Ghada Akkad
Compassionate counsellor focused on practical change
About Ghada
Ghada Akkad works mainly through client-centred and cognitive approaches that focus on practical steps and personal values. She uses simple, down-to-earth language to help people lower stress, manage anxiety and lift low mood. Ghada writes and listens in English and Arabic to reach a wider range of people in the United Kingdom and beyond.
She aims to make therapy feel straightforward rather than intimidating. Sessions focus on what matters to the person and on small changes that add up.
Background and approach
Ghada encourages clients to spot strengths they already have and to try out new ways of coping between meetings. Her background includes five years working in counselling in the UK and a BACP registration. That experience covers common difficulties such as relationship strain, low self-esteem, grief, trauma and problems with motivation or purpose.
She also supports people facing addiction, compassion fatigue and major life changes. Ghada uses a mix of approaches - acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive techniques and mindfulness - chosen to suit each person. The practical work can include noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, building steady routines and practising acceptance of difficult feelings.
People meet her for short-term support and for longer work when needed. Sessions may include real-life exercises, reflective conversation and straightforward planning for next steps. The overall aim is clearer choices, steadier moods and better day-to-day coping.
What Ghada works with
How Ghada works
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Sessions & fees
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps in that direction while accepting difficult feelings. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and habits and teaches practical skills to change them, which can ease stress and compulsive behaviours. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm in daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and try different methods together to see what feels most useful. This is a collaborative process where the plan can change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls enable face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and messaging provide quick check-ins or a way to reflect between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family commitments and travel, and help people keep continuity of support even when schedules change.
| 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
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Arabic
