About Shamyla
Shamyla Naheed is a counsellor working in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She supports people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or depression. She aims to make the first step feel less daunting and to provide steady, practical help along the way.
Shamyla creates an open space for people to talk about difficult thoughts and feelings without fear of judgement. Sessions are conversational and straightforward.
Background and approach
The focus is on understanding what matters to each person and finding workable steps forward. Her work covers a wide range of concerns beyond mood and anxiety, including grief, parenting strain, anger and self-esteem. She also offers help with issues such as attachment and abandonment worries, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, and problems at home or after separation.
Shamyla uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. She listens for patterns, helps set clear goals, and supports practical changes that fit everyday life. The tone in sessions is calm and collaborative rather than clinical.
People meet her for a mix of short-term problem solving and longer conversations about life direction. Sessions are available through several online formats so people can choose what fits their routine. Shamyla is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Practical approaches and flexible online therapy
Shamyla draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical change. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and then practises alternative ways of responding in everyday situations; this can be useful for anxiety, stress and low mood. Another approach concentrates on exploring attachment and relationship patterns to better understand recurring emotional reactions and improve interactions with others.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. She will listen to your goals and preferences, explain options in plain language, and work with you to pick methods that fit your situation. Plans can be adapted as progress is made, so the way forward remains collaborative and flexible.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make sessions easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls let you see facial cues while phone work needs less bandwidth. Live chat or messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or when you prefer not to be on camera. These options help people keep therapy going around work, caregiving duties or travel.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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