Kayan Houssein
Integrative counsellor focusing on relationships and trauma
About Kayan
Kayan Houssein works with adults across the United Kingdom who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns and major life changes. He is a BACP registered counsellor and practices both online and in independent practice in London. People who are carrying loss, trauma, addictions or questions about identity may find his way of working helpful.
Kayan adopts an integrative approach that centres the relationship between counsellor and client. He treats people as the expert on their own lives and offers a curious, open stance to help them make sense of difficult feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. He draws on several therapeutic ideas when helping someone work through difficulties. Cognitive approaches are used to spot unhelpful thinking patterns.
Attachment-informed work looks at how early relationships still shape feelings and reactions now. Motivational techniques can support change when someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps. Kayan has a BSc in Psychology and a Diploma in Integrative Counselling.
He is also completing a Master of Arts in Integrative Psychotherapy. His clinical work has included supporting people with psychosis and bipolar within an organisational setting as well as offering independent practice sessions. In practical terms he offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different routines.
He aims to create a calm, grounded space where people can talk through painful memories, rebuild confidence and plan manageable steps forward.
What Kayan works with
How Kayan works
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Sessions & fees
How different approaches work well online
Attachment-informed work focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current feelings and reactions. Online sessions let this be explored through careful conversation and attention to patterns in relationships, which can help with anxiety, attachment concerns and family of origin issues.Client-centred practice means the counsellor listens closely, reflects back what he hears and follows the person’s pace. This style helps people who need understanding, validation and space to make their own decisions about change.
Cognitive-based techniques look at thinking patterns and behaviours that maintain distress. Online work can use short exercises, practical homework and checking-in messages between sessions to track progress and try new strategies.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and then suggest methods to try. It is normal to adapt what is used as therapy proceeds, and the process is shaped by what feels most useful to each person.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier access for many people. Video calls suit fuller conversations and face-to-face interaction, while phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is low or a quieter audio-only check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for shorter updates, ongoing support between sessions or when writing helps someone reflect. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work and family life and to keep momentum between meetings.
| 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
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
