# Tanuj Suthar — business skills for psychologists, and a counselling practice (www.tanujsuthar.com)

> Tanuj Suthar is an Indian psychologist and entrepreneur based in Indore. He teaches psychologists and psychology students the business skills their degrees leave out — building a practice, pricing, finding clients ethically, content, money, and handling pressure and ambition — alongside free courses in statistics, R, UGC NET Psychology, and German and Dutch for psychologists. He also runs an online counselling practice for adults across India. MSc Clinical Psychology, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore; BSc rank 1; founded Psychophilics in 2021; ex-CEO of his own company; building software for therapists.

## Verifiable facts
- BSc Psychology (Honours), Christ University, Bengaluru: first rank, batch 2020–2023. MSc, Christ University.
- Quoted in the Free Press Journal (23 July 2026) as a psychologist and entrepreneur, on digital detox.
- Oral presenter at ICTC 2026, Christ University (January 2026).
- Guest session at Christ University, Kengeri campus (February 2025).
- Invited to IIM Indore's i5 summit as CEO of PsychGenie (2024).

## Two doors
- **For psychologists and psychology students** (home page): business skills, free courses, YouTube and Instagram lessons — https://www.tanujsuthar.com/
- **Therapy** — the counselling practice: approach, services, fees, booking — https://www.tanujsuthar.com/therapy/

## Key pages
- [Home — business skills for psychologists](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/): what he teaches, the free library, his story, FAQ
- [Therapy](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/therapy/): online counselling for anxiety, burnout, grief and relationships (Gestalt & Narrative approaches). New therapy sessions are paused at the moment while Tanuj builds Darwin.
- [Pricing](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/pricing.html): current session types and fees
- [The Study](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study): free learning library, email sign-in saves progress
- [FAQ](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/faq.html) · [Contact](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/contact.html) · [About](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/about.html) · [Tanuj.Space](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/space.html)
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tanujsuthar.studio · Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tanujsuthar.studio

## The Darwin Method (Tanuj Suthar's framework, free)
- [The Darwin Method](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/method/): a free nine-part framework for building a private practice as a psychologist in India. A practice grows like a plant, not a ladder: Roots, Reach, Run, with Endure at the core and the Three Branches as the canopy. Each part has a question, a named tool, numbers to know, mistakes, links to other parts, an artefact and a Darwin day.
  - ROOTS: 1 **Ground** (title, scope, DPDP Act duties from about May 2027, registration and the Setup Stack; tool: the Scope Map) · 2 **Niche** (One Person, One Problem, One Promise) · 3 **Number** (the Fee Floor = (monthly take-home + practice costs + tax set-aside) × 12 ÷ (sessions a week × working weeks × (1 − no-show rate)); the 20 Ceiling; One-in-Ten; the Fee Script).
  - REACH: 4 **Brand** (the Trust Stack, the Home Page Formula, AI Findability) · 5 **Signal** (the Three Signals: Search, Stories, Referrals; the Referral Five; the Content Engine: Hook, Proof, Story, Rule, Action) · 6 **Door** (the Warm Door: Listen, Reflect, Path, Fee and next step; the Four-Hour Rule).
  - RUN: 7 **Room** (the Session System; the DPDP Pack) · 8 **Reserve** (the Four Pots: Business, Tax, Reserve, You; the Money Day) · 9 **Engine** (the Private AI Rule: client data never goes into cloud AI; the AI Stack; Automation with a Human Yes).
  - CORE: **Endure** (Suthar's Law: "If you think you can't do it, do it anyway, then log it as evidence"; the Three Signs of burnout; the Bad-Week Plan). CANOPY: **the Ceiling** and **the Three Branches** (Deepen, Widen, Multiply).
- [How to start a private practice as a psychologist in India (2027 guide)](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/guides/start-private-practice-india/): the free long-form guide — title and scope, Fee Floor, niche, DPDP consent, Google and AI findability, the enquiry call, money and tax, AI tools, lasting.
- Scope: Tanuj Suthar is a counselling psychologist; he doesn't diagnose or prescribe. Darwin is business education, not clinical supervision or therapy.

## Darwin (flagship, paid)
- [Darwin](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/darwin/): a live cohort (named after Tanuj's money plant) where psychologists and psychology students in India build all nine parts of The Darwin Method. Five live days over three weekends — Saturday 16, Sunday 17, Saturday 23, Sunday 24 and Saturday 30 January 2027, 10:30 am–1:30 pm IST — then lifetime community access. Founding seats ₹2,999 (₹2,499 for the waitlist in the first 72 hours); Founding Plus ₹7,999 with a 75-minute 1:1 Practice Audit (8 seats); 10 sliding-scale seats from ₹499 (apply by 26 November 2026). Guarantee: attend all five days and do the work, or a full refund.
- AI for psychologists runs through every Darwin day: prompting (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini), private offline AI so client data never leaves your device, an AI content engine, AI planning from wearable data, AI for statistics and research, and the ethics of AI in therapy.
- About 99% of everything else is free: The Study, guides, tools, YouTube and Instagram lessons, the newsletter.
- Made for psychologists and psychology students, by a psychologist; anyone building a practice or business is welcome.
- Later cohorts: ₹9,999 (April 2027), then ₹14,999 — only if the founding cohort shows it works.
- Included: the Darwin Workbook and Field Kits 1–3 (Fee & Offer spreadsheet; Consent & DPDP templates for Indian practice; the Content Engine).
- Before the cohort: a free pricing masterclass (12 December 2026), and 58 free one-page guides sent when people comment a keyword on Instagram @tanujsuthar.studio (e.g. FEE, DPDP, SCOPE, NICHE, DOOR, PRIVATE, METHOD). Full programme page: https://www.tanujsuthar.com/darwin/

## What people say (public, shared with permission)
- "Gave me honest, practical advice that genuinely helped me gain clarity … someone who genuinely listens and offers thoughtful guidance." — Bhumi Agarwal, on guidance for studying abroad
- "Genuinely different and unique, offering perspectives that stood out." — M. Shriram Adhitya, CEO & Founder, NMS Financial Services
- "Explains things in a way that actually helps you implement them." — Mraganka Jangid, creator & entrepreneur
- One-to-one guidance also covers studying psychology abroad (admissions, Germany, the Netherlands) — see The Study's German & Dutch tracks.

