Abida Haroon
Calm, practical counselling for everyday struggles
About Abida
Abida Haroon is a counsellor with six years of professional experience based in the United Kingdom. She offers a calm space to talk about stress, anxiety, relationship strains, grief and other painful feelings. Sessions are available in English, Punjabi and Urdu.
Abida uses a conversational, non-judgemental manner to help people find clearer ways forward. She aims to help people increase self-awareness and build resilience. In sessions she listens closely, reflects what she hears and helps spot patterns that keep people stuck.
Background and approach
That practical focus supports work on self-esteem, sleep and eating concerns, and managing strong emotions after difficult events. Abida draws on approaches such as client-centred work, emotionally-focused techniques and mindfulness practices. These methods are used to support coping with trauma, improve emotional connection and create calmer daily routines.
She also uses solution-focused and trauma-focused ideas to help break problems into manageable steps. Her background includes supporting women affected by domestic abuse and working with people facing cultural or religious conflict. Abida highlights how these experiences shape her understanding of shame, guilt, attachment worries and family-related stress.
This informs how she talks about choices, forgiveness and rebuilding confidence. Therapy can start with a short discussion of goals and priorities. Abida supports people who want help with parenting strain, workplace pressure, life transitions and finding purpose.
Her approach is steady and practical, aimed at helping people make small, achievable changes.
What Abida works with
How Abida works
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that suit online counselling
Client-centred work focuses on understanding the person’s perspective and providing a supportive space to talk. It helps people gain insight, build self-acceptance and make choices that feel right for them.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on emotions and attachment experiences. It can help people understand their emotional responses, work through hurt, and strengthen emotional regulation after relationship or attachment difficulties.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to manage anxiety and stress. These practices help reduce rumination, improve sleep routines and create steadier daily habits.
Finding the best approach is part of the early work in therapy. The therapist will discuss your goals, try different ways of working and agree together what feels most helpful. That collaborative process means methods can be adapted as needs change.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face to face from different locations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit ongoing support, brief reflections or when writing out thoughts feels easier. Registered or accredited professionals can use these options to make counselling fit around work, caregiving and everyday life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Punjabi, Urdu
