About Nisa
Nisa Farooq offers a warm, straightforward counselling style built around clear, practical support. She uses approaches that focus on how past relationships shape present feelings and on changing patterns that keep problems going. Nisa writes simply and directly with people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, loss, low mood or difficult eating and body issues.
She aims to help people feel steadier and more able to manage day-to-day demands. Nisa draws on Attachment-Based work to look at how early bonds affect trust and emotional responses.
Background and approach
She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop more helpful ways of coping. Trauma-focused techniques are used when past hurts continue to cause distress, and solution-focused ideas help set achievable goals for change.
With five years of professional experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP - she brings grounded clinical experience to sessions. She has worked with grief and bereavement and with people affected by trauma and abuse. Nisa is attentive to multicultural issues and immigration-related stress.
She also offers support for hoarding-related distress, obsessive and compulsive behaviours, personality difficulties, and people navigating non-monogamous relationships. Her approach is collaborative and respectful. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Therapy is practical and paced to each person, with attention to small steps that lead to clearer thinking and steadier emotions.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape feelings about safety and closeness. Online sessions using this approach help people notice patterns in relationships and build different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - CBT - focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours. Through video or text-based work, CBT offers practical exercises and strategies to reduce anxious thinking and improve daily routines.Finding the best approach is a shared process. The counsellor will discuss options and try techniques that fit the client's goals and preferences. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan, so sessions feel relevant and manageable.
Online sessions bring clear practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation across distances. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit quick reflections, brief updates between sessions, or people who prefer written communication. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments, and to keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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