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Tayyauba Sheikh

Counsellor profile

Tayyauba Sheikh, BACP, NCPS

United Kingdom

Counsellor - Relationships and Family Issues

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About

  • Attachment based therapy
  • Emotionally focused work
  • Mindfulness techniques

About Tayyauba

Tayyauba Sheikh is a counsellor registered with BACP and NCPS in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She works with people facing bereavement, stress and anxiety, relationship concerns, family conflict and parenting pressures. She uses talking therapy first and will discuss medication when it seems appropriate to a client's situation.

Tayyauba keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She aims to help people talk through painful events, untangle relationship patterns and find ways to reduce daily stress. Conversations focus on what feels most pressing at home and on manageable steps people can try between sessions.

Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas and emotionally focused work to look at how bonds and past experiences shape current relationships. She also uses client-centred techniques to let the client set the pace, and psychodynamic thinking to notice repeated patterns that cause problems.

She offers mindfulness tools to support stress, grief and mood difficulties. These are simple practices to help with calmer thinking and better regulation during hard moments. Tayyauba also supports conversations about addiction, intimacy-related struggles, eating concerns and career-related stress.

Tayyauba speaks English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. People considering sessions are encouraged to complete the matching questionnaire so they can schedule a first appointment and discuss which approaches might suit their situation.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Attachment-based therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current interactions. Online sessions can help people notice how they react in intimate relationships and practice new ways of connecting or setting boundaries. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on the emotions that underlie relationship difficulties and helps people identify and express those feelings more clearly. This can be useful for addressing partner-related tensions or managing hurt from past losses.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then suggest methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can be reviewed as therapy progresses.

The practical benefits of meeting online include fitting sessions into a busy week and cutting travel time. Online meetings can make it easier to have shorter check-ins, or to join sessions when quieter surroundings are available. Confirm the session formats offered before booking so you know how appointments are delivered, and consider which arrangement best fits your daily routine.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefDepression

Also works with

AddictionsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHearing impairedHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSelf-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyEmotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

4+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She helps with bereavement, stress and anxiety, relationship concerns, family conflict, parenting issues and related areas such as addiction, grief and intimacy-related struggles.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She combines attachment-based, emotionally focused and client-centred approaches, with psychodynamic ideas and mindfulness practices to address patterns and reduce daily distress.

How much experience does she have?

She has four years of professional practice working with people on family, relationship and emotional concerns.

What credentials and country is she based in?

She is registered with BACP and NCPS and is based in the United Kingdom.

Which languages can I use in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time; sessions are offered to people within the United Kingdom.

How are fees and payments handled?

Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time; specific pricing will be provided when you progress through the matching steps.

How do I begin if I want to meet her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session through the platform.

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.

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