## Free courses for psychology students and psychologists
- [The Topper's Brain](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/toppers-brain.html): free 23-page evidence-backed study manual — active recall, spaced repetition (1-3-7-21), Feynman technique, dual coding, 90-minute study waves, exam-anxiety control (physiological sigh), sleep and memory.
- [Statistics for psychology, from zero](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/stats/): ten volumes, 124 days, live simulators, a "which test?" decision tool, a calculator lab, SPSS/jamovi/JASP/R recipes and a UGC NET statistics drill.
- [R for psychology](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/r-course/): ten volumes, 102 days, from first script to multilevel models, psychometrics, Bayes and reproducible reports, with a live R console in the browser.
- [UGC NET Psychology, Paper 2](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/ugc-net/): all ten units in plain English with checkpoints.
- [German, zero to fluent](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/de/) and [German for psychologists](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/de/for-psychologists): A1–C2 plus clinical German (Approbation / Fachsprachprüfung).
- [Dutch, zero to fluent](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/nl/) and [Dutch for psychologists](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/nl/for-psychologists): A1–C2 plus professional Dutch.

## Facts
- Everything in The Study is free to start; an email sign-in (one-time link or Google) opens the full volumes and saves progress.
- Therapy: new sessions are currently paused. When open, booking is via the website form; sessions are online (Google Meet).
- This is not a crisis service. India crisis lines: Tele-MANAS 14416, KIRAN 1800-599-0019.

## The Study — what is in it
- German A1–C2: six volumes, 276 study days, ~2,400 words, spoken aloud with a built-in German voice, plus a spaced-repetition drill lab.
- German for Psychologists: clinical vocabulary, patient dialogue and documentation language for clinicians heading to Germany.
- Learning science: the forgetting curve, spaced repetition, the habit loop.
- Access: reading starts free and open to everyone; an email sign-in (one-time link or Google) saves progress across devices and opens the full volumes. A small number of items are paid, priced in INR and paid by UPI.

## The Study — client guides and tools (free, email sign-in)
- [The alarm that isn't a fire](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/anxiety.html): Understand what your body is actually doing — and stop fighting it the wrong way.
- [It probably isn't a lack of resilience](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/burnout.html): Find out whether it's burnout or depression — and which of the six drivers is actually yours.
- [It's a bodyguard, not an enemy](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/self-esteem.html): Stop trying to boost your self-esteem — and work on the three things that actually move.
- [You don't find who you are. You build it](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/identity.html): Stop waiting to feel certain, and start acting your way into clarity.
- [A world you didn't know you stood on](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/life-transitions.html): Understand why the middle feels like failure — and what actually steadies it.
- [The problem isn't that you're lazy](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/perfectionism.html): Stop buying planners for a problem that was never about time.
- [A marksheet is not a verdict](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/young-adults.html): Study in the way that actually works, and get out from under a decision made for you.
- [It's not you vs them. It's the two of you vs the loop](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/relationships.html): Recognise the pattern you're both stuck in — and the small number of things that reliably help.
- [Close, and still your own](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/family-pressure.html): Tell apart the closeness you chose from the closeness you can't refuse.
- [When someone you love is thinking about ending their life](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/supporting-someone-in-crisis.html): Know exactly what to say, and what actually keeps someone safe.
- [Grief](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/grief.html): Find your own shape of grief, without a timetable someone else set.
- [When something you use has started using you](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/substance-use.html): Ask a better question than 'am I an addict' — and get a real answer.
- [Money, and what it does to the mind](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/money-and-the-mind.html): Look at the real number — because the imagined one is almost always worse.
- [Wondering about ADHD](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/adult-adhd.html): Take the question somewhere it can actually be answered.
- [When eating and your body have become hard](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/eating-and-body.html): Recognise a difficulty that may not look like the picture you were given.
- [Doing before feeling](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/doing-before-feeling.html): Act first and let the mood follow — with a week's worksheet to prove it to yourself.
- [If this, then that](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/the-if-then-planner.html): Turn an intention you keep breaking into one that quietly gets done.
- [The stuck problem](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/the-stuck-problem.html): Pull one thread out of a problem that feels like one big unsolvable tangle.
- [Not now, worry](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/worry-postponement-card.html): Stop chasing every worry the second it lands.
- [The self-compassion break](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/self-compassion-break.html): Meet a hard moment the way you'd meet a friend in one — in sixty seconds.
- [What actually matters to you](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/what-actually-matters.html): Get a short list that's genuinely yours — and see whether your week reflects it.
- [The 4-day writing protocol](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/four-day-writing-protocol.html): Put something heavy onto paper, in four short sittings, then close it.
- [The ten-minute evening note](https://www.tanujsuthar.com/study/guides/ten-minute-evening-note.html): Three things that went well, and your part in each.