Dr Ahona GuhaClinician

Biography

Dr Ahona Guha is a clinical and forensic psychologist based in Melbourne, Australia, holding a doctorate in clinical and forensic psychology from Swinburne University. She works within the public forensic mental health system and maintains a private psychology practice, specialising in complex trauma and the assessment and treatment of those who engage in harmful behaviours such as stalking, family violence, and sex offending. She writes widely for the media on mental health, social justice, and equity, with work appearing in The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, The Age, and Breathe Magazine, among others. She is the author of Reclaim: understanding complex trauma and those who abuse (2023) and Life Skills for a Broken World (2024), both published by Scribe Publications. NOTE FOR EDITORS: All sourced evidence places Dr Guha in Australia; no UK-based role, employer, or registration has been found. She appears in UK press via international outlets (e.g. The Guardian, MSN UK) and her books are distributed by Scribe UK, but she does not appear to be a named UK health-sector voice in the sense required by Vital Signs.

References

1. 1.About — Ahona Guha — Establishes her role, doctorate from Swinburne University, public forensic mental health system work, and private practice in Melbourne.
2. 2.Ahona Guha | Contributor | Scribe UK — Confirms her clinical and forensic psychologist role, her 2023 book Reclaim, her media writing, and outlets including The Guardian.
3. 3.Ahona Guha D.Psych | Psychology Today United Kingdom — Confirms her Melbourne-based practice, Swinburne doctorate, therapeutic modalities, and focus on offenders and trauma victims.
4. 4.Ahona Guha — Griffith Review — Confirms both books (2023 and 2024) published by Scribe, and media appearances in The Guardian and Breathe Magazine.
5. 5.Articles by Ahona Guha | Muck Rack — Confirms her bylines in The Guardian Australia, MSN UK, MSN Ireland, Psychology Today, and The Saturday Paper.

Expertise

Cited on

• Mental health

Stated areas of expertise

• Complex trauma
• Forensic risk assessment
• Perpetrators of harmful behaviour
• Mental health and social justice
• Trauma-informed care
• Public mental health communication

Notable achievements

• Published Reclaim: understanding complex trauma and those who abuse (Scribe Publications, 2023), her debut book on complex trauma and abusive behaviour. Source ↗
• Published Life Skills for a Broken World (Scribe Publications, 2024), a practical guide to psychological health for a general readership. Source ↗
• Contributor to Psychology Today (UK and Australia editions), writing on cyberstalking, trauma, and mental health. Source ↗
• Work syndicated to MSN UK and published in The Guardian, establishing an international readership for her mental health commentary. Source ↗

What they’ve said

• “My first therapy task was to understand her culture instead of making assumptions. I also needed to reflect the reality of what Aisha had experienced and to sit with her in her distress, instead of moving into a glib intervention such as reframing her thinking.”

  clinical and forensic psychologist, trauma expert · Mental health · 27 Aug 2026 · Racist voices are becoming louder and moving into the mainstream. How can I help my client feel safe? | Ahona Guha ↗

• “She felt so overwhelmed by her lack of success in dating that she was slowly withdrawing from the activities that usually brought her joy”

  clinical psychologist · Mental health · 27 Aug 2026 · Caroline felt she was doomed to dating failure. Learning to sit with sadness was part of overcoming her loneliness | Ahona Guha ↗

• “Since the United States and Israel attacked Iran, my therapy rooms have been flooded with clients talking about the possibility of a world war and the widespread perception that we stand at a perilous tipping point in history.”

  therapist · Mental health · 27 Aug 2026 · I’m seeing more people in therapy struggling with war-related anxiety. Here’s what helps | Ahona Guha ↗

• “He used her fears about being an inexperienced sexual partner to coerce her into a range of sexual acts”

Source references

1. Racist voices are becoming louder and moving into the mainstream. How can I help my client feel safe? | Ahona Guhatheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
2. Caroline felt she was doomed to dating failure. Learning to sit with sadness was part of overcoming her loneliness | Ahona Guhatheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
3. I’m seeing more people in therapy struggling with war-related anxiety. Here’s what helps | Ahona Guhatheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
4. Ali came to me seeking help for disordered eating. The real issue was a relationship built on control | Ahona Guhatheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Contact & links

• Websitehttps://www.ahonaguha.compublished here ↗
• Staff pagehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/contributors/ahona-guha-dpsych

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