About Hamida
Hamida Parkar offers calm, direct support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief and relationship pain. She meets each person without judgement and helps them find practical steps to feel steadier. Hamida speaks English, Hindi and Marathi and aims to make sessions simple to follow for someone juggling a busy life.
Her approach is collaborative and grounded in evidence-based therapies. Hamida blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and attachment-informed work with client-centred listening.
How Hamida works
She uses hands-on exercises, values-based goals and short-term skills to reduce overwhelm and build confidence. Hamida trained in social work and holds accreditation with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Her background includes crisis support, suicide prevention leadership and years of counselling people through trauma, domestic violence, loss and identity concerns.
That experience informs a practical style that looks past immediate symptoms to underlying patterns. Sessions focus on what matters to the person in front of her. Conversations often include coping skills, boundary setting, communication practice and ways to manage emotions day to day.
Hamida supports people as they work through grief, relationship breakdowns, addiction-related worries and career or life transitions. She aims to pace the work to each person's comfort and capacity. Hamida emphasises small, steady steps and helps people measure progress so therapy feels useful from the start.
Hamida lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
What Hamida works with
The areas below are the ones Hamida 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
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | AASW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English, Hindi, Marathi |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that match those values. It focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to meaningful changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and teaches practical skills for changing unhelpful patterns. These approaches suit anxiety, depression, stress and ongoing coping challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will check goals, preferences and what feels helpful, then try methods together in a collaborative way. If an approach needs adjusting, that is discussed and changed to better fit the person’s needs.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging work well for short check-ins or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to fit sessions around work, caregiving or other commitments and still access appropriately qualified therapists.
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