Dr. Sharma Aktar
Biography
Dr Sharmin Aktar is an HCPC registered Counselling Psychologist. She works with adults offering psychological assessments, psychometrics, medico-legal reports, and psychological interventions. She predominately uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Psychodynamic interventions within her therapeutic work, where she also works with children and young people. She has experience working in schools, NHS, non-profit organisations, and private practice.
She has extensive experience working with PTSD and complex trauma. She has experience working with anxiety, depression, stress, personality disorders, self-harm, obsessive compulsive disorder, relationship difficulties, interpersonal difficulties, etc.
She has also completed immigration tribunal cases.
She is bilingual and can offer assessments in either English or Bengali (Sylheti).