- Multicultural focus
- Trauma informed care
- Strengths based practice
About Rida
Rida Khan is an AASW social worker with three years of professional experience in Australia. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger and the challenges of life changes. Sessions are offered in English, Hindi and Urdu.
Rida commonly supports clients from multicultural, migrant and refugee backgrounds, and people who identify as LGBT+. She pays attention to how culture, colonisation and systemic barriers shape mental health. Rida also helps with body image concerns, postnatal mood problems, and the effects of childhood and relationship-related abuse.
Her work draws on psychosocial techniques within a decolonising and multicultural framework. She uses a person-centred style that focuses on each individual’s strengths. That means practical steps and discussion to address emotional reactions and day-to-day coping.
Rida includes trauma-informed perspectives when clients describe religious abuse, radicalisation, violent extremism, war, or genocide. She links people to relevant Australian services when additional supports are helpful. Practical referrals are part of how she supports social and community needs.
Clients can expect conversations that look at both inner struggles and the wider systems affecting them. Rida emphasises power-informed practice, where therapist and client work as equals. This approach aims to reduce barriers and help people notice and use their own resources.
How Rida uses evidence-based approaches online
Rida describes her work as drawing on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and psychosocial methods. One approach she uses focuses on person-centred conversation, which involves listening to the client’s story and helping them identify practical steps and strengths to manage daily stress and anxiety. This style is useful for people who want clear strategies for coping and calmer responses to social situations.A second strand is trauma-informed practice within a decolonising and multicultural framework. This means attention to how past trauma and wider social forces affect emotions and behaviour, and then working through that material at a pace the client can manage. It can help with reactions linked to childhood abuse, war-related trauma, or religious and ideological harm.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Rida will discuss different methods and tailor sessions to the client’s needs, goals and preferences rather than prescribing one method from the start. Together they plan what to try first and review progress over time.
Confirm current session formats before booking because the biography does not list specific options. If you wish to proceed, follow the online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins, and reduce travel time, helping people keep regular appointments alongside other commitments.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English, Hindi, Urdu
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger and coping with life changes, along with related issues such as body image and postnatal mood problems.
What is her therapeutic style?
Rida uses psychosocial techniques within a person-centred, decolonising and multicultural framework that focuses on practical coping and personal strengths.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of professional work experience practising in Australia.
What credentials and location apply?
She is credentialed with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and is based in Australia.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, Hindi and Urdu.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not accepted currently; sessions are intended for people engaging from within Australia.
How are sessions arranged and what formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Please check the online therapy options to see what Rida currently offers.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.