Counsellor profile
Sharmi Gowri-Kriszyk, NCPS
Counsellor - trauma, attachment-focused
See online counselling options- Trauma and abuse
- Attachment-based approaches
- EMDR and CBT
About Sharmi
Counsellor and NCPS Accredited Member (MNCPS Accred) with 21 years' experience, Sharmi Gowri-Kriszyk works in the United Kingdom and with international clients. She supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and family issues, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, bipolar and depression, ADHD and coping with life changes.
Sharmi uses a mix of talking and body-aware approaches. She describes work that attends to both the mind and the body's responses after trauma. Sessions address triggers, difficult memories and the effects of early attachment problems on current relationships.
Her practice draws on attachment-based methods and client-centred ways of working. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy are used when practical skills for mood and emotional regulation are needed. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is also part of her toolkit for people processing traumatic memories.
She has a long career in mental health and training to doctorate level in psychology and counselling and psychotherapy, and has undertaken additional trauma training. The NCPS listing is given as NCPS Therapist - Accredited Member (MNCPS Accred).
Sharmi works with adults and young people on difficulties that follow abuse, neglect, domestic violence and complex trauma. She also supports people facing separation, blended family issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and body image or eating concerns.
To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and book a first session. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time, and costs vary with location.
How Sharmi uses therapeutic approaches online
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions. It looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people try new ways of relating. This approach can help with attachment difficulties, abandonment or adoption-related issues.Client-centred therapy puts the person's experience at the centre. The counsellor listens without directing, and helps the client speak through difficult thoughts and emotions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) offers practical steps to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour, and can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping skills.
Deciding which approach to use is part of the process. Sharmi discusses options together with the client. Plans change as needs and goals become clearer, and the choice of methods is agreed collaboratively.
If you want to use online sessions, check the current session options before booking. The biography does not list specific session formats here, so confirm whether video or other formats are offered. Online work can fit into everyday life by reducing travel, allowing shorter check-ins between other commitments, or making it easier to book sessions across time zones for international clients.
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Experience
21+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Danish, Tamil
Frequently asked questions
What problems does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and family matters, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, mood conditions and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
She combines attachment-based and client-centred methods with practical CBT or DBT skills when needed. EMDR is offered for processing traumatic memories.
How long has she practised?
She has 21 years of professional experience in the mental health sector.
Which professional registration does she hold?
She is listed as NCPS Therapist - Accredited Member (MNCPS Accred) and works in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Danish and Tamil.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are accepted; check details when you book to confirm time zones and arrangements.
What does therapy cost?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.