Sadia Khan , BACP

Sadia Khan is a mental health counsellor with eight years of professional experience. She is a Registered Counsellor with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom. She speaks English and Bengali and has lived and worked in several countries. She uses a collaborative style in sessions. She creates a calm space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, depression and relationship worries. She helps clients name what is happening and make clear, practical steps forward. Her work often focuses on women’s issues alongside concerns such as self-esteem and coping with life changes. She also supports people dealing with attachment questions, family of origin problems, fertility worries, body image and the strain of separation or divorce. Sadia combines client-centred listening with practical tools. She asks direct questions when needed and gently challenges patterns that hold people back. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques and brief solution-focused methods to help clients try out new thinking and behaviours. Her background includes living in Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Singapore, which informs a culturally aware approach. Sessions can be one-to-one conversations aimed at building understanding, easing overwhelm and finding clearer ways to handle everyday life. People who prefer a straightforward, compassionate counsellor may find her style helpful. She aims to work together with clients to identify small, achievable changes and to strengthen a clearer sense of self.

Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions help

Sadia often uses Client-Centred Therapy to focus on what matters to the person in front of her. This approach centres the session on the client’s experience, offering empathic listening and space to make sense of feelings and priorities. It is useful for people who need validation and a calm place to reflect.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT to identify unhelpful thought patterns and try small experiments in thinking and behaviour. CBT can help with anxiety, low mood and practical problems by giving concrete strategies to test between sessions. Motivational Interviewing is another tool she draws on to support people who feel stuck and want to make changes but need help finding their own reasons to start.

Choosing the right approach is a joint process. She will work with each person to decide which methods feel most useful based on goals, preferences and what comes up in early sessions. The plan can change as therapy progresses and different techniques can be mixed to meet real needs.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls give a face-to-face feeling when visual contact helps the work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing their thoughts. These options make it easier to keep continuity and try different formats to see what fits best.