About Bushra
Bushra Yassin supports people facing grief, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, and challenges with relationships and intimacy. She also helps with stress, parenting strain, addiction concerns, sleeping problems, and career or self‑esteem issues. Bushra speaks English and Urdu and offers sessions for clients in the United Kingdom and internationally.
She draws on seven years of professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Bushra aims to create a respectful and sensitive space where people can talk about painful events or difficult patterns.
How Bushra works
She avoids one‑size‑fits‑all plans and works at a pace the client finds manageable. Her style is collaborative and down to earth. Bushra listens for the person behind the problem and helps them name what matters most.
Sessions focus on practical steps as well as understanding how past experiences shape present feelings and choices. Techniques come from several approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment work, client‑centred methods, cognitive behavioural ideas, and Jungian perspectives. These tools are used flexibly to match the person’s goals and background.
Bushra pays attention to cultural and faith influences on people’s lives. She tailors conversations and action plans to each person’s context and preferences. The aim is steady, realistic progress and clearer options for moving forward.
Bushra lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Bushra works with
The areas below are the ones Bushra selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English, Urdu |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small committed actions that move a person toward a meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression and coping with major life changes.Attachment‑based work looks at early relationships and how they affect current connections and sense of safety. This approach helps people understand patterns in relationships and practice new ways of relating when intimacy or trust feels hard.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit your situation. This is a collaborative process and plans are adjusted as you go.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text‑based messaging, giving flexibility around work, family and travel. Video calls suit deeper conversations, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break, and text or chat sessions can work for brief check‑ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it straightforward to maintain momentum and access therapy from different locations.
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