Fariba Shahbakhti-Warrington
Practical, compassionate counselling for life challenges
About Fariba
Fariba Shahbakhti-Warrington helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction and trauma. She supports those dealing with depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and people navigating difficult life changes. She also works with concerns related to eating, parenting, bipolar disorder, LGBT issues and the effects of domestic violence.
Her approach is warm and straightforward. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps. Conversations are guided by what matters most to the person in front of her, with attention to feelings, patterns and daily life routines.
Background and approach
Fariba uses a mix of well-known approaches to suit different needs. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns, client-centred ways of listening, and cognitive behavioural techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. She also brings existential ideas into sessions to help people think about meaning and values.
Fariba is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She has three years of professional experience working as a counsellor. She offers sessions in English and Persian and is based in the United Kingdom.
People who meet her can expect straightforward conversation, practical tools and a calm space to talk things through. She helps clients set realistic steps, practise new ways of coping, and review progress together over time.
What Fariba works with
How Fariba works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches you can access online
Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and reactions. It helps people who notice repeated patterns in close relationships and who want to feel safer connecting with others. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and offers practical techniques to reduce anxiety, change unhelpful habits and manage mood. Client-centred therapy places the person at the heart of the process by offering empathic listening and reflecting back what matters most, which can help people find their own solutions and build self-trust.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and check in regularly to adjust the plan as needed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are a close substitute for face-to-face work and allow visual connection. Phone sessions suit shorter check-ins or times when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send thoughts between sessions or have more frequent, brief contact. These options help fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
| 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
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Persian
