Counsellor profile
Samita Rathor, PACFA
Australia
PACFA counsellor - relationships and stress
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- Credentials
- PACFA
- Registration
- PACFA, Australia / 32285
- Experience
- 15 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Australia
About
- ACT techniques
- Attachment work
- Mindful practices
About Samita
Samita Rathor is a PACFA counsellor based in Australia with 15 years' experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, anger, depression, addictions and codependency. She also supports people dealing with sleep or eating problems, ADHD and compassion fatigue.
Samita offers a calm, practical style and listens without judgement. She works collaboratively to help people process what feels stuck. Sessions focus on building emotional regulation, clearer communication and manageable steps forward.
Her background includes an MSc in Psychology with a counselling specialisation, a MA in Science of Living, Yoga and Meditation, and a postgraduate diploma in counselling psychology. She has clinical hypnotherapy certification and advanced yoga teacher certifications that inform her work with calming practices and mind-focused techniques.
Across a global career of over two decades she has guided students, professionals, business leaders and public speakers through periods of high pressure and change. She has experience mentoring physiotherapists, psychologists and senior yoga teachers and has worked as a crisis support specialist for an organisation.
In practical terms Samita helps people notice habitual reactions, practise new ways of responding and strengthen everyday routines. She integrates psychological approaches and mindful practices so clients can manage anger, cope with life changes and reduce reliance on people-pleasing patterns.
People who value a straightforward, skills-based approach tend to fit well. To start, she asks about immediate concerns and what a sustainable next step looks like for the client.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed steps toward them. It helps people who feel stuck in people-pleasing or who avoid needed boundaries. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns formed in close relationships and helps people notice how those patterns repeat. That work is aimed at improving communication and reducing reactivity in relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist discusses goals and preferences with the client and together they decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process allows adjustments as new needs emerge during sessions.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a weeknight or a work break, avoid travel time, or have a shorter check-in when energy is limited. The practical focus is on usable skills - breathing and grounding practices from mindfulness, cognitive tools from ACT and CBT, and communication exercises from attachment work - that clients can apply between meetings.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, anger, depression, addictions and codependency among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and solution-oriented, combining practical psychological skills with mindful calming techniques.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of clinical experience and over two decades of broader mental health work internationally.
What are her credentials and location?
She is listed with PACFA and practices in Australia.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside Australia book sessions?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by 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.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.