About Abida
Abida Haroon is a counsellor with six years' experience and a registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about stress, loss, trauma and relationship worries. Sessions focus on understanding what matters to each person and finding steps that feel manageable.
Her approach is practical and person-centred. She listens first and helps clients name what is happening in their lives.
How Abida works
From there she works on building self-acceptance, confidence and resilience through steady conversations and small, achievable goals. Abida uses techniques drawn from emotionally-focused therapy and trauma-focused work to help people process painful experiences and improve emotional connection. Mindfulness practices are offered to reduce anxiety and improve sleep.
Solution-focused ideas support clear, short-term steps when someone needs immediate change. She has experience supporting women who have reported domestic abuse and brings an awareness of cultural and religious factors from her Asian background. That understanding can help when worries involve family expectations, identity or multicultural stress.
Sessions are available in English, Punjabi and Urdu, and she works with people across the United Kingdom and internationally. Therapy can help with feelings of emptiness, grief, low self-esteem, parenting strain, workplace stress and intimacy concerns by breaking problems into understandable parts and planning realistic next steps.
Abida lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Abida works with
The areas below are the ones Abida selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English, Punjabi, Urdu |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Abida adapts therapy approaches for online work
Abida uses client-centred work and emotionally-focused therapy to help people understand feelings and improve emotional connection. Client-centred work involves listening without judgement and following what the person brings to the session, which helps with anxiety, low self-esteem and life purpose questions. Emotionally-focused therapy aims to identify and shift unhelpful emotional patterns in relationships and personal responses, which can help with intimacy-related issues and attachment concerns.She also draws on mindfulness techniques to reduce stress and improve sleep, and uses trauma-focused ideas when past harm needs careful attention. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process; the therapist will discuss goals, try different methods and adjust based on what helps the person most.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for this work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can suit someone who needs lower bandwidth or prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or to fit counselling into a busy day. These options make it simpler to keep continuity and to work through emotional concerns from wherever the client is located.
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A practical next step
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