Maitri Dhingra

Maitri Dhingra is an ACA counsellor with five years of professional experience in Australia. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression, and pays attention to early intervention and recovery-focused care.

Maitri prefers a person-centred, trauma-informed way of working. Sessions focus on listening, clarifying what matters to the client, and building practical steps forward. She treats clients as the experts in their own lives and helps them notice existing strengths.

Conversations often include looking at how attachment patterns, communication problems or control issues affect daily life. Maitri also supports people facing caregiver stress, body image concerns, immigration-related pressures, and financial worry. She addresses common emotional themes such as guilt, shame, jealousy, isolation and grief linked to infidelity or loss.

Her approach aims to combine practical tools with reflection. That can mean identifying small behavioural changes, rehearsing different ways of communicating, or working through difficult memories at a pace the client chooses. Sessions are intended to be straightforward and focused on what the person wants to change.

Maitri works in English and Hindi and draws on experience from clinical, community and corporate settings. She uses the ACA credential as part of her professional standing in Australia. To begin, clients follow the service's matching process and schedule an initial session.

How her clinical approaches translate to online work

Person-centred practice focuses on the client's priorities and choices. In sessions this means the therapist listens for what matters most, reflects it back, and helps set practical next steps. This approach suits people deciding what to do next in work or life.

Trauma-informed practice attends to how past hurt affects current responses. The therapist moves at the client's pace, uses grounding and pacing strategies, and prioritises emotional safety while working through difficult material. This is helpful for people managing anxiety, shame, or relationship patterns linked to earlier experiences.

Finding the right approach is a shared task. Maitri will work with the client to match techniques to their goals and comfort level, and adjust methods as the work progresses. That collaboration helps identify whether to focus on communication skills, behavioural changes, or processing hard memories.

Confirm the session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific online setups. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or day-to-day routines. They can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, or reduce travel time so people can keep appointments more consistently.