Aakansha Sharma, BACP

Aakansha Sharma is a counsellor with nine years' experience. She brings a patient, warm manner and clear listening skills to each session. She uses plain language and focuses on practical steps that clients can apply between meetings.

Aakansha blends Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with a client-centred style to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try different ways of responding. She also uses EMDR and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy when appropriate, and offers mindfulness-based techniques to reduce stress and ground attention.

Her training includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University at Buffalo and a Masters in Guidance and Counselling from James Cook University, Singapore. She also completed a MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at King's College London and has worked in counselling centres and community programmes, including drug intervention workshops and youth supervision projects.

In sessions she aims to help people identify strengths, practise new coping skills, and work through difficult memories or relationship problems. Conversations focus on what matters most to the person and on small steps that can lead to change.

Aakansha offers support for a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She provides therapy in English and Hindi and accepts international clients.

How Aakansha’s approaches work online

Aakansha often combines client-centred work with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Client-centred work focuses on building a trusting conversation and identifying personal strengths. CBT looks at patterns of thinking and helps people try small behaviour changes that can shift mood and stress.

She also uses Dialectical Behaviour Therapy techniques when emotional regulation or impulsivity are an issue. DBT teaches skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships and reducing unhelpful reactions. These approaches are chosen to match the concern and what the person hopes to change.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, preferences and daily life, and then suggest methods to try together. Plans can be adjusted as work progresses so methods stay useful and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and guided exercises, while phone sessions can fit into a lunch break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines and different time zones, while keeping the focus on practical steps and real-world change.