About me
About Me
Reaching out is one of the bravest things you can do. I am here to make that step feel safe, gentle and entirely at your own pace.
I am a BACP registered person centred counsellor with over fifteen years of clinical experience, working with adults across the UK and internationally through secure online and phone sessions. My approach is warm, unhurried and non-judgemental, a space where you can speak honestly, explore your feelings and be met with genuine care.
As a British Bangladeshi counsellor with deep roots in South Asian community life, I bring both professional expertise and lived cultural understanding to my work. I know that for many people, particularly those navigating dual identities, cultural expectations or experiences that feel too complex or too painful to name, finding a therapist who truly gets it matters enormously. I want to be that therapist for you.
You do not need to explain or justify your background, your relationships or why you have waited this long. You are welcome here exactly as you are.
Areas I Specialise In
Interracial Relationships
Loving across cultural lines is beautiful and it can also be hard in ways that feel invisible to the people around you. Whether you are navigating family disapproval, cultural misunderstandings within your relationship, questions of identity or the weight of raising children between two worlds, I offer a thoughtful, culturally informed space to explore what is happening for you.
I work with individuals and people affected by interracial relationship dynamics, including those from South Asian, Black, and mixed heritage backgrounds. Everyone is welcome to work with me.
Dating, Loneliness & The Emotional Challenges Of Modern Relationships
Modern dating is one of the most quietly exhausting experiences of contemporary life. If you have found yourself swiping through apps late at night feeling more disconnected than before you started, you are not alone. Research published in 2026 confirms what many people already know instinctively: dating app use is consistently associated with higher rates of anxiety, depression and loneliness, not lower ones.
The landscape of modern romance - ghosting, breadcrumbing, situationships, the paradox of endless choice and persistent emptiness, can leave even the most self-aware person questioning their worth, their judgement and their ability to find and sustain a genuine connection. For those from South Asian, Black or mixed heritage backgrounds, the additional layers of family expectation, community commentary and the question of whether a potential partner will truly understand your world can make an already complex experience feel even more isolated.
I offer a thoughtful, culturally informed space to explore your relationship with dating and connection. This is not about fixing you or following rules. It is about understanding what you are looking for, why certain patterns keep repeating, what your values and needs truly are, and how to approach relationships, online and offline, from a place of greater clarity and self-knowledge.
Online dating does not have to feel like a referendum on your worth. Therapy can help you understand what you genuinely need from a relationship and how to pursue it with your self-respect intact.
I can support you with:
• The anxiety, self-doubt and exhaustion that can come with online dating.
• Processing repeated experiences of rejection, ghosting or inconsistency.
• Understanding why you may be drawn to the same unavailable or unhealthy dynamics.
• Clarifying what you genuinely want and need from a relationship.
• Navigating dating as a South Asian, Black or mixed heritage person, including family expectations and community pressure.
• The particular loneliness of being single in a culture that frequently centres coupledom.
• Dating after a significant loss, relationship breakdown or period of isolation.
• Building the self-worth and emotional grounded-ness to enter relationships from a more secure place.
Loneliness, whether it stems from romantic isolation, a lack of close friendships or a sense of disconnection from community, is one of the most significant and underacknowledged mental health challenges of our time. Over a quarter of UK adults are currently experiencing chronic loneliness. Yet it remains something many people feel ashamed to name. I offer a space where that shame has no place, where loneliness can be spoken about directly, explored with care and met with genuine understanding.
You do not need to be in a relationship, looking for a relationship, or struggling with a specific crisis to benefit from this kind of support. If you simply feel disconnected, unseen or unsure of what you want from your relational life, that is enough of a reason to reach out.
South Asian Cultural Identity & Community Trauma
Many South Asian clients come to me carrying things they have never been able to say out loud, experiences shaped by izzat (family honour), collectivist expectations, intergenerational silence and the pressure of living between cultures. With over five years working at Karma Nirvana, I understand the specific and often invisible pressures that exist within South Asian communities, including honour based abuse, forced marriage and the complex grief that can come from family estrangement or community rejection.
Whether you are British Bangladeshi, British Indian, British Pakistani or from another South Asian background, I offer a space that understands without needing to be educated.
Trauma, Sexual Abuse & Honour Based Abuse
I have specialist training in rape, sexual violence and childhood sexual abuse and have worked with Leeds Rape Crisis Centre. I also hold advanced training in honour based abuse and forced marriage, including professional risk assessment and safety planning. These are areas I approach with the highest level of sensitivity, care and competence.
If you have experienced harm, whether recently or in the past, I can walk alongside you at whatever pace feels safe.
Baby Loss, Miscarriage & Infant Loss
Losing a baby at any stage of your life is a grief that is often misunderstood or minimised by the world around you. I have specialist training with Sands and the Foundation for Infant Loss, and I offer a compassionate, unhurried space to grieve without expectation, timeline or judgement.
I support individuals and families navigating miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death and the complex emotions that follow, including subsequent pregnancies, fertility challenges and what is sometimes called rainbow baby anxiety.
