Snigdha Jindal, BACP

Snigdha Jindal is a bilingual counsellor and psychotherapist based in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, offering four years of international experience across counselling, psychotherapy, and clinical psychology. She provides a warm, empathic, and non-judgmental space where people can explore challenges at their own pace while being met with careful listening and thoughtful reflection.

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK. Her academic training includes an MSc in Person-Centred Counselling from the University of Aberdeen and both a Bachelor's and Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from India. Her practice blends Person-Centred principles with elements of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychodynamic work, and trauma-informed care so that therapy can be shaped to each person’s unique needs.

Snigdha has supported adults from diverse backgrounds, including NHS professionals, immigrants, asylum seekers, and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. She works with a wide range of difficulties such as stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar conditions, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, grief, work-related stress, and identity concerns, as well as additional areas like abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, and chronic illness. She also has experience with kink and alternative sex culture and with blended family and separation issues.

Alongside her private practice she volunteers with Rape Crisis Grampian and the Grampian Regional Equality Council, and she continues regular clinical supervision and professional development. Outside of work she draws on mindfulness, riverside walks along the Dee, cooking, and close connections with loved ones. If someone is ready to consider change or healing, Snigdha aims to offer steady presence, respect, and collaboration on that journey.

Integrating Person-Centred and CBT approaches for online support

Snigdha draws on Person-Centred therapy, which emphasizes empathetic listening and a non-directive stance that helps people explore their own values, feelings, and goals in a supportive relationship. This approach is useful for building self-awareness, emotional processing, and personal growth.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques to help identify and gently challenge unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours, offering practical strategies for managing anxiety, low mood, and stress. In addition, trauma-informed care shapes the way she works with people who have experienced abuse or other overwhelming events, prioritising pacing, safety, and understanding the impact of trauma on the whole person.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Snigdha works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting the plan as therapy progresses.

Online sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it possible to access therapy with flexibility from different locations and time zones. These options allow for consistent contact around work, family commitments, or mobility needs, and make it easier to maintain continuity of care when life circumstances change.