Rida Khan, AASW

Rida Khan is an AASW social worker with three years of practice in Australia. She works with people who are feeling stressed, anxious or trying to cope after trauma and loss. Rida speaks English, Hindi and Urdu and uses a person-centred style that respects cultural background and life experience.

Rida commonly supports people dealing with anxiety, stress and depression, anger, grief and the challenges that follow major life changes. She also helps with body image concerns and the specific pressures that come from cultural or colonial histories. Her work includes sensitive support around various forms of abuse and complex trauma related to war, displacement or family violence.

Her approach draws on psychosocial techniques within decolonising and multicultural frameworks. She aims to treat each person as an equal collaborator and to centre their strengths. She also discusses practical referrals to Australian services when these will help a person’s social wellbeing.

Rida often addresses issues linked to attachment, abandonment and blended family dynamics, as well as caregiving stress, chronic health challenges and communication or control struggles. She frames therapy as a space to build everyday habits and thought patterns that reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

People can expect short, clear conversations that focus on concrete steps and lived experience. Rida invites clients to work on inner strengths while also recognising the social systems that shape mental health. She encourages clients to see help-seeking as part of personal and collective resilience.

Approaches that shape online work and everyday habits

Rida uses psychosocial techniques that focus on thoughts, daily habits and the influence of social context. She applies person-centred methods that help people identify what matters most to them and set small, practical goals for day-to-day coping. She also uses trauma-informed ways of working that prioritise safety and pacing when addressing distress from past abuse or displacement.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Rida will discuss options with each person and decide together which ways of working suit their needs, goals and cultural background. This collaborative planning helps tailor sessions so they tackle both immediate problems and longer-term patterns of thinking and behaviour.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find remote sessions useful for keeping continuity of care and practising daily routines between meetings.