- Years in practice
- 9
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Shilpa
Shilpa Kurakula is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on parenting concerns alongside a wide range of emotional challenges. She speaks English and works with people who are coping with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, low self-esteem and other life changes.
Shilpa has nine years of experience and is a BACP member, which appears as BACP in her credentials. Shilpa offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through what is worrying them.
Background and approach
Sessions are tailored to each person's needs and priorities. She helps clients clarify what they want to change, look at what has led to current difficulties, and weigh different ways forward. Her practice draws on client-centred ideas that put the person's experience first.
She also uses psychodynamic ways of thinking to look at patterns that may come from earlier relationships and life events. Solution-focused methods are used to set clear goals and find practical steps that fit day-to-day life. In a typical session Shilpa listens, reflects back what she hears, and helps clients name options they might not have seen.
She supports people dealing with family issues, parenting strain, adoption or foster care questions, body image concerns, and caregiver stress. Work can include talking, short-term goal setting, and reviewing progress. Shilpa offers a range of session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
International clients are accepted and the service uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled according to therapist availability.
What Shilpa works with
Everything Shilpa lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shilpa helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shilpa lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How these approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding the person's experience and following their pace. Online this means the counsellor listens closely, reflects what is said, and helps the client name priorities and make choices that feel right for them.Psychodynamic Therapy looks at repeating patterns and how past relationships shape current feelings. In remote sessions this style helps people spot long-standing themes and try out new responses in a supported way.
Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on clear goals and small practical steps. It suits people who want short-term, actionable change and can work well through brief video check-ins or messaging to track progress.
Choosing an approach is part of the work itself. Shilpa will discuss different ways of working and will help find the best fit based on what the client wants, their goals and how they prefer to communicate. The process is collaborative and can be adjusted as therapy goes on.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and have deeper conversations, while phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging allow for ongoing check-ins and brief reflections between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around parenting demands, work and travel while keeping therapy consistent.
Questions people ask about Shilpa
What issues does she help with?
Shilpa works with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, low self-esteem, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and anger problems, depression, ADHD and related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style?
She blends client-centred listening with psychodynamic thinking and solution-focused work to help people understand patterns and set practical goals.
How much experience does she have?
Shilpa has nine years of counselling experience supporting people through life changes and emotional difficulties.
What credentials and where is she based?
She is a BACP member and practises from the United Kingdom.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Appointments can take place by video call, phone session, live chat or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled?
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time; the cost varies with location and therapist availability.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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