About Sherife
Sherife Hussein helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, low in mood, or struggling after trauma. She speaks English and Turkish and works with adults across a wide range of concerns. Sherife holds BACP registration and practises from the United Kingdom with eight years of professional experience.
Sherife uses a person-centred way of working. Sessions focus on the client’s priorities and move at a pace that feels manageable. She also brings trauma-focused approaches when past hurt needs careful, direct attention.
How Sherife works
In practical terms she listens for what is causing distress and then works with each person to choose steps that can make day-to-day life easier. That might mean learning coping skills for anxiety, talking through grief, or addressing unhelpful patterns that keep a problem going. Sherife adapts sessions to mood and need.
Some meetings are calm and reflective, while others use clearer structure and short tasks between sessions. She aims to make therapy straightforward so people can notice small improvements over time. She also helps with issues like addiction, sleep problems, relationship and intimacy questions, and difficulties linked to neurodiversity or long-term illness.
When suitable, she will combine client-centred work with trauma-focused techniques to address underlying wounds and improve day-to-day functioning. People who choose Sherife can expect plain language, steady support, and plans they can try between sessions. She encourages clients to move at their own pace while aiming for practical change.
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What Sherife works with
The areas below are the ones Sherife selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English, Turkish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Sherife’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s concerns at the heart of each session. The counsellor listens carefully, reflects what is said, and helps the client decide which issues to tackle. This approach suits people who need steady, empathetic support for stress, anxiety, self-esteem or life changes.Trauma-Focused Therapy aims to work directly with harmful past events when they still cause distress. It uses structured conversations and techniques chosen to reduce the hold of painful memories and to build safer ways of coping. This is useful for people dealing with trauma, abuse or long-standing emotional wounds.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sherife will discuss options and adapt methods based on goals, pace and preferences. Together they agree what to try, review progress, and adjust the plan as needed.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation across distance, phone sessions work well when video is difficult, live chat fits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel and to maintain continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
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