Are you a therapist?Practise with us

What you carry can be seen here.

Cashew is a small therapy service in India. You answer five questions, a person on our team reads them, and we introduce you to one therapist we think can help. Not a directory of four hundred strangers to sort through at 2am.

Find your therapist See how it works

Free to start. Nothing you write is stored until you’ve read what we collect and said yes.

An example of a match. Names and times are illustrative.

Priya, our team · this morning

Read your answers. Choosing between two therapists who work with anxiety and work stress, both fluent in Hindi.

Your match is ready

Meera Krishnan

M.Phil Clinical Psychology · 6 years in practice

RCI-verified

₹3,200

per 50-minute session

the whole fee — nothing added at checkout

She’s free on

Thu 6:30 pmSat 11 amSun 5 pm

matched on: Hindi · evenings · anxiety-focused

How it works

From the form to the first session.

Tell us how it's been
about five minutes
Five questions, in your own words: what's been heavy, what you'd like help with, the language you think in, who you'd rather talk to, and what you can comfortably pay.
A person reads it
usually within a day
Plain rules narrow the panel by language, need and availability. Then someone on our team reads what you actually wrote and picks from that shortlist — sometimes overruling it.
Meet one therapist, not four hundred
one or two profiles
A name, a qualification, an RCI registration number we checked ourselves, and the full session fee. On the profile, where you can think about it — not at checkout.
Stay, or change your mind
free either way
Book the next session in two taps and keep the same therapist for as long as it's working. If it isn't, tell us once and we re-match you.

Pricing

What you see on the profile is what you pay.

we compete on the match, not the price.

Rates follow a therapist’s training and years in practice, never a promotion. Sessions run 50 minutes, by video. Our cut comes out of that rate rather than on top of it, so there is no booking fee, no membership and no package you have to buy first.

Cancel or reschedule free up to 12 hours before — the exact rule.

Early-career: ₹1,800 – 2,500per session; M.A. or M.Phil qualified and RCI-registered, usually one to four years into practice. Reviewed by our clinical lead before they join the panel.
Experienced: ₹2,800 – 4,000per session; M.Phil or equivalent, four to ten years in, with a defined area of focus. Where most of our panel sits.
Senior specialist: ₹4,200 – 6,000per session; PhD or senior clinical psychologist, ten years and up, often working with complex or longstanding concerns.

Why cashew

What we will and won’t do.

Every line below is already written down in our privacy or cancellation policy. None of it is aspirational, which is why it can be this specific.

We will

Check every therapist's RCI registration by hand before their profile can reach you.
Show the full session fee on the profile, before you book anything.
Have a person read your intake and choose your match, usually within a day.
Keep your journal locked in the database itself, not just hidden in the app.
Re-match you free if the fit is wrong, even after you've booked.
Let you cancel or reschedule free up to 12 hours before, no reason needed.

We won’t

Let an algorithm make the final call on who you're matched with.
Let any AI read your journal, or stand in for a therapist.
Sell your data, run ads against it, or tell your college, employer or family anything.
Store a word you write before you've read what we collect and agreed to it.
Put the fee behind a membership, a package, or an “unlock to view.”
Email you to guilt you back.

Start with five questions.

About five minutes. Nothing is saved until you’ve read what we collect and said yes, and you can change any answer before you send it.

Find your therapist I already have an account

Are you a therapist?Practise with us

cashew.

What you carry can be seen here.

Find your therapist See how it works

Free to start. Nothing you write is stored until you’ve read what we collect and said yes.

An example of a match. Names and times are illustrative.

Priya, our team · this morning

Read your answers. Choosing between two therapists who work with anxiety and work stress, both fluent in Hindi.

Your match is ready

Meera Krishnan

M.Phil Clinical Psychology · 6 years in practice

RCI-verified

₹3,200

per 50-minute session

the whole fee — nothing added at checkout

She’s free on

Thu 6:30 pmSat 11 amSun 5 pm

matched on: Hindi · evenings · anxiety-focused

How it works

From the form to the first session.

Tell us how it's been
about five minutes
Five questions, in your own words: what's been heavy, what you'd like help with, the language you think in, who you'd rather talk to, and what you can comfortably pay.
A person reads it
usually within a day
Plain rules narrow the panel by language, need and availability. Then someone on our team reads what you actually wrote and picks from that shortlist — sometimes overruling it.
Meet one therapist, not four hundred
one or two profiles
A name, a qualification, an RCI registration number we checked ourselves, and the full session fee. On the profile, where you can think about it — not at checkout.
Stay, or change your mind
free either way
Book the next session in two taps and keep the same therapist for as long as it's working. If it isn't, tell us once and we re-match you.

Pricing

What you see on the profile is what you pay.

we compete on the match, not the price.

Cancel or reschedule free up to 12 hours before — the exact rule.

Early-career: ₹1,800 – 2,500per session; M.A. or M.Phil qualified and RCI-registered, usually one to four years into practice. Reviewed by our clinical lead before they join the panel.
Experienced: ₹2,800 – 4,000per session; M.Phil or equivalent, four to ten years in, with a defined area of focus. Where most of our panel sits.
Senior specialist: ₹4,200 – 6,000per session; PhD or senior clinical psychologist, ten years and up, often working with complex or longstanding concerns.

Why cashew

What we will and won’t do.

Every line below is already written down in our privacy or cancellation policy. None of it is aspirational, which is why it can be this specific.

We will

Check every therapist's RCI registration by hand before their profile can reach you.
Show the full session fee on the profile, before you book anything.
Have a person read your intake and choose your match, usually within a day.
Keep your journal locked in the database itself, not just hidden in the app.
Re-match you free if the fit is wrong, even after you've booked.
Let you cancel or reschedule free up to 12 hours before, no reason needed.

We won’t

Let an algorithm make the final call on who you're matched with.
Let any AI read your journal, or stand in for a therapist.
Sell your data, run ads against it, or tell your college, employer or family anything.
Store a word you write before you've read what we collect and agreed to it.
Put the fee behind a membership, a package, or an “unlock to view.”
Email you to guilt you back.

Start with five questions.

About five minutes. Nothing is saved until you’ve read what we collect and said yes, and you can change any answer before you send it.

Find your therapist I already have an account

What you carry can be seen here.

From the form to the first session.

Tell us how it's been

A person reads it

Meet one therapist, not four hundred

Stay, or change your mind

What you see on the profile is what you pay.

What we will and won’t do.

Start with five questions.

What you carry can be seen here.

From the form to the first session.

Tell us how it's been

A person reads it

Meet one therapist, not four hundred

Stay, or change your mind

What you see on the profile is what you pay.

What we will and won’t do.

Start with five questions.