About Aurora Counselling

BACP Registered Counselling and Psychotherapy

Welcome. I’m Priya Lakhanpaul, founder of Aurora Counselling.

I am a BACP registered Counsellor and Psychotherapist, and partner of The Aurora Practice in Richmond upon Thames. You can read more about The Aurora Practice here.

Aurora Counselling provides confidential in-person and online counselling and psychotherapy for adults over the age of 16.

My clinical background includes working within national mental health organisations such as Mind, Samaritans, London Therapy Foundation and at The Mulberry Centre at West Middlesex Hospital, counselling a diverse range of clients and NHS patients.

Clients come from all cultures and backgrounds and seek help for anything that is causing difficulty. Issues may be complex or long-term, involve diagnoses, or come up during the everyday of life such as in relationships, with family, at work or when change, loss or uncertainty occurs. Counselling offers a non-judgmental space which is dedicated to helping people work through things with focus and depth.

Priya Lakhanpaul Dip.Couns MBACP

Priya Lakhanpaul MBACP

Priya Lakhanpaul Dip.Couns MBACP

Welcome. I’m Priya Lakhanpaul, founder of Aurora Counselling.

I am a BACP registered Counsellor and Psychotherapist, and partner of The Aurora Practice in Richmond upon Thames. You can read more about The Aurora Practice here.

Aurora Counselling provides confidential in-person and online counselling and psychotherapy for adults over the age of 16.

My clinical background includes working within national mental health organisations such as Mind, Samaritans, London Therapy Foundation and at The Mulberry Centre at West Middlesex Hospital, counselling a diverse range of clients and NHS patients.

Clients come from all cultures and backgrounds and seek help for anything that is causing difficulty. Issues may be complex or long-term, involve diagnoses, or come up during the everyday of life such as in relationships, with family, at work or when change, loss or uncertainty occurs. Counselling offers a non-judgmental space which is dedicated to helping people work through things with focus and depth.

Priya Lakhanpaul MBACP

As a qualified Integrative practitioner, I draw upon extensive knowledge of psychotherapeutic approaches to explore the way in which issues are affecting clients within the personal framework of their lives. This help clients uncover deep insights into personal issues, to discover new perspectives and solutions and to experience transformative changes that help to deal with future challenges.

Counselling and psychotherapy may involve humanistic, Gestalt, CBT or psychoanalytic elements but will, at the heart of the process, be a warm, empathic, relational and person-centred process with a central focus on your needs and value placed on your feeling at ease in the therapeutic relationship.

I am also experienced in using creative and holistic techniques within counselling and groups. This includes using clay and other art materials, photographs, journaling, visualisation, dreamwork, archetypes and mindfulness. Elements of creative and holistic ways of working can be brought into sessions if this is something that you feel may be helpful for you.

Having trained in performance coaching, I can provide clients who are looking for personal development focused sessions coaching or a blend of counselling and coaching.

I feel honoured to work in a profession which enables me to connect with people from all walks of life at such a profound level and which provides me with so much meaning.

As a registered counsellor and psychotherapist with the BACP, I abide by the ethics and regulations of the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions. Respect for confidentiality, diversity, and individuality of choice is at the heart of my practice.

I hold a British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) accredited qualification in Integrative Therapeutic Counselling; British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited Bsc (Hons) in Psychology and Certified Diploma in Performance Coaching.

I look forward to meeting you.

Priya

Priya was so attentive and non-judgmental. I was able to talk about things I had never mentioned to anyone before. With Priya’s support I was able to make positive changes for myself which helped my relationship with my partner too. Thank you so much.

I was at such a low point when I first started counselling but Priya helped me to express feelings which felt so overwhelming and mountainous to get past. She made me feel safe enough to open up and helped me process the layers of emotions I had bottled up. I feel like I have grown as a person and have got to a place where I finally feel I can be who I am.

Priya was so kind and thoughtful and instantly made me feel at ease. Her sessions have helped me feel more in control of life and more hopeful for the future.

Processing painful aspects of my childhood which have impacted my whole life has been so powerful for me and I am grateful for priya’s skilled support in working through so much with me. I was so angry for so long but feel like a weight has finally lifted by finally working through things in our counselling sessions. I have valued our counselling relationship which has been so rewarding.

Priya helped me to manage my dips and lows in moods and the daily anxiety I was feeling. I did not expect that she would get to the root of my anxiety; it reduced so significantly as a result of this.

My self-esteem and anxiety fluctuated wildly and I couldn't find the help I needed to deal with my eating issues. Priya helped me to uncover so much about what was going on and I found myself changing in ways I could never have thought possible. I feel so much more optimistic about life.

Priya has helped me explore and understand so much about myself throughout therapy. I have valued my counselling sessions each week and the insights she has brought while facilitating such a journey of self-exploration for me.

Let’s talk

Have counselling sessions in-person at the practice rooms in Richmond Upon Thames, Twickenham or Hampton.

If you prefer, you can have video sessions from any location in the UK or abroad*

Email Aurora Counselling to find out more and to arrange a complementary initial phone consultation to discuss what you would like help with.

There is no obligation to continue after this.

*Exceptions to worldwide online counselling are USA and Canada.

You can contact Aurora Counselling using the form here or send us an email. You will receive a reply within 1-2 working days.

Contact Aurora Counselling

Aurora Counselling

Richmond upon Thames
Twickenham
Hampton

0208 941 9814