Rakshita Parmar, BACP

Rakshita Parmar is a BACP-registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with nine years of clinical experience. She works with adults on issues such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns and relationship difficulties. Sessions are offered in English and Gujarati and aim to be straightforward and practical.

Rakshita uses a mix of approaches from cognitive behavioural ideas to attachment-based thinking and acceptance and commitment methods. She focuses on helping people understand patterns that keep them stuck and build small changes that fit everyday life. Conversations tend to be direct and problem-focused, with attention to how culture and background shape each persons experience.

She has particular experience with issues around family and blended households, intimacy-related concerns, eating and sleeping problems, self-esteem and coping with major life changes. She also supports people facing compassion fatigue, first responder stresses, ADHD-related difficulties and fertility or bereavement-related worry. The emphasis is on practical steps and clearer communication rather than long theoretical explanations.

Rakshita describes her way of working as collaborative. She listens for what is most useful to the person in front of her and suggests approaches that fit their circumstances. Sessions commonly include goal-setting, behavioural experiments and attention to emotions and relationships.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then book an initial session. Costs vary with location and sessions run on a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.