Aakansha Sharma , BACP

Aakansha Sharma is a UK-based therapist with nine years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions and related concerns. She combines a calm, empathetic presence with active listening to help clients explore patterns in thoughts, emotions and behaviour and to build practical skills for coping and growth.

Trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, she helps clients identify unhelpful thinking and develop more constructive responses. She also works from a client-centered perspective to highlight individual strengths and areas for development, and integrates EMDR, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness approaches when these fit a client’s needs and comfort level. Her practice addresses a broad range of issues including attachment and abandonment, family and intimacy difficulties, anger, self-esteem, ADHD and bipolar-related challenges.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University at Buffalo (The State University of New York) in 2012 and completed a Masters in Guidance and Counselling at James Cook University, Singapore in October 2016. To fulfil her training she completed an internship at NuLife Care and Counselling Services on 14 October 2016, working with clients aged 8 to 40 on childhood trauma, domestic violence, family issues, health problems and substance abuse. From 2013 to 2015 she worked as a counsellor at the Centre for Psychotherapy, delivering drug intervention workshops in correctional settings and youth-focused programmes in collaboration with the Ministry of Social and Family Development and the Central Narcotics Bureau. Seeking further specialisation with young people, she joined Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes in 2017 and completed an MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at King’s College London in December 2019. She is a registered member (MBACP) of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and offers support in English and Hindi.