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Naghma Ferdos, NCPS

Practical, person-centred counselling for everyday struggles

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About Naghma

Naghma Ferdos uses a practical, person-focused approach to counselling. She believes people bring strengths to therapy and that small steps can make real change. Naghma welcomes clients who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or major life changes.

She has ten years of experience working in the mental health sector in the United Kingdom. Her background includes supporting people affected by trauma and abuse, relationship difficulties, and self-esteem concerns.

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How Naghma works

She also has experience related to parenting challenges, anger, and coping with cancer and immigration-related stress. Naghma draws on several approaches to tailor sessions to each person. She uses client-centred ideas to listen and respond to what matters most.

She blends cognitive behavioural techniques to help people notice and reframe unhelpful thoughts. Mindfulness practices and solution-focused steps are used to build coping strategies and set small, achievable goals. These methods are chosen to suit the person sitting in the room, not as a fixed package.

She notes the importance of cultural context and multilingual support. Sessions can be held in English, and she understands multicultural concerns and the stresses that come with moving countries or adapting to a new culture. Naghma aims to create straightforward, steady support that clients can use day to day.

Naghma lists 4 ways of working on the entry:

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What Naghma works with

The areas below are the ones Naghma selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.

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Training and background

Register NCPS
Years in practice 10
Languages English
Session format Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging
Country United Kingdom

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Online support options

Practical approaches for online counselling and support

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and building on a person’s own strengths. Sessions aim to give space to what matters most and help people feel heard before making changes.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of thinking. It is often used for anxiety, stress and low mood and includes clear steps and exercises to practise between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and the therapist will work together with each client to decide what fits best. That choice is based on the client’s goals, day-to-day life and what feels most useful in early sessions.

Online therapy here can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls suit longer discussions and a sense of face-to-face contact, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break, and chat or messaging allow shorter check-ins and written reflections. These options make it easier to book around work, travel or caring responsibilities and support consistent progress over time.

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Common questions

What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship worries, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, grief, anger and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, codependency, cancer-related stress and immigration concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her work blends client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness and solution-focused steps. Sessions focus on practical ideas and small, manageable changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience in the mental health sector, working with a range of concerns in the United Kingdom.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She holds the credential NCPS and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are accepted and may arrange sessions from other countries.
What session formats does she use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How do fees and scheduling work?
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