About Aruna
Aruna Ramkalowon offers calm, direct support for people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety and stress. She writes plainly and listens closely, helping clients name what is hardest and take small, clear steps forward. Aruna aims to make the first step feel manageable rather than daunting.
Aruna has six years of professional experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She adapts conversations and the plan of work to each person's needs instead of using a one-size-fits-all method.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical change as well as understanding patterns that keep problems going. Her approach is integrative. That means she draws on a few different ways of working to suit the person in front of her.
This can include exploring thoughts and behaviours, bringing mindful practices into daily life, or looking at deeper emotional themes from earlier relationships. Typical concerns Aruna helps people with include anxiety, stress, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, low self-esteem, career strain and coping with life changes. She also works with addiction-related problems, compassion fatigue and challenges linked to ageing and caregiving.
Sessions are available in English and held online by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. The therapist uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time and scheduling is arranged after a short matching questionnaire.
How Aruna works online and therapeutic approaches
Aruna uses a mix of client-centred and cognitive behavioural ideas to help people make clear, practical changes. Client-centred therapy focuses on a respectful, non-judgemental conversation where the person leads the pace and topics; this helps build trust and self-understanding. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviours keep problems like anxiety going and offers small experiments and skill practice to reduce distress.Finding the best way of working is collaborative. Aruna will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest ways of combining approaches. She checks in as work progresses and adapts the plan to what is most helpful in real life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy fit around busy days. Video calls let people see facial cues and feel more like an in-person meeting, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a short break. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, writing through immediate worries, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options aim to give practical flexibility so therapy can be sustained alongside everyday commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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