Zayd Awan
Practical, compassionate support for life’s hard moments
About Zayd
Zayd Awan helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low mood and big life changes. He is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and offers straightforward support for a wide range of concerns. Zayd writes simply and listens carefully to what matters to each person.
Zayd draws on five years of practice to guide conversations about trauma, addictions, self‑esteem and relationship problems. He also supports people coping with grief, career shifts, sleep and eating issues, and neurodiverse concerns such as ADHD.
Background and approach
The aim is to make sense of what is happening now and find practical ways to feel steadier day to day. His style mixes gentle reflection with practical tasks. Sessions can use talking, breathwork and imaginative exercises when they help.
He will invite people to notice feelings, try new ways of relating and test small changes between sessions. Zayd is comfortable discussing sexuality, intimacy and non‑normative sexual cultures including BDSM and kink when these topics are relevant. He also works with themes such as abandonment, attachment wounds, codependency and shame, helping people approach those issues without judgement.
People who prefer remote therapy can meet him online by video, phone or messaging. The first meetings focus on what the person wants to change and what a helpful pace looks like. From there Zayd and the person agree the next steps together.
What Zayd works with
Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches work online
Evidence informed talking therapy helps people make sense of symptoms and try new habits. Cognitive and behavioural strategies involve identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small behaviour changes to ease anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Somatic or body‑focused practices such as breathwork and guided movement bring attention to bodily responses and can help when trauma, stress or burnout feels stuck.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and together decide which techniques to try. That collaborative process means methods can change as progress unfolds so treatment fits the person rather than the other way round.
Online sessions via video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions suit people who need a shorter check in or lower bandwidth. Messaging and live chat are good for brief updates, reflection between sessions and people who prefer writing. These formats help people fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping the focus on steady progress.
| 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
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
