About Poonam
Poonam Sejpal offers calm, practical support for people facing relationship strain, anxiety, low self-esteem and life changes. She welcomes clients who are dealing with grief, trauma, parenting pressures, career questions or difficulties with intimacy. Poonam uses straightforward language and aims to make first steps feel manageable.
She works in a warm, non-judgemental way and focuses on building trust from the start. Sessions are conversational but goal-focused; she helps people notice patterns, try small changes and make choices that suit their life.
How Poonam works
Her manner is compassionate and direct when needed. Poonam trained as a counsellor and holds BACP accreditation, which means she follows nationally recognised professional standards. Over 11 years of practice she has supported people through depression, stress, domestic abuse, ADHD and attachment-related concerns.
That experience informs how she plans sessions. Her methods draw on attachment-based ideas, narrative and psychodynamic thinking, and cognitive behavioural techniques. In practice this means exploring how past relationships shape current reactions, telling and reframing personal stories, and learning practical ways to manage thoughts and feelings.
Therapy often blends short-term strategies with deeper reflection. Poonam adapts the pace to each person - some clients prefer action-focused work while others spend more time understanding roots of their problems. She aims to help people feel steadier and more in control.
If someone wants to try online sessions, she offers video, phone, live chat or text messaging options to fit different needs and schedules. Connecting usually begins with a brief matching process and scheduling a first appointment.
Poonam lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Poonam works with
The areas below are the ones Poonam selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Poonam commonly uses attachment-based work to help people see how early relationships affect current patterns and to build more supported ways of relating. This approach is useful when intimacy, commitment or repeated relationship problems are a concern.She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going and offers practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression and stress. Narrative therapy features too, helping people reframe their story and find new meanings in difficult experiences.
Choosing the right approach is part of therapy, and the therapist treats this as a collaborative process. She will discuss goals, try different ways of working and adjust the methods to match what feels most helpful to the client.
Online therapy with Poonam can take place by video call, telephone, live chat or text messaging, offering practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation similar to in-person sessions. Phone sessions work well when lower bandwidth is needed or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit quick reflections, ongoing coaching-style contact or times when typing is easier. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and travel.
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