Deepanshi Gulati

I offer a warm, confidential and non-judgmental space where you can explore what is happening in your life without pressure to be a certain way or have everything figured out. You may be coming to therapy feeling overwhelmed, anxious, stuck or disconnected from yourself, or you may simply want a space to understand yourself and your relationships more deeply.

As a person-centred psychotherapist, I believe that you are the expert on your own experience. Rather than telling you what to do, I aim to understand your world from your perspective and work collaboratively with you, respecting your pace, choices and autonomy. Together, we can make space for difficult experiences while exploring what they mean to you and what you may need moving forward.

I have over 500 hours of supervised clinical experience across community mental health services, charities and private practice. I have worked therapeutically with people experiencing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, identity concerns, perfectionism, life transitions, suicidal thoughts, self-harm and other forms of complex or longstanding emotional distress.

My experience also includes working with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, including people affected by displacement, isolation, cultural adjustment and gender-based violence. This has strengthened my awareness of how our emotional wellbeing can be shaped not only by our individual experiences, but also by our relationships, culture, identity and the wider social circumstances in which we live.

Alongside one-to-one psychotherapy, I have extensive experience within the wider mental health sector through my previous work at Mind, my own mental health non-profit organisation, and trustee, ambassador and peer-review roles. These experiences continue to inform my commitment to creating therapeutic spaces where people feel genuinely heard, respected and accepted.

Although my core approach is person-centred, my additional training allows me to work creatively and collaboratively. Where appropriate, and where it feels useful to you, we may incorporate creative exploration or draw on ideas from other therapeutic approaches while keeping your needs and preferences at the centre of our work.

I usually work on an open-ended basis and recommend a minimum of 12 sessions to allow time for the therapeutic relationship and process to develop. Still we can cater to what you need. Therapy can take time, and this gives us the opportunity to explore your experiences at a pace that feels right for you. We will regularly check in together about how therapy is feeling, what you are getting from our work and whether your needs have changed.

I offer therapy in English, Hindi and Urdu. Fortnightly sessions are also available.