Dear All,
Coming out to your family and friends, relationship with lovers and issues arising out of them, pressures of getting married to a person of opposite sex, fear of being infected with HIV and fear of being left alone in old age are among the major stressors being faced by the gay community. To deal with these issues come meet a gay friendly psychiatrist Dr. Gurvinder Kalra in a gay friendly atmosphere, at The Humsafar Trust, Vakola Center on Tuesdays and Fridays, 5pm to 8pm, for any of your psychological issues. If you are not comfortable visiting Vakola Center, on request, we can arrange for a meeting for you at our Center for Excellence (Cefe Unit ) in Santacruz West which is a small cozy admin space. *Confidentiality is assured to everyone accessing support.* *Call Amit Jakhal at Humsafar desk on 26673800 / 2665 0547 to fix an appointment* Alternatively, you can also write down issues that affect you and mail it to qs_...@hotmail.com .Dr. Kalra will read your mails and respond to them. Please make sure that you do not give your real name or any other identifiers about yourself and preferably make a new email id to interact on the email helpline. This is to protect your identity and mai ntain confidentiality. However medications will not be prescribed on the email helpline and in such case you will need to meet Dr. Kalra at Nair Hospital on all working days between 9am to 12 noon. *NO consultation charge *will have to borne by those accessing services You can also visit some of the gay friendly Psychiatrists’ having private consultation in the city but their services will *entail consultation charges* 1) Dr. Harish Shetty 2) Dr. S.L.Khanna 3) Dr. Eshita Mandal (Pshycologist) 4) *We are happy to inform that Dr. Rajeev Jerajani who is one of the best therapists (psychiatrist) in Bombay has joined the board of gay friendly doctors of Humsafar. His consultation room is in Versova and he will be happy to meet with people on sundays also ( only by prior appointment ) * Their contact information can be accessed from Amit Jakhal at the Humsafar Desk on the numbers given above. We are also in the process of listing down more names of gay friendly psychiatrists and counsellors and will keep everyone posted on it. Best Vivek Anand Chief Executive The Humsafar Trust
