Counsellor profile
Nisa Farooq, BACP
Counsellor - anxiety and grief
See online counselling options- Attachment based
- CBT techniques
- Solution focused
About Nisa
Counsellor and BACP member Nisa Farooq has five years' experience working with people in the United Kingdom who are facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression and trauma. She also supports concerns linked to eating, parenting, hoarding, immigration and multicultural issues, plus obsessions and compulsions.
Nisa uses talking-based approaches to help people understand what is happening for them. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at important relationships and patterns that repeat. Cognitive behavioural methods help to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour.
She also uses solution-focused tools to identify small, practical steps that make a difference between sessions. Trauma-focused work is offered for those who need direct support after abusive or frightening experiences. Nisa combines these ways of working to suit the person in front of her.
Sessions are conversational. She listens for patterns from past and present that affect how people feel now. Where grief or loss is present she uses approaches shaped by bereavement practice to explore what has been lost and what coping might look like.
Nisa aims to help people develop clearer thinking and more reliable routines around difficult thoughts and behaviours. She encourages practical experiments between sessions and reviews progress together. To begin, people are invited to use the site's matching process and book a first appointment.
Therapeutic approaches used in online counselling
Attachment-based work looks at how relationships shape feelings and behaviour. It helps people who notice repeated patterns in how they relate to others or who carry early relationship pain into adult life. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on thought patterns and behaviours that keep problems going. It uses structured exercises and simple experiments to test new ways of thinking and acting, which can help with anxiety, low mood and some eating concerns. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. This is a collaborative process and adjustments can be made as needs change. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week. Please confirm which session formats are available before booking, as the profile does not list formats in detail. Many people find remote sessions helpful for shorter check-ins, easier travel, or quieter surroundings when they can arrange them. Registered or accredited professionals can use different approaches online, and the choice of method will be guided by the issues you bring and practical needs such as session length and whether you want to be on camera.Areas of expertise
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief and depression. Eating issues, trauma and parenting concerns are also listed.
What kind of approach does she use?
She uses attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioural therapy and solution-focused techniques, and also offers trauma-focused work when needed.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of counselling experience working with the issues listed in her profile.
What professional registration does she hold and where is she based?
She is a BACP member and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are accepted according to the profile information.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first appointment?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a 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.