- Guilt and shame
- Anxiety and panic
- Grief and loss
About Shivani
Shivani Sood is an ACA counsellor with more than 10 years of experience working in Australia. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem problems, and coping with life changes. Shivani offers sessions in English, Hindi and Punjabi.
She writes plainly with a focus on building an equal working relationship. Shivani aims to create a place where people can talk about difficult feelings like guilt and shame, loss, or ongoing stress from caregiving or illness. Her approach is practical and person-centred. She uses methods that fit the situation rather than a single fixed technique.
Shivani has worked with a wide range of presentations, including domestic and relationship harm, narcissistic abuse, mood concerns, and substance-related behaviours. She has experience supporting people through major life transitions such as separation, midlife change, and grief. This variety of work has included practice in different regions and cultural settings.
Sessions focus on clear steps people can try between meetings, such as learning ways to manage panic, adjusting unhelpful thought patterns, and practising small behaviour changes. Shivani also helps people reflect on attachment and abandonment issues when those patterns show up in relationships. She describes counselling as a chance to build self-compassion, confidence and resilience over time.
To begin, people follow an online matching process and schedule a first session. The subscription model used for sessions can be cancelled at any time. International clients are not accepted at present.
Approaches used online and how they help
Shivani describes her work as integrative and person-centred, drawing on evidence-based techniques suited to each client. One common approach she uses involves working with thoughts and behaviours to reduce anxiety and panic; this focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and practising small behaviour changes to feel less overwhelmed.Another approach she often uses addresses trauma and attachment-related difficulties by gently mapping how past hurts show up in current relationships. This helps people recognise patterns such as abandonment fears or compulsive behaviours and learn new responses over time.
Finding the right method is part of the work. Shivani collaborates with clients to choose techniques that match their needs, goals and preferences. She checks what helps and adapts the plan as therapy progresses rather than following a single recipe.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the exact formats offered before booking. The practice uses a subscription billing model that can be cancelled at any time. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into everyday life by reducing travel, allowing shorter check-ins between busy days, and offering flexible scheduling to suit work and family commitments.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English, Hindi, Punjabi
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem issues and coping with life changes, among other concerns.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses a person-centred, integrative style to help people talk through guilt and shame and find practical ways to manage those feelings.
How much experience does she have?
She has more than 10 years of clinical experience working with varied and complex presentations.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an ACA counsellor with a practice in Australia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, Hindi and Punjabi.
Can people outside Australia work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions billed?
Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time and costs vary with location.
What do I need to do to start?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.