About Malik
Malik Akhtar is a counsellor with 22 years' experience who aims to help people facing anxiety, phobias, addiction and life changes. He works in a straightforward, calm way and adapts the pace to each person. He speaks English, Punjabi and Urdu and practices from the United Kingdom.
Malik trained as a Person Centred counsellor and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. He offers both short-term and longer-term work, and chooses methods to suit each person's needs rather than applying one fixed model.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking rather than jargon. In sessions Malik listens for what matters most to the person in front of him. He draws on client-centred and solution-focused ideas to help people set realistic goals.
Mindfulness techniques are used where appropriate to manage stress, panic and low mood. He also uses motivational interviewing to support people who want to change habits, including issues with drugs, alcohol and other addictive behaviours. Where trauma, grief or longstanding patterns appear, Malik aims to help people make sense of their experience and find small, manageable ways forward.
People choose him when they want a steady, practical approach to problems such as work stress, relationship strain, depression, obsessional thoughts, or parenting challenges. Sessions are conversational and goal-aware, with a focus on building coping skills and clearer decision-making.
How Malik's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own goals and experience. The therapist listens carefully and reflects back what matters, helping people find their own solutions and build self-trust. This approach suits issues like low self-esteem, life changes and everyday anxiety.Solution-Focused Therapy aims to identify small practical steps toward a desired future. It concentrates on strengths and what already helps, making it useful for stress, relationship concerns and coping strategies. Mindfulness Therapy adds simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage panic or intrusive thoughts.
Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. Malik will talk with the person about their priorities and try approaches that match those goals. He adapts techniques as the work progresses so the plan stays relevant to changing needs.
Online sessions give flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit short check-ins or ongoing written work. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and travel commitments while keeping momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Punjabi, Urdu
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