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Nadira Akhtar, BACP

Nadira Akhtar is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and depression.

About Nadira

Nadira Akhtar is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and depression. She also supports people dealing with relationship and family concerns, addiction, self-esteem and life changes. Nadira works in English and welcomes clients from the United Kingdom and beyond.

She uses a simple, person-centred approach that treats each person as the expert in their own life. Sessions focus on your priorities and strengths. Nadira listens, reflects, and helps you find practical ways to cope and move forward.

Background and approach

Her work draws on trauma-focused methods to address the impact of difficult or frightening experiences. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and test new ways of behaving. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people who want clearer emotional connection and understanding.

Nadira has eight years of professional experience and holds membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She blends short-term, solution-focused steps with deeper work when that is needed. Sessions can address practical problems such as sleep, eating, parenting and career decisions as well as harder feelings like shame, guilt, emptiness or grief.

She also offers support around identity issues, including LGBT matters, and life events such as divorce, immigration or coping after disasters. Nadira aims to create a calm space to talk things through and find manageable next steps. She encourages small experiments in daily life so change can feel doable rather than overwhelming.

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Registration

Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	402513	October 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

Everything Nadira lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Depression
Coping with life changes
Addictions
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Body image
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Immigration issues
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Paranoia
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Ways of working Nadira names

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How Nadira’s approaches work online

Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process difficult or frightening events by working at a pace that feels manageable and grounding. It focuses on what happened and how it affects thoughts, feelings and day-to-day life, often using gentle skills to reduce overwhelm.

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of the work. The therapist listens without judgement, reflects what is said and helps people clarify their priorities so they can choose next steps that fit their life.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour that maintain distress. It breaks problems down into small steps and uses practical experiments to test different ways of coping and responding.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Nadira will talk with clients about goals, preferences and what has helped before. Together they decide which approaches to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth, live chat can work for shorter check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to keep continuity and try different formats to suit changing needs.

Frequently asked

What kinds of problems can I bring to therapy?

Nadira works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and many related concerns such as relationship issues, addiction, sleep and eating difficulties.

How would she approach my concerns in sessions?

She combines a client-centred style with trauma-focused methods and cognitive behavioural techniques, aiming for practical steps and clearer emotional understanding.

How much experience does she have?

She has eight years of professional experience working with adults on a range of emotional and practical issues.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported and can international clients join?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from outside the UK.

In what formats can I meet with her online?

Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

What do I need to do to start working with her?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time according to therapist availability.