About Sibell
Sibell Ali is a Humanistic counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has practised for 10 years in the United Kingdom and offers a warm, compassionate approach that helps people feel heard and understood. Her sessions focus on listening without judgement.
She encourages clients to talk about what is happening for them and to connect with their own strengths. The tone is caring and down-to-earth, with space to name painful feelings and worries.
How Sibell works
She uses Client-Centred Therapy as her core approach and adapts methods to fit each person. That means she follows the client’s lead and helps them make sense of their experience at their own pace. Practical coping ideas are offered when useful.
Sibell helps people work through stress, anxiety, grief and depression. She also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, relationship difficulties, family problems and identity concerns including LGBT and gender dysphoria issues. Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment, chronic illness, eating-related concerns and isolation.
Sessions are conducted in English and are available via video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. To start, a short matching questionnaire is completed and then sessions are scheduled according to the therapist’s availability. Sibell aims to create a respectful space where people can explore change, repair, and growth.
Her style is steady and empathetic, helping clients take practical steps forward while processing difficult emotions.
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What Sibell works with
The areas below are the ones Sibell selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| 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
How Client-Centred care works online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on creating an accepting, non-judgemental space where the client’s experience guides the work. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps the person name feelings and choices. This approach is helpful for anxiety, depression, grief and relationship concerns because it builds self-understanding and confidence.As a Humanistic practitioner she adapts sessions to the person in front of her, combining a supportive presence with practical ideas when needed. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which ways of working feel most helpful, and will review the approach as goals and needs evolve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, each with practical advantages. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer writing, need flexible timing, or want to reflect on responses in their own time. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and life commitments while keeping the collaborative, person-led approach intact.
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