Ulrika Krishnamurti

(she/her)

I am a BACP-registered psychotherapeutic counsellor based in London, UK, offering therapy to people all over the world. My approach is driven by research, as well as by clinical experience, intuition and soul.

Alongside my therapeutic practice, I have a background in theatre, movement, performance, and writing. Theatre is where I learned about the union of mind, body, spirit, and soul. This is what I believe therapy can also be about.

Working with the body, stories, role play, sharing one's creative expression and being witnessed by others, can lead to unexpected and profound internal shifts. I believe that this mind-body-spirit-soul integration and connection need not be something that is experienced merely on stage or only when the stars align for us.

Therapy can offer moments of deep knowing, and of feeling deeply seen, heard, understood, and validated. This can lead to increased self-acceptance and self-awareness, and the experience of feeling more like ‘yourself’. Body-based therapy and creativity can pave the way for potentially transformative experiences. Changes in long-held attitudes, feelings, thoughts, or behaviours can often come about when we begin to allow different parts of ourselves to be seen in a safe-enough and nonjudgmental way.

I value a research-based and scientific approach, which is not just Eurocentric, but also grounded in research conducted with all kinds of people from all over the world. As an alumnus of King's College London, where I completed my MSc in the Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health, I continue to pursue my own research in the field of mental health, specifically in the areas of trauma, creative arts/drama-based therapy, dementia, grief, and pre/post-natal maternal mental health.

I trained in Integrative Transpersonal Counselling at Re-Vision in London, where the focus was as much on experiential and embodied understanding as on theory. My own learning is constant and through my own personal therapy, research, and clinical work, I strive to keep learning, unlearning and relearning from the ground up and from our communities directly.

I have extensive experience in working with bereaved clients. Grief, loss, and sorrow can be raw, wild, and relentless, but there is much richness to be found on the other side.

I strictly adhere to the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) code of ethics and receive regular confidential clinical supervision. 

If you would like to get in touch you can reach me at ulrika@therapywithulrika.com or message +44 (0) 7891501133.

Qualifications

MBACP, Integrative Transpersonal Counselling, ReVision, London, UK
BSc Psychology, Grinnell College, IA, USA
MA Acting, Guildford School of Acting, UK
MSc Psychology & Neuroscience of Mental Health, King's College London, UK