Abida Haroon, BACP

Abida Haroon is a counsellor with six years' experience supporting people through stress, anxiety and loss. She works with individuals who are unsure about counselling and want a gentle place to start. Abida aims to help people build resilience, self-acceptance and clearer choices in life.

She offers a space where clients can speak without fear of judgement. Abida listens with the aim of understanding each person's experience and perspective. She helps people notice patterns, gain insight and consider practical steps forward.

Her background includes supporting women who have experienced domestic abuse. Abida's Asian heritage informs her sensitivity to cultural and religious pressures, and she uses that to better understand clients from diverse backgrounds.

In sessions she focuses on everyday concerns such as relationships, family strain, parenting stress, sleep and eating difficulties, and workplace issues. She also works with trauma and post-traumatic stress, grief, intimacy-related concerns, and young adult issues.

Abida draws on an array of approaches, including client-centred work, emotionally-focused methods and mindfulness. She adapts her style to each person, matching conversational reflection with practical strategies when helpful.

How Abida’s approaches translate to online counselling

Client-centred work focuses on the person in front of the counsellor. It means the counsellor listens closely, reflects what they hear and follows the client's pace to build understanding. This approach helps with stress, low mood and feeling stuck.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on feelings between people and inside a person. It helps to identify core emotions, name them and work through patterns that affect relationships and intimacy. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce anxiety and improve sleep and concentration.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Abida will discuss different methods and decide with each client which combination suits their needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative decision can change as progress is made.

Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people choose quieter surroundings or avoid being on camera if that helps them engage better.