Sharmi Gowri-Kriszyk, NCPS - Therapist in United Kingdom

Trauma informed
Attachment focus
CBT and DBT methods

About Sharmi

Sharmi Gowri-Kriszyk is an NCPS therapist in the United Kingdom with 21 years of experience in mental health. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, sleeping and eating difficulties, anger, low self-esteem, and mood conditions such as depression and bipolar. She also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, parenting and family concerns, ADHD and life changes.

Her background includes doctorate-level study in psychology and counselling/psychotherapy and a long history of additional trauma training. She describes her work as trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive, and she uses a mix of body-based and brain-based methods aimed at post-traumatic recovery. She focuses on implicit and subconscious memories that can drive reactions and triggers.

Sessions are practical and collaborative. She helps people talk through their triggers and develop skills to manage intense feelings and relationship strains. She draws on cognitive-behavioural techniques as well as approaches that centre attachment and emotional regulation.

Sharmi mentions work with abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism spectrum concerns, blended family difficulties, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency, communication and control issues, dissociation, and separation or divorce. That list reflects the kinds of problems she has supported in clinical practice.

She offers therapy in English, Danish and Tamil and accepts international clients. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To get started, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships affect current feelings and reactions. Online sessions using this approach help people map patterns in trust, closeness and conflict, and learn different ways of connecting and regulating emotions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. In online CBT sessions clients usually practise noticing unhelpful thoughts, testing them, and trying small behavioural changes between meetings to reduce anger and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review a person's history, current goals and preferences and then suggest techniques to try. That decision is made together and can change as the work progresses to match what helps most.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the practical options before you book. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people choose sessions that suit lower bandwidth or not being on camera, depending on what they prefer. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt evidence-based methods to suit remote sessions and everyday life demands.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Addictions Trauma and abuse GriefParenting issues

Also works with

Family conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderDepression Coping with life changes Compassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stress Chronic pain, illness, and disability CodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problems Control issuesDissociationDivorce and separation Domestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgiveness Guilt and shameImmigration issuesImpulsivity Infidelity Isolation / loneliness JealousyLife purposeMen's issues Midlife crisis Veteran and Armed Forces Issues Money and financial issues Mood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues Young adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

21+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English, Danish, Tamil

Frequently asked questions

Which kinds of anger problems does she address?

She works with people who struggle with losing their temper, building resentment, frustration at work, and living with someone else's anger.

What is her therapeutic style?

She describes a trauma-informed, trauma-sensitive approach that combines talk work with body-based and brain-based techniques to address triggers and implicit memories.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 21 years of professional experience in the mental health sector and doctoral-level study in psychology and counselling/psychotherapy.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is listed as an NCPS Therapist - Accredited Member (MNCPS Accred) and practises from the United Kingdom.

Which languages can sessions be held in?

Sessions are offered in English, Danish and Tamil.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not specify session formats; confirm current session options before booking.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.