Prerna Nautiyal, BACP
A counsellor who helps you reshape your story
Details
| Name | Prerna Nautiyal |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English, Bengali, Hindi |
| Years in practice | 5 |
About Prerna
Prerna Nautiyal is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and a wide range of life challenges. She supports clients dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, addictions, parenting strains and LGBT-related issues. Prerna also works with people facing trauma, eating or sleeping difficulties, ADHD and major life changes.
Her style is warm and respectful. She listens carefully and tailors conversations to each person. Sessions aim to make sense of your experiences and find small, practical steps you can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Prerna uses Narrative Therapy alongside client-centred and mindfulness approaches. That means she encourages people to tell their story, notice patterns, and separate themselves from problem identities. Mindfulness techniques are used to build calm and focus when stress or anxiety feels overwhelming.
She brings five years of experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Prerna balances therapy work with another role during the week, so she offers sessions in specific time slots to fit that schedule. Sessions are available in English, Bengali and Hindi, and she accepts clients from outside the UK.
Practical formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. If you want someone who listens and helps you reshape your story, she offers a collaborative, down-to-earth approach.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship issues among the things Prerna works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Prerna among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Prerna among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Prerna among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Prerna among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Prerna among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Prerna directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Prerna directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and mindfulness work online
Prerna draws on Narrative Therapy to help people untangle the stories they live by. In practice she invites clients to describe their experiences and then looks together at how problems became central to that story. This can help people find new ways of seeing themselves and make different choices about what to try next.She also uses Client-Centred Therapy, which means sessions are guided by what the client wants to talk about. The counsellor focuses on listening with empathy and reflecting what she hears, so clients feel understood and can decide their own goals. Mindfulness Therapy is used alongside these approaches to teach simple exercises for calming the body and widening attention, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and sleep difficulties.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to choose methods that suit their needs, goals and preferences, and will adjust plans as things change over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when less bandwidth is available, and messaging suits shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make therapy more flexible for those balancing work, family or different time zones.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Prerna help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, addictions, trauma, grief, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD and many other life challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is warm and client-centred, focusing on listening and tailoring sessions to each person. She encourages practical steps alongside reflective conversation.
What experience does she bring?
She has five years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and behavioural concerns.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises from the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, Bengali and Hindi for domestic and international clients.
What session formats are available?
Work can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a therapy relationship?
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