About Ritika
Ritika Budhiraja Thakur is a counsellor registered with the HCPC in the United Kingdom. She has nine years of clinical experience helping people facing stress, anxiety and low mood. She explains things in plain language and aims to make therapy feel manageable and down to earth.
Ritika works with people who are struggling after trauma or abuse and with those who want help around relationships and communication. She also supports people dealing with self-esteem, body image concerns, panic attacks, isolation and feelings of guilt or shame.
How Ritika works
Sessions focus on what the person needs right now and practical steps they can try between meetings. Her approach treats clients as the experts in their own lives. Ritika looks for strengths people already have and builds on them.
She offers steady support while helping clients test new ways of coping and relating. People can expect clear goals and simple tools to practise between sessions. Ritika helps break down big problems into small, doable tasks.
Conversations tend to be straightforward and paced to suit the person she is working with. Sessions are available in English and Hindi. International clients are accepted and therapy is offered in formats that fit modern life, such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging.
To begin, she asks people to reflect on what they would like to change and what support might help them move forward.
What Ritika works with
The areas below are the ones Ritika 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
Training and background
| Register | HCPC |
|---|---|
| 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 evidence-based techniques work online
Ritika works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach helps people learn skills to manage anxiety and panic attacks, such as breathing exercises, grounding and step-by-step exposure to feared situations. These techniques are useful when symptoms feel overwhelming and when someone wants tools to reduce immediate distress.Another approach emphasises processing after trauma and abuse by helping people make sense of painful memories and reduce their emotional hold. This can involve guided conversations and structured activities that help people regain a sense of control and safety in their day-to-day life.
Choosing the right method is part of the work. Ritika collaborates with each person to find the best fit for their goals, needs and preferences. She reviews progress and adapts the approach over time so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility and makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for people who prefer typing or want ongoing support between sessions. These options help people maintain continuity of care while balancing work, travel and family commitments.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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