Shamma Khatun
Client-centred counsellor for grief and identity
About Shamma
Shamma Khatun is a humanistic counsellor who uses a client-centred approach to help people feeling lost, overwhelmed or stuck. She works in English and Bengali and brings six years of practice supporting individuals through grief, anxiety and identity concerns. Shamma is a BACP member and based in the United Kingdom.
Her sessions focus on listening carefully and responding without judgement. She aims to respect each person's autonomy and to follow the client’s lead when talking about difficult topics.
Background and approach
That means the person in front of her shapes the pace and priorities of the work. Shamma has experience in bereavement support and identity crises that can lead to despair or existential worry. She has also supported people facing faith crises and culturally sensitive problems that are often hard to discuss because of shame or taboo.
Her background includes work in a hospice and with organisations supporting people adapting to life changes. Practical concerns Shamma helps with include stress, relationship and family problems, parenting strain, low self-esteem, career transitions, seasonal affective disorder and compassion fatigue. She also attends to issues such as abandonment, commitment and communication difficulties, isolation, guilt and self-harm thoughts when they arise.
In sessions she offers an empathic, honest presence and aims to create a reliable space for people to talk through their feelings. If someone wants to explore how they see themselves and what they want to change, she works alongside them rather than telling them what to do.
What Shamma works with
How Shamma works
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Sessions & fees
Client-centred care delivered online
Client-centred Therapy places the person seeking help at the heart of the work. The counsellor listens without judging and follows the individual's lead to understand how they see their life. This approach can help with grief, identity issues, anxiety and relationship concerns by creating space to make sense of feelings and choices.Shamma uses this collaborative style to help people identify what matters most to them and to set goals that feel right. She will work with each person to find the best fit between approach and need, adjusting how sessions run based on their goals and preferences rather than imposing a fixed method.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different situations. Video appointments allow face-to-face conversation when useful, phone sessions suit quieter bandwidth or shorter check-ins, and live chat or messaging can help people who prefer writing or need more immediate, shorter exchanges. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, caregiving and life changes while keeping the focus on the therapeutic relationship.
| 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
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Bengali
