About me
Hi, I'm a senior accredited psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer, with 14 years of experience. I work with individuals, couples, groups and organisations.
I now work solely online (video calls) and frequently support people with:
- Relationship problems
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Confusion
- Loss - of any form
- Work-related stress
- Unfairness, inequality and/or discrimination
- Wanting a better quality of life even if you are happy already.
I will offer you a space and quality of attention that will help you better understand yourself and your situation (e.g. life, relationships, career). I will help you think about and develop your options and decide what steps to take next.
I'm especially interested in anti-oppressive practices. This links to my recent PhD on gender, race and leadership: I'm alert to the various injustices that people live with and live beyond.
Shop around
The introductory call (and beyond) is for you to see if you feel comfortable with me. I'll also be seeing if I'm best placed to help you. Research consistently points to the connection between counsellor and client being the most important factor in 'success' in therapy.
Happy to answer any questions.
Warmly, Rakhi
Training, qualifications & experience
Training & Qualifications
- PhD (Award pending Summer 2025), University of Manchester
- Senior Accreditation, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Certificate in Cyber Therapy (Online Therapy Institute)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Supervision (Counselling Xtra)
- MSc, Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (Barts and the London School of Medicine)
- BA hons, Person-Centred Counselling (Metanoia Institute)
- BSc hons, Economics and Economic History (University of Warwick)
Experience
- Private Practice (Jun 2011 - Present)
- Clinical Lead of Counselling Service, Mind in Enfield (Apr 2018 - Oct 2018, Maternity Cover)
- Editorial Board Member - World Cultural Psychiatry Research Review (Jul 2013 - Mar 2019)
- Assistant & Guest Tutor, Metanoia Institute - Person-Centred Counselling BA/Diploma (Apr 2013 - Feb 2015)
- St Bartholomew's Hospital - Cancer psychological services (Jun 2013 - Apr 2014)
- Lifeline - Addictions psychotherapy service (Jan 2013 - Dec 2013)
- Woman's Trust - Domestic abuse psychotherapy service (Jul 2009 - Oct 2010)
- MIND - General counselling service(Sep 2009 - Jun 2010)
- Metanoia Counselling and Psychotherapy Service (Nov 2008 - Nov 2009)
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I completed a Certificate in Cyber therapy in 2015, when I learnt about the ethical nuances of working in this medium.
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 - £85.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
The fees above, £65-85, also apply for supervisees. For couples, my fees are £90-110 per session.
When I work
I work Mondays to Thursdays, 9am-8pm (i.e. last session at 7pm).
