About Farhaana
Farhaana Hanif is a BACP counsellor who brings three years of practice in social care into therapy. She creates a calm space where people can speak about anxiety, depression, grief, stress and life transitions. Sessions are paced to match each person's needs and feel supportive rather than rushed.
Farhaana works in a person-centred way that lets the client lead the conversation. She listens with empathy and helps people name what feels overwhelming.
Background and approach
Her aim is to help clients feel more grounded and able to make sense of painful emotions. In practical terms she helps people untangle emotions linked to burnout, decision fatigue, relationship questions and past triggers. She also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, chronic illness and caregiver stress.
Conversations often focus on small, manageable changes that bring clearer thinking. Her style is warm and collaborative. She offers gentle challenge when it helps and keeps the pace set by the client.
Counselling is described as a space to practise new ways of responding, not a quick fix. Farhaana uses sessions to build tools for calm and confidence. She encourages clients to reconnect with emotional strength and to try steps that feel realistic.
People who prefer a respectful, steady approach may find her practice helpful.
Therapeutic approaches used online and how they help
Farhaana works in a person-centred way that keeps the client’s experience at the centre of sessions. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting emotions back, and following what matters most to the person. It helps when people need to feel heard and to make sense of painful feelings such as anxiety or grief.She also uses practical techniques aimed at building coping skills and emotional regulation. These methods involve identifying small, manageable steps to reduce stress, improve day-to-day functioning and handle triggers from past experiences. They are well suited to people wanting tools they can use between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Farhaana will discuss options with clients and adjust methods based on needs, goals and preferences. Together they decide what feels most useful and try things at a comfortable pace.
Online therapy offers flexibility for a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when a camera is not needed, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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