Faha Makhdum , BACP

Faha Makhdum is a counsellor with BACP registration and 12 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low mood and issues that affect everyday life. Her approach is practical and respectful and aims to make the first steps easier for someone who is worried or unsure about therapy.

She offers straightforward conversations tailored to each person's needs. Sessions look at relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, motivation, self-esteem and confidence. She also supports people dealing with grief, addiction and changes at work or in family life.

Faha has worked extensively alongside couples, so she can offer sessions addressing relationship patterns and communication problems. She also pays attention to matters such as body image, parenting strain, caregiver stress and issues that follow separation or divorce.

Her practice includes helping people with ADHD-related challenges, compassion fatigue and coping after natural or human-caused disasters. She adapts the pace and focus of sessions to what a person says they need, and she will work with each individual to set clear, realistic goals.

Faha aims to create a respectful and sensitive space where people can speak openly about painful topics. She invites people to take the first step by using the sign-up process and a short matching questionnaire to begin arranging sessions.

Therapeutic approaches and online options

Faha uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach she uses helps people recognise patterns in thoughts and behaviour and then try different, healthier responses to reduce anxiety and low mood. Another method emphasises exploring past experiences and their impact on current relationships so people can change repeating patterns and improve communication.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about their goals, concerns and preferences, and then suggest which techniques to try. That plan can be adjusted as sessions progress to find what helps most.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and messaging suit short, flexible contact or ongoing check-ins between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.