Aakansha Sharma, BACP

Aakansha Sharma is a counsellor who brings a calm, attentive presence to her work and a genuine commitment to helping people navigate difficult moments. She is described by her own practice as understanding, patient, empathetic and friendly, with strong listening skills that guide each conversation toward greater clarity and resilience.

Her clinical work is rooted in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - a structured approach that helps people identify and reframe unhelpful thought patterns to change feelings and behaviours - and in client-centered methods that focus on recognising personal strengths and supporting clients to find their own solutions. She also integrates Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), psychodynamic and humanistic techniques, solution-focused brief therapy, spiritual counselling, and mindfulness practices depending on each person’s comfort and needs.

Aakansha trained at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2012. She completed a Master’s in Guidance and Counselling at James Cook University, Singapore, graduating in October 2016, and fulfilled her clinical internship at NuLife Care and Counselling Services in October 2016. From 2013 to 2015 she worked at the Centre for Psychotherapy, where she ran drug intervention workshops at Changi Prison, Changi Women’s Prison and Tanah Merah Prison, and collaborated with the Ministry of Social and Family Development and the Central Narcotics Bureau on youth-focused supervision and inhalant abuse workshops.

At NuLife Care she worked with clients aged roughly 8 to 40, addressing childhood trauma, domestic violence, family issues, health-related concerns and substance misuse. To deepen her work with younger clients she joined Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes in 2017 and later completed an MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at King’s College London in December 2019. She is a registered member (MBACP) of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, reflecting her professional affiliation with the national body.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Aakansha commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop practical strategies that change feelings and behaviours; CBT is often used for anxiety, depression and stress-related concerns. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on building a trusting relationship and helping people discover their own strengths and goals through empathetic listening and collaborative reflection. When trauma is a focus, she may incorporate Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) to process distressing memories in a structured way, aiming to reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work itself. Aakansha treats approach selection as a collaborative process - she listens to each person’s history, goals and preferences, explains options in plain language, and adjusts methods over time to find the best fit for the client’s needs.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage with these approaches. Through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, clients can access skilled registered professionals from locations that suit them, fit sessions into busy schedules, and continue therapeutic progress even when in-person meetings are not possible. This flexibility makes it easier to maintain continuity of care and to try different formats to see what works best.