About Ayan
Ayan Yahye is a counsellor who works from a client-centred approach and uses cognitive behavioural techniques when helpful. She invites people to explore change at their own pace and focuses on helping them find clearer ways to manage thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Ayan presents herself as warm and non-judgemental, and she highlights support for LGBT concerns among many areas she addresses.
She describes her work as holistic, looking at mental, physical, social and spiritual factors that shape wellbeing.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be collaborative, with the person’s own goals guiding what happens in the room. Practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy are used alongside person-centred listening to tackle anxiety, low mood, panic, and stress-related problems. Her background includes membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which she cites as the professional body she follows.
She has three years of clinical experience working with issues such as relationship and family difficulties, parenting strain, addiction, grief, trauma, and eating or sleeping problems. Ayan also lists additional focus areas like attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, communication problems, guilt and shame, and multicultural concerns. She supports people dealing with career pressures, identity questions, and painful life changes.
The aim is to help people feel more able to cope, make decisions, and reconnect with what matters to them. To begin, prospective clients choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
She sees people in the United Kingdom and accepts international clients, and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What Ayan works with
Everything Ayan lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Ayan is listed here; the rest shows what else Ayan works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Ayan 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 client-centred work and CBT translate online
A client-centred approach focuses on the person’s experience and pace. The counsellor listens closely, reflects back what she hears, and helps the person clarify goals and values. This can be useful for emotional concerns, identity questions, and relationship or parenting strain.Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact. It uses practical exercises and small behaviour changes to reduce anxiety, manage panic, tackle low mood, and address unhelpful patterns like avoidance or rumination.
Deciding which way of working to use is a shared process. The therapist will discuss options with the person and try techniques that match their needs and preferences. Over time they can adapt the focus if something is not helping.
The biography does not specify particular online formats, so confirm available session types before booking. In general, online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people choose audio-only or video depending on comfort and bandwidth. Registered or accredited professionals can work with clients internationally, and practical arrangements are agreed when scheduling.
Questions people ask about Ayan
What issues does Ayan help with?
Ayan works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, grief, trauma, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, and self-esteem difficulties.
What is Ayan's therapeutic style like?
She combines a client-centred way of working with practical cognitive behavioural techniques, offering empathic listening alongside tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of experience working with people on issues such as relationship conflict, parenting challenges, anxiety, and trauma.
What professional credentials does Ayan hold and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How are sessions charged?
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time; costs vary with location and therapist availability.
How do I start working with Ayan?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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