Ritika Budhiraja Thakur
Practical support for anxiety and recovery
About Ritika
Ritika Budhiraja Thakur is a counsellor registered with the HCPC in the United Kingdom. She has nine years of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety and mood difficulties. She also helps with relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and issues with self-esteem and confidence.
Ritika works in a straightforward way. She treats each person as the expert in their own story. Sessions focus on small, practical steps that build on a person’s strengths.
Background and approach
The aim is to reduce distress and make daily life more manageable. She pays attention to how problems show up in everyday life. That includes panic attacks, social anxiety, feelings of isolation, or struggles with body image and self-love.
Ritika also helps people facing guilt, shame, impulsivity, or questions about life purpose. Conversations are collaborative and paced to the client. Ritika listens, reflects, and offers tools that can be practised between sessions.
This approach helps people notice gradual change rather than expect overnight fixes. Sessions can be held in English or Hindi. International clients are accepted, and appointments are arranged to suit both parties.
If someone is unsure where to begin, she guides them through the first steps and what to expect from therapy.
What Ritika works with
Sessions & fees
Practical approaches for online therapy and recovery
Ritika uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, usable skills. One approach helps people learn ways to manage anxiety and panic attacks through grounding and breathing techniques and by changing how they react in panic moments. Another approach concentrates on mood and thought patterns, helping people spot unhelpful thinking and test new ways of seeing situations to lift low mood.Finding the best approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit their needs, goals and preferences. That means trying methods, reviewing what helps, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a fuller conversation and face-to-face interaction, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging suits short check-ins or people who prefer written conversations. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.
| 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
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 9 years
- Registered with
- HCPC
- Languages
- English, Hindi
