About May
May Alkasab offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by life. She focuses on making sessions clear and approachable so parents and busy adults can get to the point quickly. May speaks English and Arabic and brings eight years of experience to her work.
She tends to keep conversations direct and compassionate. Sessions look at current problems such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship difficulties. May also helps with trauma and abuse, parenting strain, career concerns and coping with major life changes.
How May works
Her approach centres on listening and following each person’s pace. Client-Centred Therapy means the person’s views guide the work. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps untangle strong feelings and rebuild closer, more stable connections in relationships.
May works with issues including body image, communication problems, guilt and shame, and multicultural concerns. She also supports people dealing with infidelity, divorce and separation, end-of-life matters, and complications after sexual assault. Sessions are offered online in the United Kingdom and to international clients.
She does not work on Sundays. To begin, clients follow the site’s Start Therapy steps to match and schedule a time that fits their life.
May lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What May works with
The areas below are the ones May 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
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English, Arabic |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How May’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s views at the heart of the work. The therapist listens, reflects and follows the priorities you bring, helping you make changes at your own pace. This approach is useful for dealing with everyday stress, low mood and difficult decisions.Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on understanding and shifting strong emotions that affect relationships. It helps people identify patterns, name feelings and try new ways of connecting, which can be useful for relationship strain, attachment concerns and processing traumatic emotions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. May discusses options with each person and chooses methods together based on needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process that can be adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video sessions let you see non-verbal cues and work through emotions in real time. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or messaging can be used for more flexible check-ins or when writing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, childcare and travel, while still keeping the therapeutic focus.
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