About Zhamilya
Zhamilya Stamkulova is a PACFA counsellor with six years' experience helping people manage anxiety, stress and relationship strain. She treats difficulties like depression and grief as signals that something needs attention, not as failures. Her style is direct but compassionate, focusing on practical steps people can use between sessions.
She blends short-term strategies with deeper work. That means teaching coping skills such as thought reframing and behavioural experiments, while also looking at attachment patterns and past experiences that keep problems repeating.
Background and approach
Sessions are geared to what each person needs, whether that is relief now or gradual change over time. Zhamilya often uses elements from acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy to help people change unhelpful habits. She also draws on attachment-based and emotionally-focused ideas when relationship patterns are central to the difficulty.
The approach is person-centred, so clients shape the goals and pace of work. She has worked with people facing life transitions, career uncertainty, immigration-related stress and loneliness. Zhamilya also supports those dealing with family of origin issues, commitment concerns, and identity questions, including LGBT matters.
She aims to make therapy simple and practical for busy lives. Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Practical approaches for online anxiety and relationship work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It teaches values-based action so people can move toward a more meaningful life even while uncomfortable emotions remain. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on how thoughts, feelings and behaviour interact. It uses experiments and skill practice to reduce anxiety symptoms and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current ties with others and is useful when trust, closeness or repeated conflicts are central concerns.Choosing the best approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will shape a plan that uses one or more approaches and is reviewed as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions can fit a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins, homework support and flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments, and to continue care during life changes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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