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Kalpna Kerai, BACP

Kalpna Kerai is a counsellor who uses trauma-informed approaches alongside attachment-based and client-centred methods.

About Kalpna

Kalpna Kerai is a counsellor who uses trauma-informed approaches alongside attachment-based and client-centred methods. She holds BACP accreditation and has 13 years of experience working in the United Kingdom. She focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, or coping with addiction and other difficult life changes.

Her sessions aim to be straightforward and calm. She invites people to talk about what they are facing and helps them sort out immediate worries and longer-term patterns.

Background and approach

Many clients want to make sense of painful past events or understand how relationships affect their mood and behaviour. Kalpna draws on attachment work to look at how early bonds shape current reactions. That can help with intimacy concerns, abandonment fears, or communication problems.

She also uses trauma-focused ideas to calmly address the impact of abuse or other distressing experiences. Her client-centred style means conversations steer around the person in front of her. She listens, reflects, and helps people find steps that feel doable.

Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques are used when someone wants clear, practical choices to move forward. Kalpna works online by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. To begin, a short questionnaire matches people to a suitable schedule and format.

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Registration

Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	140237	November 2026

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Kalpna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Self esteem
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counselling
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Ways of working Kalpna names

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Approaches you can use online and how they help

Kalpna commonly blends trauma-focused therapy with attachment-based and client-centred work. Trauma-focused therapy looks at the impact of distressing events and helps people process memories and reactions in manageable steps, which can reduce overwhelming symptoms. Attachment-based work examines patterns that began in early relationships and how they affect trust, intimacy and communication now. Client-centred therapy is based on listening and reflecting so the person leads the pace and topics of conversation.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The counsellor will discuss your goals and preferences and together you will decide which methods to try first. Plans can change as you learn what helps most, and sessions are shaped around your needs rather than a fixed formula.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when you want deeper interaction, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or days when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep therapy going around family, work and travel commitments while still working with an experienced counsellor.

Frequently asked

What kinds of concerns does this counsellor help with?

Support is offered for stress, anxiety, grief, addictions, self-esteem and trauma among many other concerns such as eating, sleeping and relationship issues.

What is the therapeutic style like in sessions?

Sessions are client-centred with an emphasis on listening and practical next steps. Techniques from trauma-focused and attachment-based approaches are used where helpful.

How much experience does this counsellor have?

The counsellor has 13 years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom across a range of mental health and wellbeing issues.

What credentials and location are listed for the counsellor?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

What session formats are available?

Therapy can be provided by video call, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with this counsellor?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.