About Kayan
Kayan Houssein welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, relationship difficulties, or life transitions. He offers straightforward, compassionate counselling and aims to make sessions feel calm and focused. Kayan is based in the United Kingdom and works online by video, phone, live chat, or messaging.
He practises in an integrative-relational style, which means he blends different approaches and sees the therapeutic relationship as central. Kayan works collaboratively with each person, treating them as the expert on their own life while guiding reflection and change.
How Kayan works
He is aware of how trauma can affect both body and mind and brings that understanding into sessions. Kayan holds a BSc in Psychology and a diploma in integrative counselling. He is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, recorded as BACP, and is completing an MA in Integrative Psychotherapy.
He has four years of professional experience and has worked in specialist services supporting people with complex mental health needs. In practical terms sessions are conversational and focused on what matters to the client. He draws on methods that suit each person, helping with coping skills, clearer thinking, and repairing strained connections.
Kayan also supports people facing career pressures, grief, addiction concerns, ADHD-related struggles, and chronic illness. He aims to create a steady, curious space where people can name difficult feelings, try new ways of responding, and reconnect with what matters to them.
Kayan lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Kayan works with
The areas below are the ones Kayan 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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
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
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Attachment-based work focuses on relationships and patterns formed early in life. It helps people understand how they relate to others and offers ways to build more stable connections. Client-centred therapy places the person at the heart of sessions, using empathy and non-judgemental listening to help people find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kayan will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and adapt methods that fit. This is a collaborative process where what happens in sessions is tailored to the individual's needs and reviewed over time.
Online therapy with Kayan is offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family and daily life while accessing registered or accredited professionals across the United Kingdom.
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