Mandika Shah-Dhillon, BACP

Mandika Shah-Dhillon offers a calm, steady therapeutic presence for people who feel overwhelmed, emotionally unsettled, or unsure where to begin. She creates a gentle space that acknowledges how life’s pressures can build up quietly and sees reaching out for support as an important first step toward relief.

Trained in Person-Centred Counselling and the Psychotherapeutic Relationship at the University of Warwick, Mandika is also completing an MSc in Psychology of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Her experience spans private practice, university mental health services, addiction support, and crisis roles, where she has supported people with anxiety, stress, trauma, low mood, identity concerns, relationship patterns, and the quieter pressures that accumulate over time.

Her approach is warm, relational, and intuitive. Mandika works integratively, drawing on person-centred foundations alongside trauma-aware practice and contemporary psychological understanding to build a therapeutic space that feels grounded and humane. She also uses clinical methods such as Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy as appropriate to each person’s needs.

Mandika supports a wide range of presenting issues including stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, coping with life changes, LGBT matters, relationship and family concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting and anger, self-esteem and career matters, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include abandonment, attachment and communication problems, body image, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, codependency, and divorce or separation among others.

Clients often describe therapy with her as steadying - a place to slow down, gain clarity, and be heard without judgement. She meets people where they are and works at a pace that feels manageable for each individual. Mandika is a member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy), the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom.