Vidya Pachipala

Vidya is an experienced psychologist with several years of experience in private practice. Vidya is described as a warm and compassionate practitioner who believes in building a healthy therapeutic relationship based on active listening and genuine empathy. Vidya works with people across the life span-children, adolescents, adults, and elderly. Vidya has experience working with adults presenting with

• Anxiety disorders (generalised anxiety, panic attacks, ocd, separation anxiety, and social anxiety)
• Mood disorders (depression, bi-polar disorder)
• Adjustment to life transitions (relationship endings, job loss, changes in family circumstances)
• Stress related disorders (work related stress, stress stemming from relationship difficulties, stress related to university studies)
• Difficulties managing interpersonal relationships and anger management
• grief and loss
• Therapy to neurodiverse clients
• Addictions, impulse-control issues

Vidya enjoys working with children and teenagers presenting with anxiety disorders, depression and self-harm behaviours, emotional regulation and behaviour challenges, school refusal, stress related to schoolwork, or family conflicts, parental separation, friendship issues, skills training. self-esteem issues, bullying and cyber safety. Vidya has special interest in providing therapy to neurodiverse children. Vidya also provides diagnostic assessments for-

• Specific learning disorders/Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and dysgraphia
• Intellectual disability
• Neurodiversity screening and assessments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Vidya provides therapy to multicultural clients. She can speak and understand the following Indian languages Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil.

"I am passionate about supporting people in their life journeys in dealing with their challenges. I believe in a client-focused therapy where client needs are paramount. I work with my clients in a collaborative approach to understand their needs and provide therapy using a variety of evidence based therapeutic approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Interpersonal psychotherapy, Emotion-Focussed Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and grief counselling that best suits their needs. My aim as a psychologist is to help my clients achieve better understanding of themselves, gain confidence to deal with their problems and achieve greater satisfaction in life."