Akanksha Srivastava

Psychotherapist and Life Coach I blend my training in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB) and Transformational Life Coaching (ICF) with my love for yoga, sports, art, and music—offering creative ways to express and release big feelings, so you can move forward with more clarity and self-connection. You can show up just as you are here—no judgment, no pressure. This is a confidential, caring and safe space where you can be real with yourself and with me, and together we nurture that authenticity within and between us. Like a Bubbling Brook, a resilient spirit is in calm, fluid motion — coursing through changing terrain with balance and acceptance, surfacing the churn within, trusting its flow to something greater.

I hold training in: - Therapeutic Counseling Studies (CPCAB) - Transformational Life Coaching (ICF) My work integrates both therapeutic and coaching approaches to offer a comprehensive, client-centered experience. Therapy and life coaching share a strong foundation in supporting personal growth, fostering self-awareness, and empowering individuals to create meaningful change in their lives. While therapy may delve deeper into emotional patterns and healing, and coaching often emphasizes practical strategies and future goals, these approaches are highly complementary. My training in both allows me to offer a seamless, adaptable experience—drawing on therapeutic tools when clients need to process emotions or past experiences, and coaching techniques when they are ready to take action and build new habits.

My work focuses on supporting you through: Within You (Self-Discovery): - Stress and anxiety - Depression and low mood - Motivation and confidence - Burnout and overwhelm - Trauma and healing - Values and belief systems - Initiative: from 0 to 1 journey Transitions (Life Changes): - Adolescence and adulthood - Moving cities and expat life - Lifestyle and job changes - Joblessness and layoffs - Career switches - Role changes at work and in family - Life stages, mortality, aging, and existentialism - Seasonal depression - Loss and grief Support Systems (Connection): - Loneliness and isolation - Community and belonging - Finding your tribe - Routine and movement - Family, relationships and communication - Current events, social justice, and climate change - Personal politics

My Approach I focus on the whole person—how you identify (gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion etc.), your environment, relationships, cultural norms, and personal politics. I believe belief systems and emotional expression are products of and responses to life events, evolving circumstances, internal and external expectations, and inevitable realities like race, class, caste, mortality and existentialism. Holistic Well-Being My work centers on holistic well-being as a function of connection and synergy with mind, body, environment and people. I use non-verbal expression, tools, rituals, movement, breathwork, art, nature immersion, and nurturing your inner child to support your healing journey. The Therapist-Client Relationship I show up as a relatable caring human—a fellow traveller, guide, facilitator and coach. I believe in investing in the therapeutic relationship and creating a safe, confidential space where you can be authentic and real. Together, we nurture that authenticity within and between us. My Methodology I take a curiosity-led, personalized approach for gradual, intentional and sustainable change. I receive emotions as well as psychosomatic sensations as messages from the body, recognizing that the body keeps the score. I address socio-cultural norms, privilege, toxic relationships, discrimination and power dynamics, centering lived experiences and impact over intent.