Samita Rathor, PACFA

Samita Rathor brings 15 years of practical experience supporting people through hard times. She is a PACFA counsellor who focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, anger and depression. Samita aims to help people find calmer ways to cope and to make steady changes that suit their life. Samita works in a collaborative, kind way and listens without judgement. She adapts sessions to each person's needs and prefers a solution-orientated style. Clients can expect straightforward discussion, emotional regulation skills and techniques drawn from psychological approaches. Her background includes an MSc in Psychology with specialisation in counselling, a Masters in Science of Living, Yoga and Meditation, and a postgraduate diploma in counselling psychology. She is also an internationally certified Yoga Master and holds clinical hypnotherapy certification, which she integrates into holistic counselling where appropriate. Over two decades she has guided students, professionals and leaders, and has provided mentoring to physiotherapists, psychologists and senior yoga teachers. She also has experience offering crisis support for an organisation and volunteers with older people and women in distress. Samita often helps people dealing with life changes, coping with chronic illness or caregiving stress, body image, addictions, ADHD and the emotional fallout of relationship issues. She combines evidence-informed psychological insights with lived experience to support longer-term emotional health.

How her approaches can work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety and life changes by teaching practical exercises to increase psychological flexibility. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviours to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. It often uses short exercises and skill practice between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current connection and trust; it can help with relationship difficulties and attachment concerns. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and needs, then suggest which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and adjustments can be made as therapy progresses. Please confirm the current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific online formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make some exercises and homework simpler to complete between meetings. Ask about how sessions are arranged and scheduled to find an option that suits everyday routines.