Aaradhya Srivastava, BACP

Aaradhya Srivastava uses a psychodynamic and client-centred approach to help people make sense of painful memories, stress and anxious feelings. She invites clients to explore how past experiences shape present reactions, while offering steady, empathic support. Aaradhya works in English and Hindi and is based in the United Kingdom. Her sessions focus on understanding what lies beneath everyday worries and relationships. She helps people notice patterns that repeat in their life, and gently links those patterns back to earlier experience. This plain, curious exploration aims to reduce overwhelm and increase self-understanding. Aaradhya has three years of experience and has worked with survivors of sexual violence at the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre. That work shaped her focus on listening, acknowledgement and how trauma can remain in mind and body. She has supported people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, as well as self-esteem and coping with life changes. She pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, communication and commitment issues, and family of origin difficulties. Other areas she can address include body image, caregiver stress, dissociation, domestic violence, and forgiveness. Conversations stay centred on the individual's pace and needs. Her practice combines psychodynamic ideas about how the past influences the present with client-centred support that values the person's own goals. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to the person's comfort and circumstances. Aaradhya is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.

How psychodynamic and client-centred work online

Psychodynamic therapy explores how earlier experiences influence current feelings and reactions. Online sessions with this approach focus on noticing recurring patterns in relationships and emotions, and gently linking them back to past events to help someone better understand themselves.

Client-centred therapy puts the person's own voice and goals at the heart of sessions. In online client-centred work the therapist listens closely, reflects what is said, and supports the person's choices about pace and focus, which helps build trust and clarity over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work together with the person to decide whether psychodynamic exploration, client-centred support, or a mix of both best matches their needs, goals and preferences. This collaborative planning means the way forward can change as understanding deepens.

Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets someone type through immediate thoughts, and text-based messaging suits short check-ins or ongoing reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel and let people choose the format that feels most comfortable.