Though my initial and main approach is a person centred one I trained as an integrative counsellor which enables me to use person centred, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural approaches.  I aim to tailor what I offer to the individual clients needs within a safe and empathetic therapeutic space. I came to both counselling and acceptance of my own sexuality relatively late, which I feel gives me a wide perspective.  I am particularly interested in the effects of our environment  – familial, social, political, economic – on us from childhood through to old age, how we got to where and who

I started as a therapist in London, gaining experience in alcohol and drug addiction and intercultural therapy.  This allowed me to work with clients from various nationalities, faiths, sexual orientations and mental health concerns.  While in Singapore I deepened the experience by seeing individuals, couples, dyads and families for therapeutic interventions.  I complimented my experience by volunteering and attending to the needs of young adults and social workers within NGOs in Singapore. Here, I also gained valuable experience in working with the LGBTQ+ community.  Primarily because it was a community that experienced a lack of safety/security, and discrimination and also

I started Saans Psychotherapy a year ago upon relocating to the UK.  Saans is a Hindi word, which means to breathe.  In this day and age, with so much happening in our world, we can get caught up, and sometimes forget to breathe. I am Shruti Jain, an Existential Psychotherapist, based in Surrey with two locations for in-person sessions and online sessions available throughout the week.  the locations are Eshe and Webridge in Surrey.      I named my practice ‘Saans’ as it symbolically represents, the many times in life when I have forgotten to breathe. I believe that in