Sanaa Baksh , BACP

Sanaa Baksh is a counsellor who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety and low mood. She draws on three years of experience and a Bachelor of Arts with honours in Counselling to offer steady, practical support. Sanaa speaks English and Arabic and works with people in the United Kingdom.

Her approach balances structured tools with empathetic listening. She uses elements of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy alongside humanistic ideas to help clients notice patterns and try small changes. Sessions move at a pace the client is comfortable with and focus on what matters most right now.

Sanaa often helps people dealing with relationship strain, family problems, self-esteem difficulties and panic or anxiety. She also supports people facing issues such as grief, guilt and shame, isolation, immigration concerns and the impact of trauma or disasters. Practical coping skills and clearer communication are common focuses in her work.

She has additional training that informs her practice, including online counselling, safeguarding, domestic abuse awareness and work with people experiencing learning disabilities. Sanaa aims to create a space that honours cultural background and personal history when those come up in sessions.

People who choose to work with Sanaa can expect calm, straightforward support. She encourages reflection, small experiments in behaviour and clearer understanding of feelings. The goal is to make everyday life feel more manageable and purposeful, one step at a time.

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Many of Sanaa's counselling sessions make use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ideas, which focus on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying practical behaviour experiments. This approach can help with anxiety, panic and low mood by giving clear steps to change unhelpful habits.

She also draws on humanistic counselling principles that emphasise being heard and understood. That helps when people need space to process grief, identity questions, cultural concerns or difficult emotions without feeling rushed.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sanaa will discuss options with each person and adapt techniques to fit their goals and preferences. Decisions about pace, tools and focus are made together so the method feels useful and realistic.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people balancing busy lives. Video calls work well when sight and facial cues help the conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can suit people who prefer writing to speaking or who want more frequent, brief contacts between sessions. These formats help make counselling accessible across the UK without travel.