About Nisha

Hi, I’m Nisha

I Came to This Work Through Lived Experiences

I’m Nisha Trivedi (she/her), a PACFA registered clinical counsellor, somatic therapist, and trauma sensitive yoga facilitator.

But before any title, I am a human being, and have lived through grief, cultural transitions, fertility struggles, and the quiet intensity of high functioning survival. These experiences shape how I show up in this work with reverence for what’s carried silently and deep respect for the courage it takes to heal.

My Journey: From High-Functioning Survival to Embodied Healing

Before I was a therapist, I was a high-achieving woman working in corporate and government spaces. On the outside, I looked steady and capable. Inside, I was carrying invisible weight of cultural expectations, grief & loss, fertility grief, migration layers, and the exhausting cycle of always holding it together. Like many first-generation women, I knew how to survive. But I didn’t yet know what it felt like to feel safe.

That began to shift in 2017, when a health scare became a turning point. I started recognising how unresolved trauma, chronic stress, and emotional suppression were impacting my nervous system and overall wellbeing. I realised how deeply we, as human beings, need emotionally safe spaces to soften, be held with care, and reconnect with ourselves not just cognitively, but through our feelings and emotions. It became clear that sustainable healing requires working from the inside out, beginning with the body, the breath, and the stories we carry within.

My healing journey was not quick or linear. It was slow, somatic, and steady. I experienced firsthand the transformative power of trauma-informed counselling, body-based therapy, and nervous system regulation. This work helped me feel at home in my own body, rebuild emotional safety, and shift from survival to self-trust.

These lived experiences changed the way I live, relate, and now support others. They led me to train deeply in evidence-based approaches, somatic practices, and culturally responsive care. Today, they shape how I sit beside you with reverence for what you carry, and with full permission to move at your own pace.

If you’ve been quietly holding it all together while feeling disconnected inside, you are not alone. You deserve support that sees both your strength and your softness.

Thank you for taking the time to get to know me. I look forward to walking alongside you at New Leaf with Nisha.

Warmly,
Nisha

My Focus

I have a special interest in supporting people through life transitions, because these moments often bring to the surface what has been carried quietly for years. Whether it’s the complexity of developmental trauma, grief that was never named, or patterns woven through family and culture, change often stirs these hidden layers.

Research shows that transitions in relationships, fertility, career, migration, or identity can activate the nervous system in ways that echo earlier experiences. With compassionate, somatic support, these turning points can become opportunities for integration, resilience, and self-leadership.

How I Work

I offer counselling that is grounded, collaborative, and body-aware. Together, we co-create a space where your nervous system can settle, your story can be heard with care, while honouring all parts of you that long to be seen, heard, and embraced.

Sessions are tailored to support:

• Emotional regulation and somatic safety

• Relational repair and clear boundaries

• Grief processing and trauma integration

• Self-trust and nervous system awareness

I work from a person-centred, culturally responsive lens that respects your pace and lived experiences. You don’t need to have it all figured out to begin. We start with what is present, just as you are.

Therapy is available in English, Hindi, and Gujarati.

Modalities I Integrate

I draw from evidence-based and body-based modalities including:

• Narrative Therapy

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

• Internal Family Systems (IFS)

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Somatic practices and trauma-sensitive yoga (TCTSY)

• iRest Yoga Nidra

These frameworks allow us to work with both the mind and body to gently support nervous system healing, emotional integration, and meaningful change.

You’re welcome to begin with an obligation-free Discovery Call, or connect by phone or email to find a time that feels right for you.