About Soraya
Soraya Hind is a counsellor who supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. She is a BACP counsellor with five years of experience. Soraya aims to make counselling accessible and speaks openly about cultural and identity issues that affect mental health.
Soraya uses a person-centred way of working. She listens first, then helps people decide steps they can try between sessions. Practical tools and short-term goals are offered when useful, alongside space to talk about difficult feelings.
Background and approach
She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Solution-Focused work to help people manage symptoms and make changes. Trauma-focused methods are also part of her practice when past events need careful attention. Having lived experience as a disabled, mixed-race mother, Soraya is comfortable talking about race, identity and the impact of discrimination.
She supports people who have experienced racism, hate crime, sexual assault or domestic violence and helps them address how these events affect daily life. Soraya also helps people facing challenges such as parenting stress, grief, low self-esteem, ADHD and chronic illness. Sessions aim to be non-judgemental and empowering, with attention to cultural context and individual strengths.
How Soraya’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then committing to small actions that match what matters to the person. It can help with anxiety, low mood and life changes by making values-based choices more achievable.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. It is helpful for worry, panic, low mood and for managing symptoms that interfere with daily life.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals and preferences and then try approaches that fit. Sessions can be adjusted over time so what is used reflects what the client finds helpful.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit counselling into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection helps. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be simpler to organise. Live chat or text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, reflection between sessions, or people who prefer typing over talking. These formats offer flexibility and help people access support from different locations and schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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