Tahira Hussain, BACP

Tahira Hussain is a BACP counsellor with 15 years of post-qualification experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship strain, grief and issues such as social anxiety and phobia. She also supports those dealing with addiction, sleep and eating difficulties, anger, parenting pressures and life changes.

She uses a practical mix of approaches rather than one fixed method. Sessions focus on identification of immediate concerns and on clear steps to reduce distress. Tahira draws on client-centred ideas to prioritise what matters to each person. She uses cognitive behavioural techniques to help change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns.

Psychodynamic thinking is part of her work when exploring how past experiences influence present reactions. She also applies solution-focused techniques to set short-term, manageable goals. Trauma-focused methods are used where past traumatic events need careful processing.

In sessions she pays attention to safety and practical risk management alongside therapeutic aims. Assessment and formulation help shape a plan that’s reviewed over time. People can expect a collaborative working style where goals and methods are discussed together.

Tahira has experience across private practice, digital platforms and specialist organisations that support people affected by domestic abuse. Her background includes assessment, safeguarding and outcome-focused intervention methods. She offers therapy in English, Punjabi and Urdu.

To start, she asks people to outline their main concerns and goals so the first sessions can focus on what matters most. This helps structure ongoing work and makes sessions feel purposeful from the beginning.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work