Counsellor profile
Arham Abtahi, BACP
Counsellor - anxiety and trauma
See online counselling options- Attachment focus
- Client centred
- Mindfulness
About Arham
Counsellor Arham Abtahi is a BACP member with six years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, and career or coaching issues. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Arham uses an integrative approach with a focus on relationships. She pays attention to how early attachments shape current feelings and behaviours. In practice this means talking through patterns that recur in close relationships and exploring their roots in family history and upbringing.
She also draws on client-centred and existential ideas. Client-centred work here means listening closely and adapting the pace to the person's needs. Existential approaches help people consider meaning, responsibility and the choices available when life feels uncertain.
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are part of the mix. Mindfulness methods introduce simple attention and grounding exercises. Motivational interviewing supports people who are unsure or ambivalent about change, helping them clarify what they want to try next.
Arham works with a broad set of issues beyond the headline concerns, including attachment problems, abandonment, codependency, body image, dissociation, domestic violence, and family of origin difficulties. She uses conversation, reflection and practical strategies to help people notice patterns and try different ways of coping.
To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. The practice uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time; fees vary by location.
How her approaches work in online counselling
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current emotions and patterns. Online sessions can be used to identify repeated relationship behaviours and practise new ways of relating to others.Client-centred practice means the counsellor listens without directing the process and adjusts to the client's pace. This approach suits people who need time to reflect and to set their own goals during sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Arham will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and together you will decide which methods to use. That decision is reviewed as therapy continues so techniques can change if they do not fit.
The practical side of online counselling should be confirmed before booking. The biography does not list specific session formats, so check the available options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work or family life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, and career or coaching issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is integrative and relational, using attachment-based, client-centred and existential ideas alongside mindfulness and motivational interviewing.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of experience as a counsellor working in the United Kingdom.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking by checking the online counselling options; the biography does not list specific formats.
How are sessions paid for?
Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time and fees vary with location.
How do I get started?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule the first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.