TALKING HOMES
TALKING HOMES
The person behind Talking Homes: Khushi Gena
A Jaipur girl who left to learn and came back to give.
How I think about this work:
I don’t believe people struggle because something is fundamentally wrong with them. I believe people do well when they can and when they’re not doing well, something is getting in the way.
My job is never to judge your family or tell you what you’re doing wrong. My job is to sit with you, understand what’s getting in the way, and help you find your way back to each other.
Every family I work with gets an approach built around their specific situation - it's not a one-size-fits-all program. Because your family is not like any other family.
Training & Background
🎓 John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York
Dual Bachelor’s and Master’s in Forensic Psychology and advance certification in Victimology studies - one of the most respected criminal justice and psychology institutions in the United States.
Member: Psi Chi - The International Honor Society in Psychology
👨👩👧 Real Family Experience
Worked directly with children, teenagers, and families across New York and Ohio - in homes, in crisis, and in recovery.
🌍 Internationally Trained, Locally Rooted
Trained and practiced in the US. Returned to Jaipur intentionally - to bring that same quality of support home.
How I actually work with families
I don’t use a one-size-fits-all script. But I do draw on approaches that have strong evidence behind them, methods I was trained in and have used with real families in real crisis.
Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Most conflict in families isn’t about bad behaviour, it’s about unmet needs and lagging skills. CPS helps families stop the cycle of repeated fights by solving the real problem underneath, together. It’s practical, structured, and it works.
For children and teenagers dealing with anxiety, low mood, or negative thought patterns. CBT gives them concrete tools and develop skills they can actually use and not just insight.
Trauma-Informed Care
Many children and families carry experiences that shape how they respond to stress, conflict, and each other. I’m trained to recognize this and work in a way that doesn’t accidentally make things worse and actively helps people feel safe enough to change.
Strengths-Based Approach
I start with what’s already working in your family , and not just what’s broken. Every family I’ve worked with has more going for it than it realises when things are hard.
Why I started Talking Homes
I grew up in Jaipur. I went to school here, tuitions, played and cycled in these streets, went to events and functions and saw families and chaos that make this city what it is.
Even as a child, I noticed things. The tension that would sit quietly at the dinner table. The things families wanted to say to each other but didn’t know how without it leading to a fight. The children who were struggling but nobody could quite figure out why.
I went to the United States because the training was better there. I studied at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, then spent years working directly with families in crisis - in their homes, in their hardest moments, in New York and Ohio.
But even while I was sitting with families in America, I kept thinking about Jaipur. I kept thinking, my city needs this. I remember wondering how different things might have been for families, if someone had just come to their home and helped them talk to each other.
So when I had enough experience, I came back. Not because I had to; because I wanted to. To give back to the place that made me who I am.
That’s what Talking Homes is. It’s everything I learned abroad, brought home.