Parule Basu-Barua, BACP

Parule Basu-Barua offers therapy rooted in client-centred work and trauma-focused care. She combines a warm, listening presence with practical approaches to help people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, addiction and eating-related difficulties. Parule writes in plain terms and aims to make starting therapy feel manageable for a worried parent or someone under strain.

Her background includes a diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and a degree from The Metanoia Institute. She has five years of clinical experience and has worked over 1,500 clinical hours. Before training as a counsellor she spent more than 20 years in television and media in the UK and the USA at senior levels.

Parule often supports people whose trauma or abuse has contributed to depression, anxiety or addictive behaviours. She also helps with eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia, and considers how addictive patterns can surround food struggles. She takes an individual approach rather than relying on labels.

Her sessions aim to create an open, non-judgemental space for sharing thoughts and feelings. Parule uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns from the past and client-centred methods to focus on what matters now. Mindfulness and trauma-focused techniques are used when they fit a person’s needs.

She speaks English and works with people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Parule blends life experience with clinical training to help clients explore meaning, cope with change and build steadier day-to-day routines.

How these therapy approaches fit into online work

Client-centred therapy focuses on a compassionate, listening relationship and helps people feel heard and understood. It is useful for people coping with anxiety, depression, eating concerns and life changes because it centres on each person’s own goals.

Trauma-focused therapy targets symptoms that arise after trauma or abuse and aims to reduce their impact on daily life. It uses careful, paced techniques to help people process distressing experiences and manage symptoms like panic, dissociation or intrusive memories.

Psychodynamic therapy looks at recurring patterns and how past experiences shape present feelings and behaviour. This approach can help people understand relationship problems, compulsive behaviours and long-standing emotional difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss options and work with each person to choose the methods that best fit their needs, goals and preferences. Decisions are made together and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer sessions; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer to write, need brief contact during the day, or want ongoing written reflection between sessions. These formats help people fit therapy into busy lives and reach experienced registered or accredited professionals across locations.