Free sessions — how they work, start to finish

Some of the professionals listed here give part of their week away. Those hours appear as free sessions: a real appointment, online, at no cost, with no explanation required. This page is how they work, start to finish, including what happens if something goes wrong.

The thing itselfWhat a free session is↑ contents

An independent professional, their own practice, their own time, given away. It is not a taster, not a sales call and not a shortened version of a real session. The professional sets the length — most set thirty minutes — and that length is on the slot before you book.

One per person. There are only ever a few open at a time, and the limit is what keeps them reaching more than one household.

BookingBooking one↑ contents

Open free sessions, pick a time, book it. The times are Pakistan time. You need a free account, and the only reason it exists is the one-per-person limit — talking to our team needs no account at all, because that costs nobody an hour.

Nobody asks what you earn, and nobody asks you to show that you deserve it.

BeforehandBefore the session↑ contents

Nothing to prepare. If it helps, have in mind roughly when this started and what you have already tried — but arriving with none of that and working it out in the room is normal and expected.

Find somewhere you will not be overheard, if you can. If you cannot, say so at the start: professionals here work with people living in full houses every day and will adjust.

The sessionWhat the half hour is like↑ contents

Usually what brought you, how long it has been going on, what has helped and what has not, and what might come next. In Urdu, English, or both in the same sentence, which is how most people actually speak.

Nothing is recorded. We are not in the room and we do not receive notes.

AfterwardsAfterwards↑ contents

If you want to continue with that professional privately, that is between you and them at their fee. Nobody on our side is told to push you towards it.

If something went wrong — they did not appear, it ended early, it was not what you were told it would be — tell us. Every booking is followed from the moment it is made, and the team can see what happened without you having to make a case for it.

When there are noneIf there are none open↑ contents

• Every slot is taken.→They open again as professionals add their hours. Meanwhile our team costs nothing and never closes.
• I cannot wait.→Do not. Open the chat now — that is what it is for, at any hour.
• I need a professional, not a conversation, and I cannot pay.→Ask to be sponsored: somebody who can afford it pays for your session.