Dilshini SandhuBACP

Dilshini Sandhu brings a warm, heart-led approach to counselling. She uses a collaborative style that helps people talk through anxiety, stress, depression and grief. Dilshini is known for listening carefully and creating a calm space where clients can share what matters to them.

She trained in music and psychology before completing an MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London. She also trained as a psychotherapeutic counsellor at the Metanoia Institute and holds BACP membership. Dilshini is currently working towards a doctorate in counselling psychology and psychotherapy, researching how implicit bias affects therapeutic relationships.

Many people seek her help for relationship tension, attachment and abandonment worries, and difficulties tied to cultural expectations. She also supports those managing chronic illness, cancer, caregiver stress, body image and issues linked to sexual expression such as BDSM and kink. Her clinical focus includes trauma, self-esteem and co-morbidity alongside more common concerns like communication and commitment problems.

Her sessions draw on client-centred principles and emotionally-focused ideas to prioritise feelings and the client’s own goals. She blends humanistic and relational ways of working with approaches informed by research to suit each person’s needs. Sessions aim to help people understand patterns, name emotions and try different ways of relating.

Dilshini emphasises sensitivity to cultural background and identity. She offers a respectful, non-judgemental presence and aims to help people move toward clearer choices and a more authentic life.

Client-centred and emotionally-focused work online

Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of the session. The therapist listens without judgement and follows the client’s pace to help them make sense of feelings and choices. This approach is useful for anxiety, stress and low self-esteem because it builds trust and self-understanding.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on how emotions shape relationships and behaviour. It helps people identify core feelings, notice patterns in interaction, and practise different responses. EFT can be helpful for attachment concerns, communication difficulties and relationship-related distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals and preferences and then suggest ways of working together. This decision is collaborative and may be reviewed as therapy progresses to make sure it still fits.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats before booking so you know how meetings are held. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, save travel time and allow regular check-ins during transitions such as pregnancy and childbirth. Some formats may be simpler for shorter check-ins or when lower bandwidth is needed, so check what is available and what will suit your routine.