About Constance
Constance Farahmand-Afshar offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or major life changes. She aims to make the first step less daunting by listening without judgement and working out clear next steps with each person. She uses straightforward, person-centred conversations to understand what matters most to the client.
From there she brings in focused techniques when useful, such as cognitive behavioural ideas to tackle unhelpful thoughts and motivational interviewing to help build readiness for change.
How Constance works
Constance has four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration. She has worked with people facing grief, trauma and abuse, as well as difficulties with addiction, low self-esteem and mood problems like depression and bipolar disorder. Her practice also addresses practical life pressures such as parenting stress, workplace strain and caring for someone with chronic illness.
She supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy-related worries, body image and eating concerns, and communication or commitment problems. Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs. Conversations focus on small, realistic goals and skills that can be used between sessions.
Constance strives to offer a respectful, compassionate space where people can try out new ways of coping and rebuild confidence. If someone prefers to work verbally, she provides phone and video sessions, and for ongoing check-ins there are live chat and text options. People looking to begin a course of support fill in a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions.
Constance lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Constance works with
The areas below are the ones Constance selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Constance’s approaches work online
Constance combines person-centred listening with focused methods to help people make practical changes. Client-Centred Therapy involves open, non-directive listening and helps people feel heard while they decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and is useful for anxiety, low mood and unhelpful habits.Choosing an approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk through goals and preferences, then try methods that fit the person’s needs. Sessions can shift if something is not helping, and the plan is adjusted based on progress and feedback.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions suit people who need a shorter check-in or have limited bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, coaching-style support and flexible check-ins between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, family and daily life while still working with registered or accredited professionals.
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