Hamida
Parkar

I am Hamida Parkar, a dreamer and an old soul with a young heart, who loves life cocooned in its wonders, warts and wisdoms.

As an accredited Social Worker, my work is dedicated to empowering my clients and supporting their needs. I provide psychosocial support and counselling to individuals and groups going through different crises and mental health conditions. I work with individuals impacted by sexual assault or abuse, domestic violence; affected by grief and loss, societal inequality, biases, gender identity, sexual identity; struggling with life or personal issues relating to self-esteem, confidence, body image, health, relationships, work, unemployment etc.

My crisis support and counselling experience has helped me look beyond the obvious and dig deeper into how life crises can devastate us in the moment or in different situations and our innate capacity to find resilience when there appears to be no way out.

What I offer

• Individual and group therapy
• Casework, psychosocial support, and referrals
• Training, supervision, and capacity-building
• A safe, non‑judgmental, client‑centred space
• Evidence‑based practice grounded in trauma‑informed, strengths‑based and anti‑oppressive frameworks

My approach is integrated and collaborative, drawing from trauma-focused, humanistic, recovery-oriented, behavioural, ecological family systems and narrative therapies.

I recognise how structural oppression — including racism, discrimination based on gender or sexual identity, ableism, classism, appearance bias and other inequities — profoundly shapes a person’s wellbeing, identity and mental health.

Education & Professional Background

• Accredited Social Worker registered with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Approved Counsellor with the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (Victims Services)
• Bachelor of Sociology
• Master of Social Work
• Certificates in trauma‑informed practice, narrative supervision, responding to sexual assault and domestic violence, group facilitation, complex trauma, crisis support training and delivery
• Fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, and Konkani

I am Hamida Parkar, a dreamer and an old soul with a young heart, who loves life cocooned in its wonders, warts and wisdoms.

As an accredited Social Worker, my work is dedicated to empowering my clients and supporting their needs. I provide psychosocial support and counselling to individuals and groups going through different crises and mental health conditions. I work with individuals impacted by sexual assault or abuse, domestic violence; affected by grief and loss, societal inequality, biases, gender identity, sexual identity; struggling with life or personal issues relating to self-esteem, confidence, body image, health, relationships, work, unemployment etc.

My crisis support and counselling experience has helped me look beyond the obvious and dig deeper into how life crises can devastate us in the moment or in different situations and our innate capacity to find resilience when there appears to be no way out.

What I offer

• Individual and group therapy
• Casework, psychosocial support, and referrals
• Training, supervision, and capacity-building
• A safe, non‑judgmental, client‑centred space
• Evidence‑based practice grounded in trauma‑informed, strengths‑based and anti‑oppressive frameworks

My approach is integrated and collaborative, drawing from trauma-focused, humanistic, recovery-oriented, behavioural, ecological family systems and narrative therapies.

I recognise how structural oppression — including racism, discrimination based on gender or sexual identity, ableism, classism, appearance bias and other inequities — profoundly shapes a person’s wellbeing, identity and mental health.

Education & Professional Background

• Accredited Social Worker registered with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Approved Counsellor with the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (Victims Services)
• Bachelor of Sociology
• Master of Social Work
• Certificates in trauma‑informed practice, narrative supervision, responding to sexual assault and domestic violence, group facilitation, complex trauma, crisis support training and delivery
• Fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, and Konkani

Experience

• 5 years in Suicide Prevention and Crisis Support, including supervising and leading teams supporting individuals with suicidal behaviours, relationship issues, addiction, mental health challenges, domestic and family violence, grief, health and disability concerns, and other personal crises
• 3 years of face‑to‑face counselling, supporting clients with depression, anxiety, trauma, unemployment, ageism, LGBTI‑related experiences, health concerns, self‑esteem, confidence, and relationship difficulties
• Trainer and supervisor of crisis supporters, in‑shift supervisors and team leaders — building and guiding remote teams to deliver high‑quality crisis intervention
• 1.5 years at a women’s health centre, providing crisis support and counselling using collaborative feminist, strengths‑based, narrative, ecological/systems, anti‑oppressive and holistic therapeutic approaches

Get in touch

If you want to chat about counselling, movies, life or social justice or anything else, don’t hesitate in reaching out to me at hamida@dearsaathi.org.