Rida Khan, AASW

Rida Khan is an AASW social worker with three years of professional experience in Australia. She works with people from multicultural, migrant and refugee backgrounds, and with those from LGBT+ and other intersectional communities. Rida focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger and coping with life changes.

Rida uses a person-centred way of working that treats each person as an individual. She aims to build on inner strengths and help clients find practical ways to manage feelings and everyday pressures. Rida also uses psychosocial techniques within a decolonising and multicultural framework.

Her trauma work includes support around childhood abuse, family violence, and complex trauma linked to war and genocide. She also addresses religious abuse, radicalisation, violent extremism and related impacts. Rida helps people navigate cultural issues such as body image shaped by colonisation and postnatal mental health concerns including postnatal depression and postnatal rage.

Rida offers power-informed practice that treats the client and counsellor as equals. She aims to reorient therapy toward strengths and to note the social barriers people of colour may face. Referrals to relevant services in Australia are provided when helpful.

People can expect straightforward techniques and a practical focus in sessions. Rida speaks English, Hindi and Urdu and works to make therapy accessible across languages and cultural contexts.

How Rida’s approaches translate to online therapy

Rida describes her work as person-centred and grounded in psychosocial methods within a decolonising, multicultural frame. A person-centred approach puts the client's priorities first and focuses on building trust, identifying strengths and setting practical goals. Psychosocial techniques address both emotional responses and everyday life challenges such as caregiver strain, chronic illness or cultural stressors.

Rida also brings trauma-informed perspectives when working with people affected by childhood abuse, family violence or complex trauma from war and displacement. Trauma-informed practice in simple terms means pacing sessions to what feels manageable, working on stabilising coping skills, and addressing how past harm affects current relationships and daily routines.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Rida will discuss preferences, cultural background and goals and then try techniques that fit the client's needs. She adjusts methods over time so the work remains relevant and doable.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work or caring duties, allow shorter check-ins when useful, and reduce travel time. Discussing practical arrangements with Rida will help tailor sessions to schedules and communication preferences.