Dipti Vira, PACFA

Dipti Vira is a PACFA psychotherapist and counsellor with ten years of experience across clinical, hospital and private practice settings in India, Singapore and Australia. She offers practical, person-centred support to people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship strain. Dipti speaks English, Gujarati and Hindi and aims to make sessions approachable and easy to follow.

Her background includes work in hospitals and community settings, which shaped a straightforward style. Dipti uses a mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques, tailoring what she does to each person’s needs and cultural context. Sessions focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and everyday habits, improving communication and building emotional resilience.

People who come to Dipti often want clear tools to manage worry, lift low mood or repair strain in important relationships. She draws on cognitive approaches to help with patterns of thinking, and on person-centred ways of working to keep the client’s priorities central. Clinical hypnosis is also part of her toolkit when appropriate.

Dipti supports people across a wide range of concerns, from self-esteem and life transitions to chronic health challenges and obsessions or compulsions. She aims to help people find practical steps they can try between sessions. Booking begins via the site’s Start Therapy flow and a short matching questionnaire.

Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person. Dipti helps people set realistic goals, try small changes and review what works, so progress is steady and sustainable.

How therapeutic approaches work in online therapy

Dipti commonly uses cognitive approaches that focus on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and everyday habits. These methods help with persistent worry, low mood and repetitive thinking by giving practical steps to test and shift those patterns.

She also uses person-centred ways of working that prioritise the person’s own goals and pace. This approach helps people feel heard and involved in decisions about what to try next. Clinical hypnosis may be used as an additional technique when it suits the person’s needs, for example to support relaxation or behaviour change.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Dipti will talk through different options and agree on what fits a person’s goals, values and preferences. The plan can change as work progresses so the approach stays useful and relevant.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the exact session formats before booking as the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Appropriately qualified or registered professionals can deliver effective therapy remotely, and Dipti will discuss what will suit your routine and needs during the initial matching and scheduling steps.