Aakansha Sharma , BACP

Aakansha Sharma is a counsellor with nine years of practical experience who brings patience, empathy and attentive listening to her work with individuals and families. She blends evidence-based techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with person-centered methods to help people understand unhelpful patterns and develop more constructive ways of thinking and behaving. She also integrates approaches including EMDR, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, psychodynamic and humanistic therapies, solution-focused brief therapy, spiritual counselling and mindfulness according to each person’s comfort and needs.

Aakansha trained in the United States and internationally. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York in 2012, then began a Masters in Guidance and Counselling at James Cook University in Singapore, graduating in October 2016. To complete her degree she undertook an internship at NuLife Care and Counselling Services, seeing clients aged 8 to 40 with issues such as childhood trauma, domestic violence, health problems and substance misuse.

Earlier in her career she worked as a counsellor at the Centre for Psychotherapy from 2013 to 2015, delivering drug intervention workshops at Changi Prison, Changi Women’s Prison and Tanah Merah Prison, and collaborating with government agencies on youth supervision and inhalant-abuse programs. She joined Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes in 2017 to gain additional experience with children and adolescents and completed an MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at King’s College London in December 2019. Aakansha is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), which indicates professional membership with the UK counselling body. She offers therapy in English and Hindi and focuses on areas such as stress, anxiety, trauma, relationships, addictions, grief and child and adolescent mental health.