About Shagufta
Shagufta Chaudhary uses a warm, people-centred manner to help clients cope with stress, anxiety and relationship pain. She is an ACA counsellor with 21 years of clinical experience and prefers straightforward, practical conversations that make change feel possible. She helps people rebuild self-worth and confidence by gently challenging unhelpful thinking and practising new ways of responding.
Sessions often focus on reducing fear and panic, improving communication, and finding steady ways to manage mood and overwhelming emotions.
How Shagufta works
Her approach draws on attachment-based and emotionally-focused work to understand how early bonds shape current relationships. Cognitive behavioural techniques and dialectical behaviour therapy skills are also used to break cycles of anxious or impulsive behaviour and to teach coping tools that can be used day to day.
Shagufta aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about loss, trauma, guilt and shame. She supports those dealing with grief, separation, body image concerns, money stress and cultural pressures by helping them find clearer values and goals. Sessions are offered in English and are tailored to the person's situation and pace.
She encourages small practical steps, clearer communication habits and realistic coping strategies so progress feels steady and manageable.
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What Shagufta works with
The areas below are the ones Shagufta 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
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | ACA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches meet online counselling
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current emotional reactions and closeness with others; it helps people understand patterns that cause repeated pain in relationships. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and teaches simple strategies to reduce anxiety and panic and to change unhelpful habits. Emotionally-focused therapy concentrates on deepening emotional awareness and improving how people express needs and connect in relationships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with clients about their goals, preferences and life situation and recommend approaches that fit. That plan can be adjusted as sessions progress so methods and tools reflect what is most helpful.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suits short check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options let people schedule therapy around work, family and daily life while continuing consistent support from an appropriately qualified therapist.
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