Tahira Hussain, BACP

Tahira Hussain is a counsellor with BACP accreditation and 15 years of experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions and a wide range of life challenges. She speaks English, Punjabi and Urdu and works in the United Kingdom.

She offers a calm, collaborative style that treats each person as an individual. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what matters most to the client. Tahira listens, reflects, and helps people clarify goals and next steps in everyday language.

Her background includes work in independent practice, on digital platforms, and with specialist domestic abuse organisations. That experience shapes how she assesses safety, manages risk, and plans therapy around real-life needs. She uses practical ways to measure progress and adapt the work as needed.

Therapy draws on a mix of approaches rather than a single method. Tahira uses Client-Centred ideas to build trust, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to address unhelpful thinking and behaviour, and psychodynamic thinking to explore patterns from the past. She also uses solution-focused and trauma-focused ideas where appropriate.

Sessions aim to increase self-awareness and help people process difficult experiences. The work can include practical coping strategies, exploring relationships and values, and planning small changes. People come for support with grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, workplace stress, obsessive thoughts, bipolar mood challenges and much more.

How Tahira’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client‑Centred Therapy focuses on building a trusting relationship and responding to each person without judgement. In practice this means the counsellor listens closely, reflects what she hears, and follows the client’s pace and priorities. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it can help with anxiety, depression and panic. Psychodynamic approaches explore repeated patterns and earlier experiences that influence current feelings and relationships, helping people gain new perspectives and clearer self‑understanding.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Tahira will discuss different ways of working and agree a plan that fits a person’s needs and goals. That decision is made together and can change as therapy progresses.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the exact session options before booking. Many people find remote work helps fit therapy into a busy week, makes it easier to keep appointments, and allows for focused conversations without travel. A short, practical check‑in can be arranged when time is limited, or longer sessions scheduled when more space is needed. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt methods such as CBT exercises, trauma‑focused work and client‑centred dialogue to an online setting to support ongoing progress.