Arunima Gitai, PACFA

Arunima Gitai invites clients into a flexible therapeutic space that can be shaped around their needs, likening the process to a choose-your-own-adventure where each path is guided by the client’s priorities and goals.

She has five years of clinical experience and has practiced in both Australia and India, supporting people from diverse cultural backgrounds and across the lifespan. Her work spans short-term goals and longer-term therapeutic change, and she has experience addressing anxiety, depression, mood regulation, social isolation, bullying, migration-related issues, and the ongoing effects of past trauma.

Arunima is a clinical member registered with PACFA - the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia - and has recorded over 1000 hours of client contact. She applies evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help clients build coping skills, regulate emotions, and make meaningful changes in their lives.

She believes in the healing and supportive potential of therapy and aims to offer a warm, collaborative environment where clients can explore challenges, strengthen resilience, and work toward outcomes that matter to them.

Evidence-based approaches and online therapy options

Arunima uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and emotional understanding. One approach centers on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and improve daily functioning. Another approach emphasizes emotion regulation and coping skills - helping clients manage intense feelings, reduce reactivity, and build strategies for mood stability. She also adopts trauma-informed methods that attend to the impact of past events and support gradual processing and recovery in ways that feel manageable.

Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. Arunima collaborates with clients to choose and adapt techniques based on their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting pace and focus as therapy unfolds so that the plan fits the person, not the other way around.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people - sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging provide flexibility around schedules, reduce travel time, and make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals and therapists. These options can help clients maintain continuity of care and integrate therapeutic work into everyday life.