About Mohammad
Mohammad Rakib Islam offers calm, practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. He is an ACA counsellor who aims to create a warm, culturally aware space where adults can talk through what matters most to them. Sessions are offered in English and Bengali in an online format.
Rakib works with anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, coping with life changes and ADHD. He also helps people facing abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, communication problems, substance concerns, eating-related issues and immigration-related stress.
Background and approach
He pays attention to how past relationships and family of origin shape current struggles. His style is client-centred and collaborative. He listens first, then helps people name patterns and try practical steps.
He uses cognitive behavioural tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and behavioural experiments to test new ways of coping. Rakib also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas to help people notice what matters and build more workable relationships with difficult feelings. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills are used when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are helpful.
With three years' experience working online in Australia, he focuses on steady progress rather than quick fixes. People can expect clear, down-to-earth guidance, short practical exercises between sessions, and conversation about values and next steps. The aim is to help people feel less stuck and more able to move forward.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting pushed around by them, then clarify values and take small committed actions. It is useful for anxiety, stress and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours to reduce anxiety and improve mood. It often involves practical exercises and small behaviour changes between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape how people feel and relate today, helping address attachment wounds, abandonment and relationship patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, so therapy fits the person rather than the other way around.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone sessions suit those with limited bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, paced reflection and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to maintain continuity when circumstances change.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Bengali
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