Ash Chopra, BACP, NCPS

BACP, NCPS; 9 years' experience. Ash Chopra is a counsellor and psychotherapist who works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues and depression. He also addresses related concerns such as attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, communication and commitment problems, and chronic pain, illness and disability.

Ash explains counselling in straightforward terms. He treats the person rather than a diagnosis and sees clients as experts in their own lives. Sessions can include coping techniques, practical planning and conversations about identity and cultural difference. He says change takes time and regular attendance helps therapeutic work to develop.

He draws on several therapeutic approaches and combines them to match what the client needs. The biography lists Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy and Motivational Interviewing among his methods. Ash also has experience offering relationship work with couples alongside one-to-one counselling.

Ash works as a university and college lecturer and runs workshops and seminars. He is a qualified casework supervisor for other counsellors. His professional memberships are with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS).

Sessions are described as collaborative and non-judgemental. He may offer coping strategies and educational recommendations when clients want them. Prospective clients are invited to discuss what approach will fit their goals during early meetings.

How his approaches work in online counselling