Anxiety, Depression & Low Mood
Whether you are struggling with persistent low mood, anxiety that feels impossible to explain or a general sense of disconnection from yourself and your life, I offer a steady, warm presence to help you understand what is happening and find your way back to yourself.
Postnatal Depression & Birth Trauma
Becoming a mother is not always the experience you expected. Postnatal depression, birth trauma and prenatal anxiety are real, significant and deeply deserving of support. I work sensitively with women navigating the emotional complexity of the perinatal period.
Bereavement, Loss & Grief
Grief takes many forms. Losing a loved one, a relationship, a sense of identity, a life you imagined, all of these are losses that deserve to be witnessed. I offer a space where your grief can be held without being rushed.
Domestic Abuse & Relationship Difficulties
I have experience working with clients who have experienced domestic abuse, emotional abuse and coercive control. I work in a trauma sensitive, safety conscious way and I am trained in risk identification and safety planning.
How I Work
My approach is person centred, which means I believe you are the expert on your own life. I do not direct, diagnose or tell you what you should feel. Instead, I offer:
• Genuine empathy and warmth, not clinical distance.
• Honesty and authenticity, I will not just tell you what you want to hear.
• Unconditional positive regard, you are valued and respected regardless of what you bring.
• Culturally aware practice, I understand the layered complexity of navigating multiple identities.
• Trauma sensitive ways of working, always at your pace, never pushed.
• LGBTQ+ inclusive, all identities, relationships and expressions are welcomed.
I work entirely online via secure video platform as well as by phone, which means I can work with you wherever you are in the UK or internationally. Sessions are 50 minutes and held at a consistent time each week to support a sense of rhythm and safety.
"You don't have to be in crisis to seek support. If something feels heavy, confusing or simply too much to carry alone, that's enough reason to reach out."
Who I Work With
I work with adults (18+) from all backgrounds. I have a particular passion for supporting:
• South Asian clients: British Bangladeshi, British Indian, British Pakistani and wider South Asian diaspora communities.
• People in interracial or intercultural relationships.
• Individuals navigating honour based abuse, forced marriage or family estrangement.
• Women and families affected by baby loss, fertility challenges and perinatal mental health.
• Survivors of sexual abuse, rape and childhood sexual abuse.
• People experiencing domestic abuse, trauma and complex grief.
I am based in Leeds, West Yorkshire and I offer secure online/phone counselling for individuals across the UK and internationally.
Fees & Availability
Sessions: £45 – £50 per session (50 minutes)
I offer concessions for students, low income households and an introductory first session to help you decide whether working together feels right for you.
I have availability across all seven days of the week including early mornings, evenings and weekends (with advance notice).
Ready To Take The Next Step?
You do not have to carry this alone. Support is here whenever you are ready.
If anything on this page resonates with you, I would love to offer you an initial conversation, completely free of pressure, so you can get a feel for how we might work together.
You are welcome to send me a message or enquire through this page. I aim to respond within 24 hours.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training, Qualifications & Professional Development
I hold a Diploma in Person Centred Counselling and I’m a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I adhere to the BACP Ethical Framework and engage in monthly clinical supervision and ongoing CPD throughout the year.
Specialist training includes:
• Specialist training in rape, sexual abuse and childhood sexual abuse.
• Advanced training in honour based abuse and forced marriage (including risk identification and safety planning).
• Sands specialist training in supporting families experiencing baby loss and neonatal death.
• Foundation for Infant Loss specialist training in miscarriage, stillbirth and early pregnancy loss.
• 5 years as senior call handler at Karma Nirvana (national helpline for honour based abuse and forced marriage).
• Work with Leeds Rape Crisis Centre.
• Professional experience in Adult Social Care.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Forced marriage
Honour based abuse
Therapies offered
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Fees
£45.00 - £50.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer discounted sessions to students, a limited number of low income households as well as for the first session to give you a chance to see if counselling with myself is a right fit for you.
Working Within A Focused Time Frame
I want to be transparent with you about something important: I currently offer a time limited model of up to 12 sessions. This means that if you begin working with me now, we would have a defined and purposeful space in which to do meaningful work together.
Far from being a limitation, many clients find that a clear structure actually deepens the work. Knowing there is a finite number of sessions creates focus, encourages honesty and often accelerates the kind of insight and change that open ended therapy can sometimes defer. Short term, focused counselling is a well evidenced model with a strong track record of producing real and lasting change.
Within 12 sessions, we can explore the presenting issues that matter most to you, develop your self-understanding, build emotional resilience and equip you with tools you can continue to use long after our work together has ended.
If you feel you might benefit from longer term support, I would be happy to discuss this during our initial conversation and, if appropriate, explore referral options alongside our work together.
You don’t need an open ended commitment to make a meaningful difference. Sometimes the most focused, purposeful work happens within clear boundaries.
When I work
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Further information
Why counselling?
Some of the benefits include self awareness, improved self esteem, feeling empowered, more confident, gain control of situations, a deeper understanding of your emotions as well as thoughts. This may then help you to have better relationships, more meaningful connections and improved communication with others.
