Farhaana Hanif
Calm person-centred counselling for emotional overwhelm
About Farhaana
Farhaana Hanif is a person-centred counsellor who draws on three years of experience in the social care sector. She offers a calm, empathic space where people can feel heard. Fee focuses on helping people who are carrying heavy emotions and need room to make sense of them.
She works with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports people coping with major life changes and the exhaustion that comes with burnout.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to help clients find clarity and build steady coping skills. Farhaana’s style is warm and collaborative. She listens first and follows each person’s pace.
Conversations are gentle but aim to uncover patterns and practical steps forward. In session she helps people untangle feelings, test new ways of responding, and practise skills that support day-to-day life. The work is not a quick fix; it is intended to create lasting calm and greater confidence.
She pays attention to relationship questions, communication struggles, and issues such as codependency, body image, chronic illness, and caregiver stress. People also come for help with feelings of emptiness, abandonment concerns, or trouble managing intense emotions. Farhaana offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging to fit different needs.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, and she works with people in the United Kingdom who speak English.
What Farhaana works with
Sessions & fees
Approaches that guide online counselling
Farhaana uses a person-centred approach which focuses on empathic listening and following the client’s lead. This method helps people feel understood and gives them space to explore difficult emotions at their own speed.She also applies evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage anxiety, depression and the after-effects of trauma. These techniques involve identifying patterns, practising new responses, and building everyday coping skills that reduce overwhelm.
Choosing the right way of working is part of the journey. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which techniques fit their goals and comfort level. That collaborative planning helps shape the pace and focus of sessions over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging, offering flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when deeper interaction is helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a simpler option for a focused check-in. Live chat or text messaging suit shorter, more frequent contact or when writing helps clarify thoughts.
These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, balance work or caregiving duties, and choose the way of communicating that feels most manageable.
| 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
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
