About Faha
Faha Makhdum is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 12 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress and relationship problems. Her approach aims to be respectful and compassionate so people feel heard from the first session.
She helps with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and addictions. She also supports people through grief, parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, and workplace stress.
Background and approach
Additional areas of attention include ADHD, codependency, body image and blended family issues. Faha works with individuals and has experience running sessions with couples. She adapts conversations and plans to match each person's situation and goals.
That can mean practical coping tools, clearer communication strategies, or pacing work through difficult memories. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP. Her style is straightforward and people-focused, aiming to make sessions useful from the start.
She encourages clients to set small, achievable steps between meetings. Starting therapy with Faha usually begins with a short matching questionnaire. From there clients schedule sessions in a format that suits them, whether video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
Faha accepts clients in the United Kingdom and international clients who wish to work in English.
Practical therapy approaches and online options
Faha uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-world change. One common approach she draws on involves teaching coping skills and anxiety management strategies to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. This work often includes breathing, grounding and step-by-step behavioural tasks to build confidence.Another useful approach centres on improving communication and relationship patterns. That involves identifying unhelpful interaction styles, practising new ways to speak and listen, and setting realistic steps to rebuild trust and connection. This can help with commitment issues, codependency and blended family concerns.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist reviews your goals and preferences and adjusts the methods over time. You and the therapist decide together which techniques feel most helpful and when to try something different.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing or want support between sessions. These options help fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel while keeping the focus on consistent progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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