About Areeb
Areeb Cheema offers a calm, practical approach for people feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety. He introduces short, manageable steps and listens closely to what matters most to each person. Sessions aim to make daily life easier and to build skills that help outside therapy.
He has four years of professional experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That background informs a respectful, non-judgemental style that focuses on the person rather than labels.
Background and approach
Areeb adapts sessions to fit the situation and goals you bring. In consultations he addresses a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and trauma. He also helps with relationship and family issues, parenting strain, grief, and problems with self-esteem and intimacy.
Practical problem-solving and coping techniques are offered alongside reflective talking. Areeb works with additional difficulties such as attachment and codependency, panic and obsessive concerns, postpartum depression and trauma-related problems. He takes cultural differences and money or fertility stresses into account when shaping the work.
People can expect a straightforward, steady pace. Sessions are tailored rather than one-size-fits-all. The aim is to identify small changes that make a noticeable difference in day-to-day life.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Areeb uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and understanding patterns. One approach focuses on learning coping skills for anxiety and panic - it helps people recognise unhelpful thoughts and try simple steps to reduce intensity. Another strand looks at trauma and loss with careful, paced conversations that aim to help people manage memories and strong reactions without becoming overwhelmed. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that suit the person, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques feel most helpful and when to shift focus. Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexible access. Video is useful for a deeper conversational feel, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging lets people check in between sessions or have a shorter touchpoint during a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping the work consistent and goal-focused.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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