About Wajda
Wajda Tabassum is a BACP counsellor who offers remote sessions from the United Kingdom. She works with adults on a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns and LGBT matters. Wajda aims to create a co‑created space where clients can speak openly and be met with empathy and respect.
Her approach is humanistic and person-centred, with sessions shaped around each person's needs. She uses practical tools and creative activities when helpful, and adapts techniques from several therapies to match what a client wants to work on.
Background and approach
This includes focusing on emotions, attachment patterns and values-based goals. Wajda holds a Foundation Degree in Humanistic Counselling from Middlesex University and a BA (Hons) in Psychology. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Other qualifications include a certificate in online and telephone counselling and training in trauma-informed clinical assessment. Sessions are described as collaborative. Clients can expect a mix of listening, reflective questions and hands-on exercises such as creative therapy or brief practical tasks.
The aim is to help people notice patterns, make clearer choices and build skills for everyday life. She speaks English and also has experience with Urdu and Hindi. Wajda supports people navigating grief, addiction, eating and sleeping problems, parenting pressures, career stress and coping with life changes.
If someone wants to explore their concerns, she invites them to take the first step and begin the matching process.
What Wajda works with
Everything Wajda lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Wajda is listed here; the rest shows what else Wajda works with.
- Stress, 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 / 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 addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Wajda lists
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How these approaches shape online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps aligned with those values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions where someone wants more direction. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current patterns and helps people notice and change repeating cycles in their close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss options and try methods that fit a client's goals, needs and preferences. Decisions about which techniques to use are made together, and may change as progress is made.
Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around work, caring duties and travel. Online sessions can make it easier to keep regular appointments, save travel time and allow use of creative tools or homework between meetings. The original biography notes remote sessions are offered, but it does not list specific session formats here, so please confirm current session options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt online work to support emotional processing, skills practice and brief therapeutic tasks.
Questions people ask about Wajda
What kinds of concerns can be discussed?
She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, and issues related to LGBT wellbeing.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Sessions are humanistic and person-centred, with a focus on empathy and collaboration. Wajda mixes listening, reflective questions and practical or creative exercises to suit each person.
What experience does the counsellor have?
Wajda has four years of experience working as a counsellor and has completed multiple related qualifications in counselling and psychology.
What are the counsellor's credentials and base location?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and the counsellor also has experience with Urdu and Hindi.
Can people outside the UK access therapy?
International clients are accepted; confirm practical arrangements and scheduling when you start the process.
How is cost and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin with this counsellor?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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