About Shazia
Shazia Datoobhoy helps people cope with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, depression and major life changes. She supports people struggling with addiction, grief, intimacy and self-esteem concerns, as well as body image and eating-related issues. Shazia works in English and Hindi and practises from the United Kingdom.
Shazia uses a conversational, person-centred style. She listens without judging and asks questions that help people notice patterns in their feelings and behaviour.
How Shazia works
Together she and the client look at past experiences that still shape day-to-day reactions, and they try out small changes to improve wellbeing. Her background includes four years of clinical practice and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That experience has given her time working with people affected by trauma, domestic violence, abandonment and attachment difficulties.
She also supports those facing communication problems, codependency and control issues. Shazia draws on several approaches depending on what a person needs. She uses client-centred techniques to build rapport and safety, narrative ideas to help people retell and reframe life events, and trauma-focused work when memories and reactions are overwhelming.
She may also bring in psychodynamic or Internal Family Systems ideas to explore inner parts and long-standing relational patterns. Sessions aim to be practical and steady. Shazia encourages people to notice small shifts and to set realistic steps for change.
Her style is calm and curious, focused on helping people feel more able to manage difficult emotions and everyday challenges.
Shazia lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Shazia works with
The areas below are the ones Shazia 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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English, Hindi |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in front of the counsellor. It involves listening carefully, reflecting what is said and helping people feel understood so they can explore their own solutions. Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from their problems by retelling stories about their lives and finding different meanings in past events. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on responses to traumatic events and offers ways to reduce overwhelming reactions and manage distressing memories.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process can be adjusted over time as the person notices what helps and what does not.
Online sessions are offered by registered or accredited professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full conversational session, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins, live chat suits people who prefer typed conversations, and messaging lets people share thoughts between meetings. These options give flexibility to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.
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