Zhakirah Bibi
Calm, practical therapy for everyday struggles
About Zhakirah
Zhakirah Bibi helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and relationship difficulties. She also supports clients with grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD concerns, career and parenting issues, and matters around intimacy and eating. Zhakirah greets each person with a calm, approachable manner and aims to make it easier to talk about painful things.
She uses straightforward conversation to understand what matters most to the individual. Sessions focus on practical steps and new ways of responding to old patterns.
Background and approach
She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness to help manage symptoms and build coping skills. Zhakirah also works from an attachment perspective, looking at how early relationships shape current patterns. This can be especially helpful for people struggling with trust, closeness or repeated conflicts.
She takes a client-centred view and shapes work around each person’s goals and pace. She has six years of professional experience and holds the NCPS credential. Her approach blends talking, practical exercises and reflective tasks between sessions.
Zhakirah explains techniques in plain language so they are easy to use day to day. People who choose her can expect clear, steady support aimed at small, achievable changes. Zhakirah aims to help clients feel more confident, less overwhelmed and better able to handle life’s challenges.
What Zhakirah works with
How Zhakirah works
Listed by Zhakirah among the ways they work.
Listed by Zhakirah among the ways they work.
Listed by Zhakirah among the ways they work.
Listed by Zhakirah among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
Approaches in online therapy and how they help
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns influence current ways of relating. It helps when trust, closeness or repeated conflict are a problem by identifying recurring interaction patterns and offering different choices.Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s priorities. This approach is useful for people who need a steady, non-directive space to make sense of their feelings and decide next steps.
Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, emphasises hands-on strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. It is often used for anxiety, panic and low mood because it teaches practical coping skills and short exercises.
Finding the right approach usually happens together. The therapist will discuss a person's goals, try options and adapt methods as needed. That collaborative process helps ensure techniques fit the individual’s needs and preferences.
Online work can be arranged by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
