Parule Basu-Barua, BACP

Parule Basu-Barua is a UK-licensed psychotherapist who brings more than 1,500 clinical hours to her practice and a thoughtful, individualized approach to working with people who have experienced trauma and abuse. She works with presentations that often include depression, anxiety, and addictive behaviours, and has specific experience supporting people with eating disorders such as anorexia, atypical anorexia, and bulimia. Parule recognises that eating difficulties often involve elements of compulsive or addictive patterns, and she prioritises understanding each person beyond diagnostic labels to identify underlying needs and relationships to behaviour.

Before training in psychotherapy, Parule spent more than 20 years in television and media in senior roles across the UK and the USA, and she redirected those communication and people-skills into therapeutic work. She completed a diploma in Therapeutic Counselling in London and earned a degree from The Metanoia Institute with a 2:1 honours. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in Neuroscience and Psychology at King's College London. Parule also holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which reflects membership in a professional counselling body.

Her clinical work emphasises collaboration and a nonjudgmental stance, creating space for clients to explore thoughts and feelings safely. Parule blends client-centred techniques, mindfulness, psychodynamic perspectives, and trauma-focused approaches to support recovery and greater self-understanding. She encourages people to take the first step when they feel ready, noting that committing to therapy can open pathways to renewed insight and emotional nourishment.