Riffat Jabeen , BACP

Riffat Jabeen is a counsellor who blends client-centred listening with practical therapies. She works with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression and a wide range of personal and relationship concerns. Riffat holds BACP accreditation and brings five years of experience in mental health support in the United Kingdom.

Her practice focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or giving up on themselves. She uses techniques that help uncover earlier life experiences that may be affecting present behaviour and feelings. This can make it easier to work through trauma, low self-esteem, grief, or intimacy issues.

Riffat draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot patterns of thinking that keep problems going. She also uses attachment-based and emotionally-focused methods to map how past bonds influence current relationships. Mindfulness and straightforward grounding exercises are offered as everyday tools for stress relief and better sleep.

She approaches each person with respect for their background and identity, including work with LGBT concerns and a broad range of cultural experiences. Riffat follows the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy code of practice and takes regular supervision as part of her work.

Sessions are collaborative and paced to what feels manageable. Riffat aims to make therapy understandable and practical, helping people untangle difficult moments and regain some control over their lives.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on how early connections shape current relationships and emotional reactions. Online sessions can be used to trace those patterns, notice triggers and practise new ways of relating in everyday life. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behaviour experiments to change how they feel. In remote sessions this looks like planning short tasks between meetings and reviewing what worked.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process and will be done together. The therapist asks about goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then adapts methods as therapy progresses. That collaborative way of working helps keep sessions practical and aligned to the client's needs.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video lets people see facial cues and work in real time; phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during short breaks. Live chat or messaging suits quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options support flexibility, ongoing work with techniques such as mindfulness, and regular contact when that helps progress.