Rida Khan , AASW

Rida Khan is an AASW-credentialed social worker based in Australia with three years of professional experience supporting people through complex life challenges. She works with clients from multicultural, migrant and refugee backgrounds, as well as LGBT+ and other intersectional communities, offering therapeutic support that connects mental health needs with relevant local services and referrals where appropriate.

Rida specialises in assisting people facing anxiety, stress, depression, anger, grief and major life transitions, and she has focused expertise in trauma and abuse including childhood trauma, family violence, and relationship-related abuse. Her practice also addresses postnatal rage and postnatal depression, body image concerns shaped by cultural bias, and the psychological impacts of religious abuse, radicalisation and violent extremism, including complex trauma related to war and genocide.

Her work emphasises psychosocial methods delivered through a trauma-informed lens and a person-centred orientation, guided by decolonising and multicultural principles. Rida uses a power-informed stance that recognises structural barriers experienced by people of colour and aims to build on each person’s inner strengths. She frames therapy as collaborative work toward resilience and growth, and she supports clients with referrals to Australian services when those connections can enhance care.

Trauma-Informed and Culturally Responsive Online Therapy

Rida employs trauma-informed practice to recognise how past harm and overwhelming experiences affect emotions, relationships and daily functioning. This approach focuses on safety, pacing and understanding trauma responses, and it can support people coping with abuse, complex trauma and the psychological effects of displacement.

She also uses a person-centred approach that places the individual’s values, goals and lived experience at the centre of care. This method emphasizes empathy, collaboration and the client’s own strengths, making it well suited for work on anxiety, grief, life transitions and relationship concerns.

Rida integrates decolonising and multicultural principles to ensure therapy is culturally responsive and attentive to systemic barriers. She works to validate cultural identity and to adapt interventions so they fit each person’s context and beliefs.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Rida collaborates with clients to identify techniques that match their needs, goals and preferences. She discusses options, adjusts plans over time, and involves clients in decision-making about their care.

Online therapy with Rida is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to provide flexible access to licensed professionals. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, to continue care during transitions, and to choose the mode of communication that feels most comfortable for each person.