Anuja Sivakumaran
Practical, compassionate support for personal change
About Anuja
Anuja Sivakumaran helps people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed or unsure how to move forward. She focuses on clear, practical support for relationship troubles, family conflict, trauma and low self-esteem. Anuja writes in a straightforward way and aims to make the first steps feel manageable.
Anuja holds BACP accreditation, which means she is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has three years of professional experience working with concerns such as depression, panic attacks and post-traumatic stress.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing isolation, guilt, issues with attachment or abandonment, and difficulties around sexuality and women’s issues. In sessions, she listens carefully and tailors conversations to each person. Clients can expect direct questions, reflective listening, and practical ideas to try between meetings.
Anuja works with themes like communication problems, forgiveness and rebuilding self-worth through gradual steps. She aims to help people identify what matters most to them and set small goals they can act on. Progress is discussed in plain language, with attention to feelings and day-to-day coping.
The emphasis is on building confidence and clearer ways of relating to others. People who want a calm, compassionate counsellor who combines empathy with practical focus may find her approach useful. Anuja encourages people to take the first step and offers steady support as they work toward change.
What Anuja works with
Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches work online
Two common evidence-based techniques often used for the kinds of issues listed are trauma-focused strategies and approaches that rebuild self-esteem. Trauma-focused work helps people make sense of distressing experiences and reduce their impact on daily life by gently processing memories and improving coping skills. Self-esteem focused work concentrates on identifying critical self-beliefs, testing them against real experience, and building small, achievable habits that increase confidence.Another helpful direction is skills-based support for anxiety and panic. This involves learning breathing and grounding methods, pacing exposure to feared situations, and practicing new ways of responding when panic or social anxiety arises. These approaches are practical and aimed at manageable steps rather than quick fixes.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and adapt techniques that suit you. Together you decide what feels most useful and adjust the plan as you learn what helps.
Online sessions offer flexibility and accessibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and text-based messaging lets you send updates or notes between meetings. This mix helps fit therapy around work, family duties and daily life while keeping continuity of care.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
