Nisa Farooq, BACP

Nisa Farooq draws on relational approaches to counselling to help people when life feels overwhelming. She is BACP, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and she presents a calm, steady way of working for people facing difficult emotions.

She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and depression. She also supports people with eating concerns and parenting-related strain. Additional areas of attention include hoarding, immigration and multicultural concerns, obsessions and compulsions, personality difficulties, non-monogamous relationship questions, and experiences of prejudice and discrimination.

Nisa works in a collaborative, talk-based manner. Sessions aim to help people feel heard and understood first. From there she helps identify patterns and practical steps that can reduce distress and make day-to-day life easier.

Her clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy. Those methods are used to understand past relationships, to challenge unhelpful thinking and to process painful events when needed.

With five years' experience, she offers steady support while people find their way forward. The process is paced to each person's needs and goals. When someone is ready to begin, she encourages them to take the next step and arrange an initial appointment.

How attachment and trauma work translate to online counselling

Attachment-Based work looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and connection. It helps people notice recurring relationship patterns and learn new ways of relating that reduce anxiety and improve trust.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It teaches simple skills to challenge unhelpful thinking and build practical coping strategies for anxiety, low mood and obsessive thoughts.

The right approach is usually decided together. The therapist will listen to your situation, discuss goals and try different ways of working until you find what helps. This collaborative process means methods can be adjusted as therapy progresses.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare or travel. Online work can allow shorter check-ins, smoother continuity between appointments and access from different locations, which helps maintain momentum between sessions. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, breathing practices and thought-recording tools to suit video or phone conversations, helping therapy remain practical and goal-focused even when not in the same room.