A change that stays
In mood, sleep, appetite or energy — lasting weeks rather than days, and not explained by anything obvious.
“Something has changed — who do I ask?”
Dr. Kavita Dhingra
PhD · Child & clinical psychologist · Lucknow.
A guide for the parent who has started to wonder — written plainly, in the order you would ask.
Five short parts, each answering a question parents actually bring. Begin at Part 1, or go straight to talking to us.
“Is this more than a phase?”
When to seek help
Some worry is simply part of growing up. These are the changes parents most often bring to the centre — worth asking about when one has stayed for weeks, or several have arrived together.
School turning heavy
Mornings that begin with stomach aches, marks sliding without a reason, or a refusal to go that is new.
Pulling away
From friends, from the dinner table, from games they used to love — the child is present but further away.
Feelings too big to settle
Worry or anger that returns daily and does not ease with comfort, routine, or time.
One sign alone is not a diagnosis. It is a reason to ask a professional — which is exactly what the next step is.
“What actually happens there?”
What an assessment looks like
Three steps, in this order. No step obliges you to take the next one.
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Notice
You have already begun. A pattern has stayed long enough that you are reading a page like this one. Noticing is not overreacting — it is the first reliable piece of information.
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Ask
A first conversation — by phone or through the form below — in your own words. Nothing is diagnosed on this call and nothing is decided; it only sets down what you are seeing.
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Assess
A structured session at the centre. Depending on your child’s age it is play-based, talk-based, or both — and it ends with the findings in plain language, and a plan you can hold.
Many parents stop after step 2 with their questions answered. That is a good outcome too.
“Where do we go?”
The centre
Dr. Kavita Dhingra Centre For Mental Health Care
Kursi Road, in the Tedhi Pulia area of Lucknow.
Visits are by appointment, agreed when you call or write.
The first call
You describe what you have been noticing, in your own words. The centre agrees a time for the first conversation — nothing more is asked of you on the phone.
Clinic line: +91 84603 86610
A note while this page is in review: one directory record carries a different number for this practice. The number published here is the clinic line from the practice’s Justdial listing — the two will be reconciled with Dr. Dhingra before going live.
“Who are we meeting?”
About Dr. Kavita Dhingra
photography before going live
Dr. Kavita Dhingra (Nandvanshi), PhD, is a child and clinical psychologist practising in Lucknow, where she runs the Dr. Kavita Dhingra Centre For Mental Health Care on Kursi Road.
Her work sits where her two titles meet: understanding children in their own language, and keeping clinical rigour behind what is concluded — so that parents leave with answers, not just appointments.
Practice details summarised from public professional listings — listed on Justdial — Tedhi Pulia, Lucknow, and profiled on Lybrate and Sulekha — reviewed with Dr. Dhingra before this page goes live.
“How do we begin?”
Talk to us
Write your name, who the visit is for, and anything you would like the centre to know beforehand. The form opens WhatsApp with your note already composed — the centre confirms the earliest slot.