Zahida Abbas

Anxiety,depression and oncology support are the main focus of my  service. I am a Certified and Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).  My work is fully insured, DBS checked and supervised.  I offer an integrated talking therapy service tailored to individual need. I am a qualified and experienced Psychotherapist/Counselor, Hypnotherapist and Alternative Therapies Practitioner. I also offer Clinical Supervision to staff and trainee therapists.  I am a Bupa approved Employee Assistance Programme professional.  I can offer Critical Incident Debrief support to employees of large organisations.    I am also able to converse in Punjabi and urdu, so enabling access for the wider community.

I offer a FREE consultation for you to decide whether counselling is something you feel is right for you at this time.

I have a PG Cert in Clinical Supervision.  I am a registered Suicide Prevention Trainer.  I am able to offer other therapies to include Hypnosis and Oncology support for individuals and their affected family members.    I have worked in Corporate, Clinical and volunatry services with young people as well as vulnerable adults presenting with a range of issues..  I am able to  undertake short, medium and long-term work with private individuals and couples, as well as time-limited counselling for organisations/ agencies .
I have mentored/supervised trainee therapists on placement

I am an Integrative counsellor, ie I blend different methods of counseling according to your needs. Thus allowing me to use a range of therapeutic approaches to positively impact on the difficult and stressful issues discussed within my safe and confidential counselling room.
I focus on the  promotion of health and well being of my client whilst my compassion, vision and relentless enthusiasm  focuses  on their emotional and spiritual journey through the counselling process, so providing a truly holistic experience

Online, email, skype and telephone counselling available. I work according to the individual client's needs. I  offer on line therapy as I appreciate that for various reasons, face to face counseling is not an option for some clients.

Full disability access and facilities at my venue.

I work  within BACP's Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Forced Marriage issues
Arranged Marriage issues
Interpreting/translations
Form filling
Benefit support
Job coaching/CV support
Appeals support

Trauma

Night mares

I aim to tailor make my delivery of therapy to suit a range  of requirements to meet the individual client need.  This can be blended therapy packages, Psychotherapy, Trauma related therapy or Hypnotherapy related. 

Please feel free to contact me to discuss your presentations.  There is no charge for initial consultation, as this helps to explore client requirements.

I work with couples and individuals

I offer therapy in Urdu and Punjabi languages where required
I offer EAP services to Organsiations/Employees
I offer Critical Incident Debriefing to support employees/organisations
I offer Oncology support counselling

My main therapeutic approach is Person Centred, but I have also had training in Trauma Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Hypnotherapy and Mindfulness.

However, in general, I look to the needs of my clients and work in the way that I believe will be most effective for them.