Counsellor profile
Abida Haroon, BACP
BACP counsellor - family and parenting related concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma informed work
- Mindfulness practice
About Abida
Abida Haroon is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with six years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and grief. She also supports issues around parenting, intimacy, eating and sleeping problems, and depression.
She talks in plain language and focuses on helping people gain insight and self-awareness. Sessions are used to look at patterns that cause distress and to explore practical steps people can take. Abida aims to listen without judgement and to try to understand each person’s perspective.
People who have experienced cultural or religious difficulties may find her background helpful when talking through those pressures. She has worked with women who have experienced domestic abuse and has experience supporting them through difficult and sensitive situations. Abida also addresses attachment concerns, caregiver stress and workplace problems.
Her approach draws on client-centred methods alongside emotionally-focused and trauma-informed work. Mindfulness techniques and solution-focused ideas are used to build resilience and to support clearer decision making. Sessions often blend talking with simple strategies to ease day-to-day strain.
Abida works in English and also offers support in Punjabi and Urdu. She welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and aims to help them move from feeling stuck to having clearer options and next steps.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what someone shares to build understanding and clarity. It helps when someone needs space to talk through relationship or family pressures and make their own decisions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) works with feelings and attachment patterns to help people understand how emotions shape their responses in close relationships. It can be useful for intimacy-related concerns and for understanding patterns that cause repeating conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Abida will discuss the options with each person and together they will decide which methods suit the person’s needs, goals and preferences. The therapist treats this as a collaborative process and adjusts the focus as the work progresses.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm which online options are offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into busy family lives, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also make it possible for people who live abroad to work with a therapist in the United Kingdom. Registered or accredited professionals often use a mix of listening, emotionally focused exploration and mindfulness exercises adapted to an online setting.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Punjabi, Urdu
Questions
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Which problems does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, grief, parenting and related issues.
What is her therapy style?
Her style is client-centred and emotionally focused, using listening and reflection together with mindfulness and solution-focused techniques.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of experience working with adults on a range of personal and family-related difficulties.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English, Punjabi and Urdu.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current online session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling your first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.