About Aishah
Aishah Elgindy is a counsellor with a decade of practice supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, bereavement and trauma. She works with clients facing relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD and LGBT-related issues. She also helps people cope with major life changes and parenting strains.
Aishah is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She trained as a bereavement counsellor within the NHS and has worked in a specialist antenatal counselling centre for women and children.
Background and approach
She has over four years' experience in mental health recovery settings. Her style is person-centred, which means she shapes sessions around each person's needs and priorities. She blends this with solution-focused and mindfulness techniques to help people find small, practical steps forward.
She also draws on trauma-focused approaches when past trauma is part of the difficulty. In sessions she aims to create an open, non-judgemental space for people to talk through painful experiences. She offers supportive coaching and mentoring alongside counselling when clients want practical tools and planning help.
Her background includes supporting people with antenatal and postnatal depression and those who have experienced child loss. Aishah works in plain language and keeps therapy straightforward. She helps people notice useful changes, try out different strategies and rebuild confidence at a manageable pace.
What Aishah works with
Everything Aishah lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Aishah is listed here; the rest shows what else Aishah works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Aishah lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online counselling
Aishah uses a person-centred approach that focuses on the client's priorities and pace. This means the work begins with what matters most to the client and the counsellor follows their lead to build trusting conversations and clearer goals.She also draws on mindfulness techniques to help people notice thoughts and bodily signals without judgement. These practices can be taught verbally and practised between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve sleep or concentration.
Solution-focused work is about identifying small, practical steps a person can try between sessions. It suits people who want clear, short-term goals and visible progress on day-to-day problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and she will collaborate with each client to decide which methods to use. That choice is based on the person's needs, goals and what feels most helpful in conversation.
The biography does not specify which online formats are used, so please confirm the available session options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, or have a shorter check-in when needed. It can also allow sessions when people are in quieter surroundings or prefer not to use video, depending on the formats offered.
Questions people ask about Aishah
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addiction, eating and sleeping problems, relationship and intimacy concerns, and LGBT-related issues.
What is her counselling style like?
Her work is person-centred, so sessions are guided by the client's priorities. She combines that with mindfulness and solution-focused techniques to find practical steps forward.
How long has she practised?
She has practised as a counsellor for 10 years and has over four years' experience in mental health recovery services.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients be seen?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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