Aaradhya Srivastava

Aaradhya Srivastava works with people who feel isolated or disconnected from themselves and others, helping them to make sense of painful memories, persistent anxiety, and the stress that can follow difficult life experiences. She creates a space where clients can arrive as they are - including the parts that feel messy, uncomfortable, or hard to name - and begin to be seen and heard.

In sessions with Aaradhya clients are invited to explore what lies beneath surface reactions and patterns in a non-judgmental, empathetic setting. She supports curiosity about why someone responds to people and situations the way they do and gently traces connections between past events and present-day feelings and behaviours.

Taking the step to understand what is weighing on you can feel daunting, and Aaradhya treats that decision as a meaningful beginning. She works collaboratively to help clients untangle the shapes formed by their experiences and to explore the more authentic ways of being they hope to develop.

Aaradhya has worked with stress, anxiety, trauma, sexual violence and abuse, caring responsibilities, workplace issues, motivation, self-esteem and confidence, family matters, and coping with life changes. Her time at the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC) has been particularly formative, deepening her understanding of the importance of being acknowledged and listened to while learning how traumatic experiences can remain in the body and mind and alter one’s view of self and others.

Her practice is informed by psychodynamic, relational, and trauma-aware perspectives. In plain terms, this means she pays attention to how past experiences and unconscious dynamics shape present difficulties, uses the therapeutic relationship as a space to explore relational patterns, and stays sensitive to the effects of trauma on emotions and embodied responses. Her training integrates person-centred and psychodynamic approaches, with a tendency toward psychodynamic work according to client needs.

Aaradhya is based in the United Kingdom and has three years of experience. She is a member of the BACP and is COSCA-qualified. Her academic qualifications include a Master of Counselling (Interpersonal Dialogue) and an MSc in Counselling Studies, both from the University of Edinburgh. She offers a collaborative, paced approach tailored to each person in a compassionate and confidential environment.