Zahira Virani, BACP
Zahira Virani is a counsellor who draws on trauma-focused and attachment-based approaches to help people who are carrying heavy emotional burdens.
About Zahira
Zahira Virani is a counsellor who draws on trauma-focused and attachment-based approaches to help people who are carrying heavy emotional burdens. She works in English and Gujarati and holds BACP accreditation. Zahira focuses on practical steps that reduce stress and improve relationships, and she aims to make sessions feel calm and straightforward.
She uses a client-centred way of working, which means conversations follow what matters most to the person in the room.
Background and approach
Zahira also applies cognitive techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thinking patterns. When emotions run high, dialectical skills help people tolerate strong feelings and make clearer choices. Zahira has six years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and has supported people with grief, anxiety, depression, addiction and trauma and abuse.
She also helps with parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, low self-esteem and career stress. Additional areas include attachment issues, adoption and foster care matters, chronic illness and caregiver stress. Sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
The service uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time and fees vary by location and therapist availability. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time according to availability. Zahira aims to work collaboratively so people leave with clearer ways to manage day-to-day pressures and build healthier relationships.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 391600 | October 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
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 Zahira lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Zahira names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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How Zahira’s approaches work online
Zahira uses trauma-focused work to help people process difficult past events and reduce the ways those memories affect everyday life. This approach aims to help people feel safer in their bodies and make sense of distressing experiences. She also draws on attachment-based therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns in close connections and trust, helping people build more supported ways of relating.Her style is also client-centred, which means she adapts sessions to the person in front of her. Finding the right approach is a shared process - she listens to your goals and preferences and tests what helps, adjusting the plan over time so it fits your needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps therapeutic work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging give shorter, flexible check-ins and can fit around work or family commitments. These options make it simpler to keep continuity of care and to use therapy in a way that fits daily life.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Zahira often help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy problems, parenting worries, addictions and a range of other issues such as eating or sleeping difficulties.
What is Zahira's therapeutic style like?
Her work is person-centred and collaborative, blending trauma-focused, attachment-based and cognitive techniques to suit each person's needs and goals.
How much professional experience does she have?
Zahira has six years of experience working with people in therapeutic settings across the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location are listed for Zahira?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages can sessions be offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Gujarati.
What session formats does Zahira provide?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to give flexibility around scheduling and communication preferences.
How are fees handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the first steps to start working with Zahira?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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