Prerna Nautiyal, BACP

Prerna Nautiyal is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship worries and family difficulties. She also supports people facing depression, grief, addiction concerns, trauma and identity questions related to LGBT matters. Prerna communicates with warmth and respect and aims to make first conversations feel straightforward and manageable.

Prerna works in a way that adapts to each person. She listens to what matters to the individual and then shapes the sessions around those priorities. Conversations focus on everyday thoughts and habits, practical coping skills, and clearer ways of understanding difficult feelings.

Her practice draws on approaches that centre the person, use mindfulness, and attend to the body’s responses after hard experiences. She also draws on narrative ideas to help people notice patterns and rewrite unhelpful stories about themselves. Sessions often combine talking with simple exercises you can try between meetings.

Prerna has five years of professional experience and holds BACP registration, which she uses to guide her working standards. She balances her counselling work alongside another role during the week, so her available time slots are limited and set in advance.

People who choose to work with her often want a practical, gentle style that focuses on changing day-to-day habits and thought patterns. To begin, prospective clients complete a short questionnaire and then arrange sessions according to her timetable.

How her approaches translate to online work

Prerna draws on client-centred practice to prioritise what matters to the person. This means sessions start by listening closely and shaping goals together so the counselling feels useful from the first meetings. Mindfulness-based work is used to help people notice thoughts and bodily signs of stress and then practise small skills to calm or refocus attention. Narrative therapy helps people name recurring stories about themselves and try out new ways of describing their experiences, often through conversational exercises and reflective tasks.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and personal preferences. That choice can change as progress is made, and sessions will be adjusted accordingly.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work, family life and other commitments by removing travel time and allowing appointments at set times. They also allow for shorter check-ins or a mix of conversational and exercise-based sessions to match daily routines and bandwidth constraints.