Kristyana Jimdar, BACP

Kristyana Jimdar trained in counselling with a Masters in Counselling Children and Young People from the University of Northampton and has practised for three years. She moved to the United Kingdom after living in Trinidad and a year working in upstate New York, where she gained experience using animal-assisted activities alongside therapeutic work. Kristyana uses an integrative approach and aims to make sessions practical and easy to follow.

Her style is warm and down-to-earth. She offers worksheets and journaling when helpful. She also uses creative options - for example sending pictures or short videos to show feelings when words are hard to find. Sessions focus on what a person needs now, not a fixed protocol.

Kristyana draws on Client-Centred Therapy to create a respectful space and on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set clear, short-term goals and track progress. She adapts methods to suit each person’s situation and preferences.

She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma and also supports people with eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, low self-esteem and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include attachment and family of origin issues, body image, substance-related problems and commitment or communication issues.

Kristyana is registered with the BACP, practices in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. International clients are accepted. Prospective clients are asked to confirm current session formats before booking.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and helping people find their own solutions. It is useful for building trust, exploring feelings and when someone needs a calm space to reflect.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises and worksheets to spot unhelpful patterns and try small experiments to change them, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on clear, short-term goals and small steps that move a person forward. It is often used when someone wants focused work on specific problems and measurable progress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will discuss needs, goals and preferences, and choose or blend methods together. This is a collaborative effort and plans can be adjusted as work progresses.

Confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific delivery methods. Online work can help fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing flexible scheduling and supporting a mix of talking work and written or creative tasks such as worksheets, journalling or sending images and short videos when that suits the client.