Monica Malhotra, BACP

Monica Malhotra is a counsellor in the United Kingdom with eight years' experience supporting people through common life challenges. She works with stress, anxiety, low motivation, self-esteem concerns, substance misuse, bereavement, relationship issues and depression. Monica speaks English, Hindi and Punjabi and uses a person-centred way of working to put clients at ease.

Her practice focuses on helping people notice their own strengths and small successes. Sessions aim to help clients shift perspective and build practical strategies they can use day to day. Monica frames counselling as a collaborative process rather than a list of ready-made solutions.

Each plan is shaped around what a person wants to achieve. She tailors sessions to the individual and helps people draw on their existing resources to manage change. This often includes setting simple goals and trying out new ways of coping between meetings.

Monica also pays attention to issues connected to attachment, abandonment and body image, and to feelings such as guilt, shame and forgiveness. She offers steady support through separation, questions of life purpose, and efforts to boost self-love.

Her style is respectful and non-judgemental, aimed at creating a calm space to talk things through. The first step is usually a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a time to meet that fits the client's life.

How Monica's approaches translate to online counselling

Monica describes her practice as person-centred, which means she focuses on listening carefully and responding to what the client brings. This approach helps people feel heard and encourages them to set their own goals and priorities.

She also emphasises helping clients spot strengths and past successes. In practice this looks like simple exercises and short action plans you can try between sessions to build confidence and cope with change. That work is useful for issues such as anxiety, low motivation and difficulties after loss.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy. Monica will work together with each client to agree what methods and steps feel most helpful, and she will adapt the way she works as needs and goals evolve. The process is collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the current session formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow a quicker check-in when circumstances change. It can also make shorter or more frequent appointments simpler to arrange, helping therapy sit alongside everyday life rather than replace it.