About Fariha
Fariha Hassan is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who works with people feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. She supports those struggling with self-esteem, parenting pressures, grief and family difficulties. Sessions are offered in English and Urdu to suit different needs.
With nine years of professional experience, Fariha focuses on practical, compassionate help. She adapts sessions to each person rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. Her approach is straightforward and respectful, aiming to build small, manageable steps toward change.
Background and approach
Fariha helps people address communication and control problems that often sit behind stress and relationship strain. She also supports those coping with divorce or separation, feelings of emptiness, and the complex emotions of guilt and shame. Immigration-related concerns and multicultural issues are part of her practice as well.
She has experience working with clients affected by natural or human-caused disasters and with people who are hearing impaired. Parents who feel burned out or stuck often find practical strategies in sessions, including ways to reframe expectations and manage daily demands. People who meet her can expect a collaborative process.
Fariha listens, asks about what matters most, and co-creates goals that fit each person’s life. She encourages small steps and celebrates progress along the way.
Approaches you can use online
Fariha works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on making change practical and achievable. One approach she uses helps people identify unhelpful thinking and then practice different ways of responding to anxiety and worry. This is useful for day-to-day stress and for breaking cycles of rumination.Another approach centres on building coping strategies and problem-solving skills. That method looks at concrete steps to reduce overwhelm, manage parenting demands and handle difficult life events like loss or separation. It is aimed at small, repeatable actions that fit into a busy life.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Fariha will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you keep face-to-face contact when convenient, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter, frequent check-ins or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and travel without losing continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Urdu
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