Ghada Akkad, BACP

Ghada Akkad is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes. She also supports those affected by trauma, addictions, grief and compassion fatigue.

Ghada treats each person as the expert in their own life. She uses straightforward conversation and practical tasks so clients can notice small changes between sessions. Sessions are relaxed and may include creative ways of working alongside talking. She aims to make the process approachable rather than intimidating.

Her practice draws on several evidence-informed approaches. Ghada often uses elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Client-Centred ways of working. She also incorporates Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills and mindfulness exercises when these match a client's needs.

Clients may explore relationship patterns such as attachment difficulties, avoidance or commitment worries. She also helps with problems like obsessions and compulsions, isolation and multicultural or immigration-related stress. Conversations typically combine practical strategies and reflective work to help with day-to-day coping.

Ghada speaks English and Arabic and has worked with people from a range of backgrounds. She describes starting therapy as a step that requires courage and aims to support clients through honest, down-to-earth sessions that focus on useful coping skills and clearer decision making.

How Ghada uses evidence-based approaches online