Arham Abtahi , BACP

Arham Abtahi is a counsellor who draws on relational and attachment-based approaches to help people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and issues with self-esteem and depression. She holds BACP accreditation and brings six years of practice in the United Kingdom. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at helping people feel understood and able to take small steps forward.

Arham focuses on how early relationships shape current feelings and behaviour. She uses attachment-based ideas alongside client-centred and existential approaches to help people make sense of difficult patterns. Sessions often look at relationships, grief, intimacy issues, and family of origin concerns in clear, practical ways.

She also supports people dealing with abandonment, codependency, communication and control issues, and body image or identity concerns. Work can include responding to distress after domestic violence, dissociation, or loss, and helping with career or life transitions. The aim is to find what helps each person move towards steadier functioning.

Therapy sessions are collaborative. The counsellor listens first, then helps set goals and tries different ways of working to suit each person. Motivational interviewing and mindfulness approaches are used where they fit the client's needs.

Arham offers sessions in English and is open to working with people from outside the UK. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

Practical therapeutic approaches for online counselling

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships influence current reactions and patterns. In online sessions this approach helps people understand why they feel anxious or avoidant in close relationships and offers ways to try different responses.

Client-centred therapy places the person's experience at the heart of the work. The counsellor listens without judgement, reflects what is said, and helps people find their own solutions to issues like low esteem, grief, or career uncertainty.

Existential ideas can help when life changes feel overwhelming or meaningless. These approaches ask practical questions about values, choices and purpose to help people make clearer decisions during big transitions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The counsellor will explore your goals and preferences and agree a plan together, adjusting methods as needs change so therapy remains relevant and useful.

Online sessions offer flexibility and make it easier to fit support into a busy life. Video calls allow visual connection for deeper relational work, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suit brief check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options let people access therapy from different places and at different times to suit their schedule.