Deboshmita "Diya" Bhanja, ACA
6 years in practice
Deboshmita "Diya" Bhanja is an ACA counsellor practising in Australia with six years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- ACA
- 21234 · expires April 2026
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
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About Deboshmita
Deboshmita "Diya" Bhanja is an ACA counsellor practising in Australia with six years of clinical experience. She works with people feeling stuck by stress, anxiety, depression or low self-esteem and helps them find clearer ways forward. Diya offers a warm, gentle and interactive style that many people find calming and encouraging.
Diya helps with everyday pressures and longer-term struggles. She supports people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, career uncertainty, sleep difficulties and grief.
Background and approach
She also works with those dealing with addiction, compassion fatigue, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD and the effects of trauma and emotional abuse. Her approach blends practical strategies with attention to emotions. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at how feelings shape relationships and inner life.
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to build skills for coping and change. Sessions are collaborative and personalised. Diya avoids labels and treats each person with sensitivity and respect.
She aims to help clients notice what matters most to them, practise useful skills and make steady progress toward their goals. Diya speaks English and offers sessions across several online formats. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the listed process.
She encourages people to take the first step when they are ready to work on change.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Deboshmita lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Deboshmita names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How EFT, ACT and CBT work online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at how feelings organise your responses and relationships. Online EFT sessions focus on naming emotions, working through difficult moments and trying new ways of responding that feel safer and more connected.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. ACT online usually involves values clarification and small behavioural steps to build a more meaningful life despite ongoing challenges.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy targets unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. In remote CBT, the therapist and client use structured exercises, thought records and practical homework to shift how problems are approached.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped before. Together you decide which methods to try and adapt them as you progress.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let you meet face to face from another location, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins and text-based messaging supports shorter, ongoing contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and daily life while still using the therapeutic methods above.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Diya commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem, plus issues like grief, sleep problems and trauma-related difficulties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm, gentle and interactive. Sessions focus on emotions, practical skills and collaborative problem solving.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Diya has six years of clinical practice experience supporting people with a broad range of concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an ACA counsellor based in Australia.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she use?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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