Dipti Vira

Dipti Vira is a PACFA counsellor with ten years of clinical experience across India, Singapore and Australia. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, low self-esteem and difficult life changes. Dipti also supports people exploring life purpose and coping with midlife transition.

She trained in a range of approaches, including cognitive therapies, clinical hypnosis and person-centred therapy, and draws on those methods when they suit the person in front of her. Sessions are practical and conversational. Dipti aims to help people notice patterns, build coping skills and experiment with new ways of responding to stress and relationship problems.

Dipti has worked in hospitals, clinical settings and private practice. That variety shapes how she manages complex concerns such as mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive behaviours, personality difficulties and chronic illness. She pays attention to cultural background when it affects how someone understands their problems and their options for change.

In the room she uses clear, step-by-step strategies alongside open listening. People often talk through unhelpful thoughts, build behavioural experiments, or work with hypnotic techniques when that is appropriate. The focus is on practical change rather than labels.

Dipti offers sessions in English, Gujarati and Hindi. Her practice operates in Australia and she does not accept international clients. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

Therapeutic approaches and working online

Dipti uses cognitive therapies to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking. These techniques focus on practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood and improve decision-making. She also uses person-centred therapy, which involves open listening and reflecting so clients can clarify their values and next steps. Clinical hypnosis is another tool she may draw on to support relaxation, shifting unhelpful responses, and working with symptoms such as chronic pain or anxiety.

Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Dipti will discuss options in early sessions and match methods to the client’s needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps decide whether to emphasise cognitive strategies, reflective person-centred work, hypnotic techniques or a combination.

Confirm the session formats she currently offers before booking, as the biography does not list specific delivery modes. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work and family life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They can also accommodate quieter conversations when phone use requires less bandwidth or a video meeting is impractical. An initial matching questionnaire and scheduling step are used to begin the process.