About Nikoo
Nikoo Arbabsiyar is an ACA counsellor who helps people manage anxiety, stress and the strain of life changes. She works with adults facing low mood, anger, low self-esteem and workplace pressures. Sessions are offered in English and Persian and aim to be calm and practical.
She uses simple, evidence-informed approaches to help people make small, steady changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a main focus, and she also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) when they suit a person’s needs.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and strengths-based ideas are included to build coping skills. Nikoo has five years of counselling experience and holds a bachelor’s in clinical psychology and a master’s in general psychology. She is also a PhD student researching how virtual reality can support recovery after severe trauma, and she keeps her practice informed by current research.
In sessions she aims to create a comfortable space to talk without judgement. Conversations are practical and paced to each person, with time for skills practice and reflection. Goals are set together and adjusted as progress is made.
Her additional focus areas include post-traumatic stress, self-love and workplace issues. People who want clear tools for managing anxiety or rebuilding confidence may find this approach helpful.
How ACT, CBT and EFT work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It supports people who feel stuck by teaching simple skills to move toward what matters to them in day-to-day life.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. It teaches practical techniques for managing anxiety, low mood and workplace stress, and includes behaviour experiments and thought-reframing exercises.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand strong emotions and how they shape relationships with themselves and others. It can be useful for building self-compassion and improving emotional connection with personal goals.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to choose methods that fit a person’s needs, goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins, and live chat or text-based messaging suit shorter reflections or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily routines while keeping the focus on steady progress and skill-building.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Persian
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