About Rida
Rida Khan is an AASW-accredited social worker with three years of professional experience in Australia. She draws on a person-centred way of working that respects each client’s story and cultural background. Rida keeps sessions practical and focused so people can find clear steps forward when life feels overwhelming.
Rida specialises in stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger and coping with life changes. She also supports people facing issues such as body image, attachment concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and the effects of displacement or migration.
Background and approach
Her practice pays close attention to cultural context and the impact of colonisation on mental health. Her approach blends psychosocial techniques with a decolonising, multicultural framework. She aims to work as an equal with clients, helping them identify strengths and strategies that fit their daily lives.
Referrals to local services in Australia are offered when additional support is useful. Rida works with people from multicultural, migrant and refugee backgrounds and those within the LGBT+ community, focusing on practical coping skills and meaning-making after trauma. She addresses complex trauma related to war, genocide and religious abuse with care and sensitivity.
Sessions are delivered in English, Hindi and Urdu, and Rida offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. She encourages anyone unsure about therapy to try a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session to see how the approach feels.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Rida uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that suit remote formats and practical problem-solving. One approach emphasises person-centred work, where conversations focus on the client's goals, values and strengths to build coping skills for anxiety, stress and life transitions. Another strand is trauma-informed psychosocial practice, which pays attention to a person’s history and cultural context and supports gradual regulation and meaning-making after traumatic events.Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapy process. Rida will discuss options with each person and together they will choose methods that match needs, goals and preferences. The aim is collaborative care that adapts over time as someone notices what helps them most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps connection. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing or need support between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and reach counsellors across different regions.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Urdu
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