Dr. Pegah Houshmand
Experienced HCPC practitioner psychologist
About Pegah
Dr. Pegah Houshmand is a HCPC-registered practitioner psychologist based in the United Kingdom. She has 12 years of experience across NHS and personal settings and holds a doctorate in counselling psychology.
She focuses on helping people make practical changes that improve everyday life. Her sessions are collaborative and tailored to the person in front of her. She blends several well-known approaches to suit individual needs, working with people to identify what matters to them and set reachable goals.
Background and approach
The emphasis is on clear, manageable steps rather than jargon. Pegah offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people to talk about distressing events and current stresses. Conversations allow exploration of difficult feelings and also build on strengths and resilience.
Practical strategies for coping with stress, mood, sleep and relationships are part of the work. She has experience with issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and addiction, and pays attention to matters like self-esteem, intimacy, eating and sleep difficulties, and career concerns. Additional interests include attachment, neurodiversity, caregiver stress and complex relationship patterns.
Sessions may include short-term problem-focused work or longer-term therapy depending on needs and goals. English is the language offered and international clients can be seen. Therapy is offered by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What Pegah works with
How Pegah works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. It is often useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes because it focuses on small steps toward a meaningful life.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand why they relate to others the way they do and can be useful for intimacy-related issues and relationship distress.
Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the centre. The counsellor offers an accepting, non-judgemental presence while the person leads the pace and topics of sessions. This approach supports self-exploration and building on existing strengths.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and try methods that match goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that feels useful and manageable.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day and need less bandwidth. Live chat or text-based messaging suits quick check-ins, short reflections or when writing feels easier than speaking. Registered or accredited professionals can provide these formats, making it simpler to access ongoing support from different locations.
| 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
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 12 years
- Registered with
- HCPC
- Languages
- English
