About Hodan
Hodan Ahmed offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties or life changes. She makes space for honest conversation and helps clients focus on small steps that bring clearer thinking and more control. Sessions are delivered in English and Somali to suit different needs.
Hodan uses several therapeutic styles and chooses the one that fits each person after an initial conversation. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships affect current feelings.
How Hodan works
Cognitive behavioural techniques are used when helpful to spot unhelpful thoughts and build different habits. Her work also includes emotionally-focused approaches that help people understand and express strong feelings in safer ways. Psychodynamic ideas are brought in when exploring deeper patterns makes sense.
Hodan aims for a warm, non-judgemental atmosphere so clients can be honest and feel accepted. She has experience supporting people through trauma and abuse, sexual violence, suicidal thoughts, domestic violence and bereavement. Hodan also helps with parenting concerns, intimacy-related issues, anger, self-esteem and finding life purpose.
Communication problems and forgiveness are frequent topics in her practice. Hodan is a BACP counsellor with five years' experience working with a range of concerns. She encourages people to notice their strengths and past successes as part of healing.
The first step is a short conversation so she can match an approach to what the person needs.
Hodan lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Hodan works with
The areas below are the ones Hodan 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
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English, Somali |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Hodan's approaches work online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and connections; online sessions can help people notice those patterns and try new ways of relating. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and empathy so clients feel understood and are able to figure things out at their own pace; this can be useful for worries about self-esteem or life direction. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and build practical coping strategies for anxiety, low mood and stress. Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Hodan begins with an initial conversation to learn about needs, goals and preferences, then proposes a way forward. She checks in regularly and adapts methods when something is not helpful so the plan stays collaborative. Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging offers flexibility for different days and rhythms. Video calls allow face-to-face work and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and are easier during a busy day, while chat or messaging can suit short check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while keeping a steady, ongoing space for change.Start online instead of waiting
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