Rakshita Parmar, BACP

Rakshita Parmar welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or hard changes in life. She speaks English and Gujarati and helps with common concerns such as low mood, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating difficulties, anger and self-esteem. Rakshita works with people who want practical support and a clear way forward.

She uses a mix of talking approaches that suit each person. Sessions focus on what matters to the person and on small steps that can make life easier. Rakshita listens for cultural and personal values and adapts the conversation to fit those concerns.

Her background includes nine years of clinical experience in the United Kingdom and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Her experience covers trauma and abuse, parenting questions, compassion fatigue and challenges linked to neurodiversity such as autism and ADHD.

In practice she draws on acceptance and commitment techniques and cognitive behavioural ideas alongside mindfulness and attachment-based thinking. These are used in straightforward ways - noticing thoughts, testing behaviours and practising new responses in everyday situations.

Rakshita aims for a calm, respectful space where people can talk through specific problems and decide on practical steps. She will work with each person to build goals and a plan that fits their life and values.

How Rakshita’s approaches translate to online help

Rakshita draws on acceptance and commitment therapy and client-centred ways of working to guide online sessions. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people can make sense of their experiences and decide what they want to change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rakshita will discuss different methods and together with the person choose techniques that fit their goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and can change as needs shift.

Please confirm current session options before booking as specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow short check-ins during a lunch break. It can also help people use mindfulness exercises or behaviour tasks in their everyday settings while talking them through with a counsellor.