Parule Basu-Barua, BACP

Parule Basu-Barua uses a client-centred approach to help people manage complex emotional problems. She draws on mindfulness, psychodynamic ideas and trauma-focused work to guide conversations. Parule aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about pain, behaviour patterns and difficult memories.

She has five years of clinical experience and over 1,500 clinical hours. Before training in counselling she spent more than 20 years in television and media in the UK and the USA at a senior level. That background shaped her skill at listening and connecting with people from different walks of life.

Parule holds a diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and completed a degree at the Metanoia Institute with a 2:1 honours. She is also working towards a master’s degree at King’s College London in Neuroscience and Psychology. Her listed credential is BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

In practice she often helps people whose trauma or abuse has led to anxiety, depression or addictive behaviour. She also supports people struggling with eating problems, body image and issues linked to obsessional thoughts and compulsive behaviours. Work may look at how life events and cultural background shape current difficulties.

Sessions focus on what the person brings to therapy. Conversations explore patterns, feelings and coping strategies. Mindfulness techniques and trauma-focused methods are used where helpful. The goal is steady progress and clearer understanding of what’s driving distress.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It emphasises listening, acceptance and helping people find their own solutions. This approach suits issues like low mood, relationship patterns and struggles with motivation.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices and ways to notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away. It can help with anxiety, stress, sleep problems and coping with urges or cravings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, past experience and personal preferences to choose what to try first. Together they will adjust methods if something is not helping, and set clear, practical steps to measure progress.

If you are considering online therapy, check which session formats are offered before booking because the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments around work and family life, cut travel time and let people join from different locations. Some formats require less bandwidth and can be useful for short check-ins or when focusing on practical skills rather than longer talking sessions. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists, commonly tailor online sessions to suit the individual's needs rather than offering a one-size-fits-all plan.