Shimana Cassie, BACP

Shimana Cassie is a counsellor with four years of experience based in the United Kingdom. She is a BACP member, and she welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure about their next steps. Her manner is warm and direct, aimed at helping someone feel heard and understood from the start.

Shimana offers short-term and longer-term work depending on need. She commonly helps with anxiety, depression, stress, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and grief. She also supports people facing issues such as addiction, sleeping and eating difficulties, parenting strain, career pressures and coping with life changes.

Her approach draws on well-known methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Client-Centred ways of working. She adapts what she uses to match each person, focusing on practical steps and on noticing patterns that keep problems going. Sessions aim to be collaborative and grounded in what matters to the person.

Shimana has also worked with people affected by adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, neurodiversity such as autism, chronic illness and caregiver stress, and body image and intimacy-related difficulties. She brings this background into everyday, down-to-earth conversations rather than technical language.

If someone prefers to begin online, or wants to explore coaching rather than therapy, Shimana can discuss suitable options. To start, prospective clients follow the platform process to match and schedule sessions according to availability.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed, then take steps towards what matters to them. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and navigating life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at thinking and behaviour patterns and teaches practical skills to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It often helps with worry, low mood, sleep problems and stress. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own goals and experience, offering a non-judgemental space to talk and make sense of feelings.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will explore your goals, preferences and daily realities and suggest ways of working that fit you. That choice is made together, and can be reviewed as you go.

Online therapy can make sessions easier to fit into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing more flexible scheduling. It can also allow a quieter check-in when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Because session formats are not specified here, confirm current options before booking so you know which formats are offered and how they might fit your routine.