Govind Pindoria

I offer online counselling sessions

My name is Govind. As your counsellor I will provide a confidential supportive space aiming to build a rapport and a sense of trust so that you are able to gently explore your challenges at a pace that is comfortable to you. I principally help you talk about your issues in the here and now but can also work with you to explore past experiences if they are a draw or an anchor influencing your thoughts and feelings today.

I’m currently engaged in advanced training in cognitive behavioural approaches to counselling (CBT) and may suggest some or many aspects of that approach that may help you in and out of sessions if it feels appropriate to what your issues are.

I have experience in different careers, as a scientist, business and in academia working in several different countries around Europe as well as Japan and the US. This has given me an insight into many different cultures around the world and grown an understanding of the wonderful diversity there is in people and a passion for supporting people to understand their uniqueness in this world. This first led me to volunteering with the Samaritans supported people with their mental health challenges on the phone and at music festivals and continues now as a counsellor. 

In my practise I have worked with individuals from teenagers through to adults past retirement age all with their own way of being and feeling about the world they experience. You may express your own uniqueness in several different ways, from ways of thinking (neurodiverse), sexuality and cultural identity. However you experience the world I offer a safe space where you can explore the challenges your are facing and hope to work with you to build up a sense of trust to allow you to explore your thoughts and behaviours in as much depth as you feel comfortable.

I work with no pre-set limits to the number of sessions and am comfortable working in short term work of around 12 sessions (usually with a CBT approach) to long-term work depending on your needs.

We can have a free initial 30-minute consultation so you can see if you feel I am the right counsellor for you.

Our first session is a chance to introduce ourselves to each other and for both of us to work out if this is the right fit for the challenges facing you.

I will discuss in more detail your aims for counselling in our first session, discuss your thoughts about length of time you might need.

I will review our counselling agreement and then the space is yours to give me an overview of what bought you to seek out counselling and what your aims are for the process.