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Abida Haroon, BACP

Abida Haroon is a BACP-registered counsellor with six years of experience.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
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About Abida

Abida Haroon is a BACP-registered counsellor with six years of experience. She offers a calm place to talk when life feels overwhelming. She listens without judgement and helps people make sense of painful or confusing experiences.

Abida focuses on stress, anxiety, depression and trauma and abuse. She also helps with relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping and eating difficulties, and parenting strain. Her background includes supporting women who have experienced domestic harm and navigating cultural and religious pressures.

Background and approach

In sessions she aims to see the world through each person's eyes and stand alongside them. She uses client-centred ideas to follow what matters most to the client. Abida draws on trauma-focused approaches and emotionally focused methods when those fit the situation.

Mindfulness and solution-focused techniques are also part of her toolbox, useful for managing stress and finding practical steps forward. She helps people build resilience, increase self-acceptance and grow confidence so they can make clearer choices. Abida provides support in English, Punjabi and Urdu.

She works with people across different backgrounds and offers online formats to connect from elsewhere in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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Registration

Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	383985	May 2026

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

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Focus areas and approaches

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Ways of working Abida names

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How Abida’s approaches work online

Abida uses trauma-focused therapy to help people make sense of painful past events and reduce their ongoing impact. This approach looks at how difficult experiences affect thoughts, feelings and relationships and aims to gently move towards healing.

She also uses client-centred therapy, which means conversations follow the client’s priorities. The therapist offers empathic listening and reflects what seems most important so people feel understood and more able to make choices.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is used when relationship patterns or intense emotions are central. EFT helps identify how emotions drive interactions and supports building healthier ways of connecting with others.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Abida will discuss options with each person and adapt methods to fit their goals, preferences and what feels manageable. Together they decide what to try and review progress as therapy continues.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video suits deeper conversations with visual connection, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat and messaging work for brief check-ins or when a flexible schedule is needed. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and to access support from different locations.

Frequently asked

What difficulties does Abida help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship and family concerns. Other areas include self-esteem, grief, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and parenting strain.

What is her style of therapy like?

Her approach is warm and client-centred, listening first to what matters to the person. She mixes emotionally focused work, trauma-informed care, mindfulness and solution-focused techniques depending on needs.

How much experience does she have?

She has six years of professional experience working with people facing a range of emotional and relational challenges.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

She practices from the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration as listed in her credentials.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English, Punjabi and Urdu to support people from diverse language backgrounds.

Can she work with people outside the UK?

International clients are accepted, and she can provide therapy to people who are located outside the United Kingdom.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.

How are sessions paid for and how do I begin?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability and are paid through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.