Hi, I'm Akanksha!
Psychotherapist and Life Coach
I blend my training in Therapeutic Counseling Studies (CPCAB) and Transformational Life Coaching (ICF) with my love for yoga, sports, art, and music—offering creative ways to express and release big feelings, so you can move forward with more clarity and self-connection.
You can show up just as you are here—no judgment, no pressure. This is a confidential, caring and safe space where you can be real with yourself and with me, and together we nurture that authenticity within and between us.
You know that feeling when you're by a gentle stream, watching the water find its way around every rock and fallen branch?
That's what real resilience looks like in us.
It's not about being unbreakable or never feeling overwhelmed. It's about staying in motion—even when that motion is slow and gentle. When life throws curveballs our way, a resilient heart doesn't fight the current or pretend everything's fine. Instead, it lets those buried feelings bubble up to the surface, acknowledges them, and keeps flowing.
Sometimes we bend, sometimes we pool for a moment to catch our breath, but we don't stay stuck. We learn to ride the ups and downs with a kind of graceful acceptance—not because we're saints, but because we've learned that fighting the river of life just exhausts us.
The most beautiful part? We don't have to have it all figured out. We just trust that this flow, this messy, imperfect journey we're on, is leading us somewhere meaningful. Even when we can't see around the next bend.
That's resilience—not a superhuman strength, but a very human ability to keep moving, keep feeling, and keep trusting the process of becoming who we're meant to be.
"Akanksha has a natural gift of understanding and making you feel heard like none other. Her ability to help you communicate with yourself, unlocks the key to you solving your problems, discovering what you really want and driving towards your goals."
Julia K
My work is about helping you rediscover and connect with your true self. We all have different parts inside us: the active “I” that acts and shapes our life, and the passive “me” that observes and makes sense of what happens. Sometimes these parts are out of sync. Together, we make space for every side of you to be seen and to grow.
It’s easy to get lost in all the “shoulds” and expectations—whether they come from others or from ourselves. When anxiety and mental clutter pile up, we can lose touch with who we truly are. Reconnecting with our real selves—beneath all the layers of conditioning—is key to feeling at home in our own minds and bodies.
We often hold onto rigid ideas about how life and people “should” be, which can leave us feeling out of sync with reality. Learning to set boundaries, accept what we can’t change, and gently let go of what no longer serves us helps us find more peace in our relationships and environment.
We work with what's happening...
... within you
Focussing on self-discovery,
we work with:
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Stress
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Depression
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Motivation
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Anxiety
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Initiative: 0 to 1 journey
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Burnout
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Trauma and healing
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Values, belief system
... with you
Focussing on transitions,
we work with:
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Adolescence and adulthood
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Moving cities, expat life
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Lifestyle / job changes
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Joblessness, layoffs
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Career switches
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Role changes at work and in family life
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Life stages, mortality, aging, existentialism
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Seasonal depression
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Loss and grief
... around you
Focussing on support systems,
we work with:
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Loneliness, isolation
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Community, belonging
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Finding your tribe
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Routine and movement
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Family, relationships and communication
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Current events, social justice, climate change
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Personal politics
My Approach
Therapy and life coaching share a strong foundation in supporting personal growth, fostering self-awareness, and empowering individuals to create meaningful change in their lives. Both use reflective questioning, active listening, and goal-setting to help clients move forward. While therapy may delve deeper into emotional patterns and healing, and coaching often emphasizes practical strategies and future goals, these approaches are highly complementary.
Training in both allows me to offer a seamless, adaptable experience—drawing on therapeutic tools when clients need to process emotions or past experiences, and coaching techniques when they are ready to take action and build new habits. This synergy ensures that each client at Bubbling Brook Counselling and Coaching receives a personalized blend of insight and momentum, tailored to their unique journey and needs.
Aspect
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Who are you?
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What are you going through?
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Therapist’s intent
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Support
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Methodology
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Therapy relationship
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Journey in therapy
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Mind-body connect
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Life in society
Conventional therapy
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Focus on the individual and their history alone
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Thoughts, emotions and behaviour analysed in isolation
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Focus on identifying problems, symptomatic relief and structured prescriptive coping mechanisms
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Healing as mostly a solo journey – the burden of reaching a new normal is entirely on the individual
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Relies entirely on talk therapy and medication
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Therapist as an emotionally distant blank screen only reflecting the client’s thoughts, feelings and expressions
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Investigative and analytical approach
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Analyse and explore emotions in isolation from the body
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The social environment is not ascribed any responsibility; therapist is diplomatic, apolitical and otherwise neutral
The Bubbling Brook approach
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Focus on the whole person, how they identify (gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion etc.), their environment, relationships, cultural norms, personal politics etc.
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Belief systems and emotional expression considered as a product of and a response to life events, evolving circumstances, internal and external expectations, and inevitable realities like race, class, caste, mortality and existentialism
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Holistic well-being as a function of connection and synergy with mind, body, environment and people
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Building and using support systems – empowerment, belonging, collective healing, giving and receiving positive energy
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Uses non-verbal expression, tools, rituals, movement, breathwork, art, nature immersion, nurturing your inner child
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Therapist as a relatable caring human “fellow traveller”, guide, facilitator and coach; investing in the therapist-client relationship
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Curoisity-led personalised approach for gradual, intentional and sustainable change
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Receive emotions as well as psychosomatic sensations as messages from the body; The Body Keep the Score
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Addresses social norms, privilege, toxic culture, discrimination and power dynamics; centres lived experiences and impact over intent
