About Hazel
Hazel Banda brings 16 years of clinical experience in the United Kingdom to her counselling practice. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship problems. Hazel also supports people dealing with the impact of trauma and abuse, and those trying to rebuild confidence and motivation.
Hazel sees each person as the expert on their own life.
How Hazel works
She helps clients identify strengths and small steps forward. Sessions are straightforward and practical, aimed at understanding what matters most to the client and trying workable strategies between meetings. Her work covers a wide range of concerns including abandonment and attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness, communication problems and control issues.
She also addresses divorce and separation, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose and questions about sexuality. People who want a calm, steady presence tend to find Hazel a good fit. She focuses on building trust and helping clients notice what changes are possible.
Conversations are paced to each person’s needs, with attention to realistic goals. Hazel supports people through panic attacks, narcissism-related difficulties, and challenges around self-love. She encourages practical coping tools alongside reflection about patterns that keep problems repeating.
Her aim is to help people move towards clearer choices and more manageable daily life.
What Hazel works with
The areas below are the ones Hazel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Hazel uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and make changes. One common approach focuses on learning practical coping skills for anxiety and panic - the work teaches calming strategies, spotting unhelpful thinking, and practising small behavioural steps that reduce fear and overwhelm. Another area emphasises processing the effects of trauma and abuse in a careful, paced way so that distress becomes more manageable and daily routines feel less disrupted.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Hazel will collaborate with each client to decide what fits best, adapting methods to the person's goals, preferences and pace. The first few sessions are used to understand needs and agree a plan that can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet without travelling. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is low. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and daily life while keeping the focus on useful progress.
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