Hamida Parkar, AASW

Hamida Parkar is an AASW-accredited social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief and relationship strain. She speaks English, Hindi and Marathi and aims to make the first step feel easier for anyone feeling overwhelmed.

Hamida focuses on practical support during hard times. She offers a calm space to talk about trauma, abuse, loss and motivation or confidence struggles. Her style is collaborative and human-centred - she listens first, then works with each person to find small, achievable steps forward.

Her background combines crisis support and counselling. That experience shaped how she responds when life feels destructive or out of control. She draws on a range of approaches to meet real problems, not labels, and to help people rebuild a sense of agency.

Hamida has training in trauma-informed practice and responding to sexual assault and domestic violence. She also has experience in group facilitation and work with complex trauma, which informs how she plans longer term support when needed.

Before studying social work she completed a bachelor degree in sociology and then a master of social work. She has several years supporting people in suicide prevention, crisis support and counselling roles and brings that practical knowledge into one-to-one work.

Her approach aims to balance emotional safety with real-life coping strategies. Hamida encourages people to set their own pace and to focus on steps that fit their daily life and values.

Therapeutic approaches and online options

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small steps towards those values even when hard thoughts or feelings appear. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and offers practical exercises to reduce unhelpful patterns and improve mood.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Hamida will listen to your situation and goals, explain different ways of working, and together decide which methods suit your needs and preferences. She aims to match techniques to what you want to change rather than using a single fixed method.

Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so please confirm current online and in-person options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people continue care if circumstances change, while the therapist and client discuss the most useful strategies and tasks between sessions.