Shilpa Kurakula , BACP

Shilpa Kurakula understands that choosing a counsellor often raises many questions about comfort, judgment, and fit. She offers a calm, non-judgmental therapeutic space where people can explore their feelings, make sense of difficult experiences, and work toward healing.

Life can present challenges that lead to emotional instability, low mood, anxiety, stress, or reduced self-confidence. Loss through bereavement and tensions in relationships can also affect mood and day-to-day functioning. In therapy Shilpa helps clients explore these reactions and the patterns that surround them.

Working as an integrative counsellor, she draws on multiple perspectives to understand the issues brought to sessions and tailors her approach to meet each person’s needs. Together with the client she examines what has contributed to the difficulty, clarifies desired outcomes, maps out possible options, and supports decisions about which steps to try. Her aim is to facilitate practical, client-led progress within a supportive therapeutic relationship. She holds BACP.

Integrative approaches for online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy places the client at the heart of the process, with the therapist offering empathic listening and support so the person can explore their feelings and find their own solutions; this approach is useful for building self-awareness and confidence when facing life stresses or relationship concerns.

Solution-Focused Therapy focuses on identifying practical steps and small, achievable changes that move a person toward their goals, making it well suited to clients who want concrete strategies for managing anxiety, stress, or day-to-day problems.

Psychodynamic Therapy explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns influence current feelings and relationships, which can help when issues stem from long-standing relational or emotional patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Shilpa works collaboratively with each person to assess needs, discuss preferences, and adapt methods so the approach fits the client’s goals and style.

Online therapy offers flexible options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing people to access licensed professionals from home or elsewhere. These formats make it easier to attend sessions around work, family, or other commitments, and to maintain continuity of care when life circumstances change.