Wajda Tabassum

• Stress and anxiety
• Attachment work
• Creative therapy

About Wajda

Wajda Tabassum helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions and a broad range of emotional and life difficulties. She works with adults and offers remote sessions. She is a BACP member (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) and has four years' experience in counselling.

Wajda describes her sessions as co-created therapeutic spaces. She uses a humanistic, person-centred stance and draws on a range of approaches to suit each person's needs. She encourages authenticity, integrity and respect in sessions and supports people to talk through feelings, situations and decisions.

Her training includes a Foundation Degree in Humanistic Counselling from Middlesex University, a BA (Hons) in Psychology and a Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling. She also holds a Level 5 Certificate in Counselling Children and Young People and a number of additional certificates in assessment, art-based coaching and equality and diversity.

Practical methods Wajda may use include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas, Attachment-based work, Emotionally-Focused Therapy elements, existential perspectives, client-centred techniques and brief or solution-focused methods. She also uses creative approaches such as therapeutic art and inner-child work when appropriate.

Sessions are adapted to the adult client’s goals and circumstances. Wajda offers work in English and indicates she can also use Urdu or Hindi. She is based in Uxbridge, West London and provides remote sessions for people who prefer not to attend in person.

How therapeutic approaches are used in remote counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings and choose actions that match their values; it is often used for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early bonds affect current reactions and intimacy issues. Client-Centred Therapy places the client's experience at the centre of the session, with the counsellor offering non-directive support to help the person clarify feelings and decisions.

Figuring out which approach to use is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and needs and together they will decide which methods to try. That collaborative process helps identify whether ACT, attachment work, client-centred techniques or creative methods are the best fit for the issue at hand.

The profile states that remote sessions are offered, but does not list specific remote formats. Confirm the exact session formats before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work, family or travel; they can also allow shorter check-ins or sessions without video if that suits the client. Registered or accredited professionals often use remote work to maintain continuity of care while adapting practical arrangements to everyday life.

Topics Wajda lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Depression
• Addictions
• LGBT
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Coping with life changes
• Compassion fatigue
• Abandonment
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dependent personality
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Immigration issues
• Impulsivity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Midlife crisis
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Phobias
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sex addiction
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Somatization
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Existential Therapy
• Imago Relationship Therapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Narrative Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy
• Internal Family Systems

Questions about Wajda

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and stress are listed among the main concerns she helps people address.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She offers humanistic, person-centred counselling and draws on approaches such as ACT, attachment-based work, EFT and existential therapy.

How much experience does she have?

She has four years' experience in counselling practice.

Is she a registered counsellor and where is she based?

She is a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in Uxbridge, West London, United Kingdom.

Can I have sessions in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English, and she indicates she can also work in Urdu or Hindi.

What session formats are available?

The biography states she offers remote sessions; please confirm which specific remote formats are available before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started with a first session?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.