Aakansha Sharma

Aakansha Sharma is a counsellor with nine years' experience. She trained in psychology and guidance and counselling, and she holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master’s in Guidance and Counselling. She is a BACP member and offers help for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain and life changes.

Her style is warm and patient. She listens closely and aims to build a friendly, respectful space. She helps people notice patterns in thinking and behaviour and supports them to make practical changes that feel manageable.

Aakansha commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, helping people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of responding. She also works with Client-Centred ideas to draw out people’s own strengths, and she brings in EMDR and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy where appropriate and welcomed by the person in front of her.

She has experience supporting people through grief, trauma and addiction, and she also helps with issues such as self-esteem, anger, intimacy concerns and coping with separation. Her background includes work in counselling centres and running workshops related to substance misuse and behaviour change.

Sessions are conducted in English and Hindi and are offered to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. To begin, a reader would use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

How Aakansha blends talking therapies online

Client-Centred therapy focuses on the person's own goals and strengths. The counsellor listens carefully and helps the person identify what matters most to them and where they already have resources.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test different responses. It is often used for anxiety, depression and stress by working on thinking patterns and practical steps to change behaviour.

Mindfulness-based ideas encourage simple attention practices and grounding techniques to reduce reactivity and improve day-to-day coping with strong emotions.

Deciding which approach to use is a joint process. The counsellor will talk with the person about their needs and preferences and suggest a plan that can combine approaches if that seems helpful. This collaborative process aims to make sessions feel relevant and manageable.

If you are considering online work, please confirm the available session formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit help into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a schedule. Some approaches translate well to remote work because they use structured exercises, thought records or guided attention practices that can be done between sessions.