Parule Basu-Barua

Parule Basu-Barua is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with five years of experience and over 1,500 clinical hours. She works with people who have experienced trauma and abuse, and with those facing depression, anxiety, addictions and eating difficulties. Her background includes media and television work in the UK and USA prior to retraining in therapeutic counselling.

She trained at The Metanoia Institute and holds a diploma in Therapeutic Counselling. Parule completed a 2:1 (Hons) and is working towards a Masters at King's College, London in Neuroscience & Psychology. Her clinical experience includes supporting people with anorexia, atypical anorexia and bulimia, and she often explores links between addictive behaviours and eating difficulties.

Parule describes her way of working as person-focused. She sets aside diagnostic templates to pay attention to each person's life story and circumstances. Sessions emphasise open discussion of thoughts and feelings and aim to help people notice patterns that maintain distress.

She uses client-centred approaches alongside psychodynamic ideas and mindfulness techniques. She also draws on trauma-focused methods when people have been harmed or abused. These approaches are used to help with stress, panic, dissociation, obsessions and compulsions, and sexual and multicultural concerns.

People who come with questions about life purpose, relationships, communication or loneliness can work with her to clarify what matters next. Parule accepts international clients and runs sessions in English. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what someone says. It helps people feel heard and can clarify choices and values when life feels uncertain. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention skills and grounding practices to reduce anxiety and help with sleep or overwhelming feelings. These approaches suit people coping with stress, panic, rumination and concentration difficulties.

Finding the right approach is something she does alongside each person. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs together and recommend which methods to use. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as sessions continue.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also make sessions possible for people in different countries since she accepts international clients and runs sessions in English.