About Me

I came to counselling and psychotherapy as a second career after spending more than 25 years in senior Human Resources and leadership roles within global technology organisations. Throughout my corporate career, I was drawn to understanding people, supporting growth, navigating complexity, and helping individuals and teams thrive through change. Over time, this evolved into a desire to pursue work that offered deeper meaning, connection, and impact, leading me to retrain as a psychotherapist and establish my private practice.

My own personal journey, including life’s challenges and the transformative experience of therapy, has deeply shaped the way I work. Having experienced the value of being heard, understood, and supported, I am passionate about creating that same space for others.

Today, I work as an Integrative Psychotherapist, Mindfulness Practitioner, and ICF-certified Executive Coach, supporting individuals across personal, relational, and professional challenges. My approach is warm, collaborative, culturally sensitive, and tailored to the unique needs of each client.

As an Integrative Psychotherapist, I draw upon a range of evidence-based therapeutic approaches, including Psychodynamic Therapy, Humanistic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-Based Approaches, Relationship Therapy, and Sandplay Therapy. This flexibility allows us to work in a way that best supports your goals, circumstances, and pace.

Alongside psychotherapy, I bring extensive experience as an Executive Coach, supporting professionals, leaders, and individuals navigating career transitions, workplace challenges, leadership development, burnout, confidence issues, and questions of purpose and identity. Where appropriate, I integrate coaching, mindfulness, reflective practices, journaling, and guided meditation into our work together.

Much of the work I offer involves exploring what makes you who you are—your experiences, relationships, beliefs, values, and patterns of relating. Together, we can develop greater self-awareness, emotional resilience, clarity, and a deeper understanding of yourself.

Having lived and worked in India, Germany, North America, and the United Kingdom, I understand the complexities of living between cultures, identities, expectations, and belief systems. I have particular experience supporting clients from South Asian and multicultural backgrounds and offer counselling in English, Tamil, and Hindi.

I work with adults, young adults, couples, and professionals experiencing a wide range of challenges, including anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, trauma, low self-esteem, identity concerns, life transitions, workplace challenges, and experiences of domestic abuse.

Alongside my private practice, I work as an Integrative Psychotherapist at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices, supporting children, young people, adults, and families facing life-limiting conditions, bereavement, grief, and loss. I have also worked as a Play Therapist in educational settings and as a specialist counsellor supporting survivors of domestic abuse.

I provide online counselling and coaching services to clients throughout the United Kingdom and also support clients residing in Canada and North America, where appropriate and within the scope of my professional insurance and practice arrangements.

My aim is to provide a safe, confidential, compassionate, and non-judgemental space where you can explore difficult experiences, gain insight, develop new perspectives, and move towards meaningful and lasting change.

I offer a free 20-minute telephone or online consultation to help us determine whether we are the right fit to work together. If you would like to arrange a consultation or counselling session, please contact me at:

Email: sujatha@empathics.co.uk
Telephone: 07876 757403

I aim to respond to enquiries within 24 hours on working days.