About Shirin
Shirin Latif helps people feeling stuck by creating a calm space to talk through what matters most. She listens for what’s getting in the way of connection, coping, or everyday functioning and focuses on small, practical steps people can try between sessions. She uses a client-centred way of working that puts the person's experience at the heart of conversation.
This means the person sets goals and pace, while the counsellor reflects, asks questions, and helps them notice patterns that keep problems repeating.
How Shirin works
Shirin also draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current reactions. That approach helps people who feel anxious about closeness, struggle with trust, or get caught in repeating relationship patterns. She blends this with mindfulness techniques to help manage stress and overwhelming feelings in the moment.
With four years of clinical experience, Shirin holds BACP accreditation from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She works with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, self-esteem, and issues around intimacy and sexuality. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
People meet her online by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling sessions through the service.
Shirin lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Shirin works with
The areas below are the ones Shirin 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
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Shirin’s approaches translate to online sessions
Shirin commonly uses client-centred and attachment-based approaches in sessions. Client-centred work means conversations follow the person's concerns and goals, with the counsellor reflecting and asking questions to help make sense of feelings and choices. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns influence current reactions and trust, which can help with anxiety about closeness and recurring conflicts.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist and client will talk together about needs, goals, and preferences and then agree what to try first. That collaborative way makes it easier to adjust techniques if something is not helping.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues when that feels useful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, reflection between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options help fit therapy around work, family life, or travel while keeping the focus on the therapeutic work itself.
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