Wajda Tabassum, BACP | Therapist in United Kingdom

Person-centred care
Attachment-informed
Creative approaches

About Wajda

Wajda Tabassum is a BACP counsellor who offers therapy for adults from a warm, non-judgemental stance. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression and codependency concerns. Wajda aims to create sessions where clients feel heard and can explore what matters to them in practical, real terms.

Her approach blends humanistic person-centred work with attachment-informed thinking. Sessions are co-created so each plan fits the person's needs. She uses creative activities, inner child work and emotionally focused methods when these suit the situation.

Wajda trained in counselling with a Foundation Degree in Humanistic Counselling from Middlesex University and holds a BA (Hons) in Psychology and other related qualifications. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.

She offers remote sessions from her base in Uxbridge, West London, and communicates in English, Urdu and Hindi. Wajda emphasises authenticity, empathy and respect in every meeting and adapts tools like brief therapy, narrative techniques and elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy where helpful.

Her work often addresses practical problems such as sleep and eating difficulties, parenting pressures, workplace stress and coping with life changes. People who choose her can expect a collaborative, down-to-earth process that focuses on small, achievable steps toward change.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Wajda uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on values-based actions. ACT is useful for anxiety, low mood and patterns that feel stuck. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at relationship patterns and early care experiences that shape how people connect and respond to others. This work can help with intimacy issues and codependency. Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the centre of the session and focuses on empathy, acceptance and supporting self-direction; it is helpful when someone needs space to understand their feelings and choices.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to a person’s situation, goals and preferences and then recommend which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as progress is reviewed.

The profile states that she offers remote sessions, so it is possible to fit counselling into a busy week without travel. Please confirm the exact session formats directly before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to join from different locations, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce time spent travelling so therapy fits around work, childcare or other commitments.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Depression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTGrief Intimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependency Commitment issues Communication problems Control issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separation Domestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgiveness Guilt and shameImmigration issuesImpulsivityIsolation / loneliness JealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyEmotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyImago Relationship TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

4+ years

Credentials

Listed on profile

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of issues does Wajda help with?

The profile lists many concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions, codependency, and sleep or eating problems.

How would she describe her therapeutic style?

She uses a humanistic, person-centred approach that is warm and empathetic, and brings in emotionally focused and attachment-based ideas as needed.

What is her experience and background?

She has four years of experience and holds a Foundation Degree in Humanistic Counselling plus a BA (Hons) in Psychology and related certificates.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

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

Which languages can sessions be held in?

Sessions are offered in English, Urdu and Hindi.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

International clients are accepted according to the profile.

How are costs and bookings handled?

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

What do I do to start therapy?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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