About Arunima
Arunima Gitai is a counsellor who uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage anxiety, stress and life changes. She works in English and Hindi and brings five years of clinical experience to conversations about mood, grief and trauma. Arunima frames therapy as a collaborative process.
She adapts sessions to short-term goals or longer personal work, depending on what someone needs. She listens for patterns around attachment, abandonment and control, and helps people develop clearer ways of relating to themselves and others.
Background and approach
Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns such as panic attacks, depression, isolation and caregiver stress. Arunima also supports people working through divorce, communication problems, body image and feelings of guilt or shame. She aims for straightforward strategies that can be used between sessions.
Arunima has a PACFA credential and records regular client contact as part of her practice. Her experience includes work in Australia and India and with people from varied cultural backgrounds. This informs a flexible approach to how therapy is offered and paced.
In sessions she focuses on practical steps - learning skills to manage anxiety, noticing unhelpful patterns, and trying small changes that add up. The aim is to make therapy useful and relevant to daily life, so people feel more able to cope with present challenges and plan for what comes next.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Two common evidence-based approaches she uses are skills-based work focused on managing anxiety and trauma-informed talk that looks at how past events affect current feelings. Skills-based work teaches breathing, grounding and pacing techniques to reduce panic and anxiety. Trauma-informed conversations focus on understanding triggers, building emotional tolerance and creating safer ways to cope with painful memories.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide what fits best with your goals and day-to-day demands. That choice can change over time as you try different strategies and see what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you use visual cues and mirrors in-session, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat suits brief check-ins and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work days, caring duties or busy schedules, while allowing people to choose how they prefer to communicate.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Hindi
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