreventie: Call 113 (free) · online chat at 113.nl (24/7)
- De Luisterlijn: Call 088 0767 000 (24/7)
Please read before booking
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 the Netherlands. Our counsellors are not registered with the BIG register (the Dutch register of healthcare professionals). When they work with clients in the Netherlands, they act only as Well-being Counsellors, not as psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists or medical practitioners.
What this service doesn't provide. Our service is not a Dutch 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 the Netherlands. 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 huisarts (GP), who can connect you with a practice mental health worker (POH-GGZ) or refer you to mental health services (GGZ). 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 Dutch basic health insurance (basisverzekering), supplementary insurance (aanvullende verzekering) or employer-funded 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 (Spoedeisende Hulp). You can also contact 113 Zelfmoordpreventie: Call 113 (free) · online chat at 113.nl.
This doesn't affect your rights under the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) consumer rules, including your right to cancel within 14 days (see our International Cancellation & Refund Policy).
Frequently asked questions
What is Mantraminds?
Mantraminds is an India-based mental well-being service. It offers online, non-clinical well-being counselling for adults in English, Hindi and other Indian languages, in 23 countries outside India, including the Netherlands.
How much does online counselling with Mantraminds cost in the Netherlands?
€35 per 50-minute session, paid one session at a time. Book at least one day ahead. There are no packages or lock-in.
Can I talk to a counsellor in Hindi from the Netherlands?
Yes. Sessions are offered in English, Hindi and other Indian languages, depending on counsellor availability. Tell us your preferred language when you sign up and we'll match you with a counsellor who speaks it, where we can.
What time are sessions in the Netherlands?
Sessions run during India daytime hours, within each counsellor's own availability. For example, a 6:00 PM India-time session is at 2:30 PM in Amsterdam in July and 1:30 PM in January, as clocks change. Your booking page shows every time in your local time. We're not a 24/7 service.
Where can I get free mental health support in the Netherlands?
113 Zelfmoordpreventie: call 113 (free) · online chat at 113.nl (24/7). In an emergency, call 112. For ongoing care, you can speak to your huisarts (GP), who can connect you with a practice mental health worker (POH-GGZ) or refer you to mental health services (GGZ). Our local support page lists more free services.
Is this therapy?
No. Mantraminds provides well-being counselling: support with everyday life challenges, relationships, parenting and change. It isn't diagnosis or treatment of a mental health condition. For that, please see your huisarts (GP), who can connect you with a practice mental health worker (POH-GGZ) or refer you to mental health services (GGZ).
Are your counsellors registered in the Netherlands?
No. Our counsellors are qualified in India and provide a non-clinical well-being service. They are not registered in the Netherlands, use only their Indian titles and registrations (always shown with "(India)"), and don't provide psychology or psychotherapy services.
Can I claim it on insurance?
No. All sessions are paid directly.
Where are your counsellors based?
In India. Sessions take place online by secure video during India daytime hours, shown in your local time. We're not a 24/7 service.
How will you contact me?
By email, which is our preferred way to communicate, or through the chat on this website. We also ask for your WhatsApp number when you sign up, and use it only if we need to reach you urgently, for example about your safety or a session that can't go ahead.
Can I book a session for today?
Usually not. Please book at least one day ahead (India time). Same-day sessions are offered only in exceptional cases, if a counsellor happens to be free. If you need support today, see the free services on our local support page. You pay when you book.
Do I have to commit to a set number of sessions?
No. You pay for one session at a time and can stop whenever you like.
What if I join late?
Your session still ends at its scheduled time. If you haven't joined within 15 minutes, it counts as a no-show and isn't refunded. If your counsellor is late, we'll make up the time or give you session credit.
How will the payment appear on my statement?
As MANTRAMINDS. You pay when you book. If you cancel in time, we refund the full amount to your card (your bank decides how quickly it shows). If anything looks wrong, email care@mantraminds.com and we'll sort it out.
Is my information safe?
Yes. Your information is stored securely in India and handled in line with our International Privacy Policy.
Do you offer psychiatry or medication?
No, not for clients outside India.
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Page last reviewed: 4 October 2026