Xolani Anahisi, BACP

Xolani Anahisi is a counsellor with 13 years of experience working in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP registration, which is listed as her credential, and she offers a warm, listening presence for people feeling overwhelmed by life changes, stress or anxiety. Xolani aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can speak freely and be heard.

Her work often looks beneath surface reactions to find patterns that keep causing pain. She describes her main way of working as psychodynamic, helping people notice repeated feelings and behaviours that trace back to earlier experiences. That approach can be helpful for issues such as trauma, grief, low self-esteem and relationship difficulties.

Sessions focus on what matters right now and on the stories that shape how someone feels and acts. Xolani also supports people facing career strain, parenting stresses, compassion fatigue and concerns around intimacy or body image. She will listen, reflect, and help clients make sense of painful or confusing reactions.

Clients can expect collaborative conversations aimed at building insight and small, practical changes. Xolani uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside psychodynamic thinking to help people cope better and feel steadier day to day.

She works in English and accepts international clients. To begin, people follow the platform's Start Therapy button, complete a short questionnaire and schedule sessions when a time is agreed.

How psychodynamic ideas translate to online therapy

Psychodynamic work pays attention to repeated feelings and the stories people tell about themselves. In practice this means talking about relationships, early experiences and the emotions that recur in everyday life. This approach can help when someone is carrying old wounds, struggling with grief, or wondering why certain patterns keep repeating.

Alongside that, evidence-based techniques are often used to help manage immediate symptoms such as anxiety or sleep problems. These techniques focus on simple skills to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning, for example pacing activities, grounding exercises and developing clearer routines that support rest and eating habits.

Finding the right mix of longer-term reflection and short-term coping strategies is a joint process. The therapist will work with each person to decide what to try first, based on their goals and what feels most useful in the moment. That decision is revisited over time as needs change.

If you are interested in remote work, please confirm which session formats are offered before booking because the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when life is busy.