Ayaz Akhtar
Empathetic psychotherapist focused on practical change
About Ayaz
Ayaz Akhtar is a psychotherapist practising in the United Kingdom. He holds BACP accreditation and has five years of clinical experience. Ayaz focuses on helping adults and adolescents who are coping with emotional pain and life challenges.
He aims to provide a respectful, compassionate and non-judgemental space for people to talk through what matters to them. Ayaz takes a collaborative approach to therapy. He listens first, then tailors conversations and plans to each person’s needs.
Background and approach
Sessions are shaped around practical steps and clearer understanding rather than one-size-fits-all methods. Clients can expect a straightforward, calm style during meetings. His work covers a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping problems and parenting strain.
He also supports people dealing with anger, low self-esteem, mood disorders such as bipolar, ADHD and issues linked to relationships and career changes. Additional areas he focuses on include dissociation, guilt and shame, panic, self-harm and young adult challenges. Ayaz draws on a mix of therapies to suit the person in front of him.
He uses attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in relationships and psychodynamic thinking to explore past influences. He also applies client-centred techniques, dialectical behaviour skills and EMDR where helpful for trauma processing. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged for international clients.
Ayaz works via video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging. He encourages people to take the first step and complete a short matching questionnaire to begin the process.
What Ayaz works with
How Ayaz works
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Listed by Ayaz among the ways they work.
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Sessions & fees
How Ayaz’s Approaches Work Online
Attachment-based work looks at how past and present relationships shape feelings and reactions. It helps people notice patterns that cause distress and then try new ways of relating. Client-centred therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist and uses listening, empathy and reflection to help someone find their own solutions. This approach suits people who want a safe space to make sense of their experience. Dialectical behaviour therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving how someone copes day to day; it can help with anger, panic and impulsivity.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Ayaz works collaboratively to decide what fits best for the person’s goals and preferences. He will check in about what seems to be helping and adapt the plan as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when screen time works well. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging enable brief check-ins, ongoing reflections and work that fits around busy days. These formats make it simpler to keep continuity of care when travel, work or location would otherwise get in the way.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| 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
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
