About Kuldeep
I'm a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist, currently completing my training as a clinical supervisor. I work with adults and young people in Berkshire and offer online counselling across the UK.
Like many people, my journey into this profession didn't begin with having all the answers. It began with curiosity, lived experience and an interest in understanding people and the experiences that shape us.
Throughout my career, and through my own life experiences, I became increasingly interested in the stories that can quietly influence how we see ourselves and relate to others, the beliefs we inherit, the roles we take on, the expectations we carry and the experiences that stay with us.
These are what I often describe as our Unspoken Narratives.
Over time, I have come to believe that meaningful change doesn't always begin with trying to fix something. Sometimes it begins with having the space to understand ourselves a little better.
That belief sits at the heart of how I work.
You may come to counselling experiencing anxiety, overwhelm, stress or burnout, questioning aspects of your identity, navigating neurodiversity, relationships or a significant life transition, or simply knowing that something doesn't feel quite right.
You don't need to arrive with the right words or a clear idea of what you want to work on.
My role isn't to tell you who you are or what you should do. Instead, I offer a space where we can explore what is happening for you, make sense of experiences or patterns that may feel confusing, and consider what moving forward might look like for you.
How I Work
My approach is pluralistic, meaning I don't believe one therapeutic approach suits everyone. I draw thoughtfully from different ways of working and adapt our sessions around your individual needs, experiences and goals.
Alongside my qualifications in counselling and psychotherapy, I have additional training in hypnotherapy, spiritual coaching and dream analysis. These contribute to my broader understanding of people, meaning and personal experience, while my counselling practice remains grounded in an ethical, evidence-informed therapeutic framework.
Above all, I value authenticity. Counselling doesn't require you to have everything worked out before you begin. We can start with where you are.
I offer counselling in English and also understand Punjabi and Hindi, which can sometimes help when particular words, expressions or cultural meanings feel easier to communicate in those languages.
Experience, Learning & Reflection
My experience of people and wellbeing extends beyond the counselling room. Before becoming a counsellor, I spent many years working at different levels, including management, within a high-pressure and high-risk organisation. This gave me insight into workplace pressures from different positions of responsibility, including leadership, expectations, working relationships, organisational change, feeling valued or unappreciated, and the impact of prolonged stress and burnout.
During my time within the fire service, I supported people following traumatic incidents. Combined with my counselling experience and professional training, this has shaped a trauma-informed approach that considers the person as a whole and the wider context of what they may be experiencing.
I remain committed to training, reflective practice and continuing professional development, with particular interests in equality, diversity and inclusion, neurodiversity, culture and identity. I value learning that goes beyond theory, creating space to reflect, question assumptions and remain open to different perspectives.
I welcome counsellors in training who would like personal therapy alongside their studies and placement work. Becoming a counsellor can bring our own experiences into greater awareness, including questions around confidence, identity, boundaries, difference and finding our own way of being as a practitioner. Therapy can offer a confidential space to explore this personal as well as professional journey.
My own lived experience as a British-born Sikh woman with Indian heritage adds another perspective to my work. I recognise how culture, family, identity and belonging can shape our experiences, while never assuming that someone else's story will mirror my own. What matters is understanding what these experiences mean to you.
This curiosity also sits behind Unspoken Narratives, where I write and share reflections on the experiences, beliefs and patterns that can quietly influence our lives. Rather than offering answers, they are an invitation to pause, consider another perspective and perhaps discover questions of your own.
Diversity, neurodiversity, and cultural awareness
Counselling with Kuldeep is a neuro-affirmative, inclusive space shaped by an understanding of identity, culture, and lived experience.
It recognises the many ways race, gender, personal history, and systemic influences can shape emotional wellbeing. The work creates room to explore unspoken narratives with care, offering respect for difference and complexity rather than expectation or assumption.
Professional Standards & Ethics
Counselling with Kuldeep is practised in line with the ethical framework and professional standards of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) and BACP.
This means the work is grounded in confidentiality, client safety, respect, and professional integrity. What is shared in counselling is held with care and in confidence, within safeguarding and legal responsibilities.
These boundaries are explained clearly at the start of our work together, so there is a shared understanding of how confidentiality is held.
Kuldeep works within her scope of practice and is committed to ongoing professional supervision and continued professional development. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion are woven into her work as lived and reflective principles, recognising how culture, identity, and personal experience shape emotional wellbeing and the therapeutic relationship. Accreditation is one way she holds herself accountable to safe, ethical, and reflective practice.