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Summar Ali, BACP

Summar Ali offers straightforward, compassionate counselling for people facing difficult moments.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
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About Summar

Summar Ali offers straightforward, compassionate counselling for people facing difficult moments. She welcomes conversations about anxiety, stress, grief, trauma and relationship strains. Her approach is calm and practical, aimed at helping people make sense of how they feel and find small, useful steps forward.

Summ uses a blend of talking therapies and practical skills. She draws on trauma-focused work when past harm is part of the picture, and uses cognitive behavioural ideas to help change unhelpful thinking and behaviour.

Background and approach

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy principles support values-led choices, while attachment-focused ideas look at how early relationships affect current patterns. She has worked across health and community settings for more than 11 years. Roles have included work in child and adolescent mental health services, school counselling, drug and alcohol services, bereavement support and a sexual trauma charity.

She has also lectured at the University of Southampton and the Anna Freud Centre and holds a BA in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Summ holds BACP registration and has postgraduate certificates in interventions for children and young people and in supervisory skills. She has completed continuing professional development in the neurobiology of trauma and practices animal-assisted therapy alongside her online work.

Sessions aim to be practical and collaborative. People can expect a mix of listening, gentle challenge and skills to try between meetings. The focus is on what matters most to the person in front of her and on realistic ways to relieve distress and rebuild routines.

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Registration

Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	380118	November 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.

Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.

Focus areas and approaches

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

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Depression
LGBT
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Personality disorders
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Ways of working Summar names

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Therapeutic approaches and online options

Summ often combines Trauma-Focused Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Trauma-focused work helps people process past harm and reduce its ongoing impact, while CBT looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going and teaches practical ways to change them.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) ideas, which help people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck and take action that matches their values. ACT can be useful for dealing with anxiety, depression and life transitions where change feels hard.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms and preferences, then try methods that fit. That collaborative process means approaches can be adjusted as progress is made.

Online therapy here is offered by registered or accredited professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone fits when bandwidth is limited, chat works for brief check-ins and messaging suits ongoing support without scheduled calls. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting and caring responsibilities and to keep momentum between sessions.

Frequently asked

What kinds of difficulties does she help with?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, sleep problems, parenting concerns and career stress among other matters.

What is her general therapeutic style?

Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth, combining listening with practical exercises and skills. She adapts techniques to suit each person's needs and pace.

How much experience does she bring?

She has around 11 years' experience working across NHS child and adolescent services, schools, drug and alcohol work, bereavement services and sexual trauma support.

Which credentials and region apply?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, holds a BA in Counselling and Psychotherapy and works from the United Kingdom.

Can I work with her if I'm outside the UK?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients for online work.

What session formats are available?

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

How are sessions paid for?

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

How do I begin therapy with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.