About Aakansha
Aakansha Sharma brings nine years of counselling experience and a steady, compassionate presence to her work. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and speaks English and Hindi. Her style is warm and patient and she listens carefully to help people make sense of difficult moments.
Aakansha draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, helping people notice thinking patterns and try new ways of responding. She also uses a person-centred approach to help people identify strengths and make choices that feel right for them.
How Aakansha works
When needed she includes EMDR and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy techniques to support people who are processing trauma or intense emotions. She has a background in guidance and counselling and completed a Master’s degree in 2016. Her early work included running drug intervention workshops and programmes connected to custodial settings and community services.
That practical experience shaped her approach to addiction and behavioural concerns. Aakansha later gained further training focused on children and adolescents and completed an MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at King’s College London in 2019. Her clinical experience spans a range of situations including bereavement, relationship issues, mood difficulties and life transitions.
People come to her for help with anxiety, stress, trauma, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, addictions and issues such as low self-esteem or anger. She aims to work collaboratively, helping people set clear goals and practise new skills between sessions.
Aakansha lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Aakansha works with
The areas below are the ones Aakansha selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English, Hindi |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Aakansha uses recognised approaches online
Aakansha uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people identify patterns in their thoughts and try different responses. CBT is practical and often includes exercises to do between sessions, which translate well to online formats.She also draws on Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on listening, reflecting and helping people find their own answers. That approach aims to build trust and a clearer sense of direction in a few open conversations.
Finding the right approach is a shared task. She will work with each person to decide whether CBT, person-centred work or DBT techniques best suit their goals and comfort. That decision is revisited as therapy progresses so methods can be adjusted collaboratively.
Online therapy with her can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for more in-depth work and exercises, phone calls are helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging lets people reflect in writing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around school, work and family life while keeping continuity of care.
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