About Saf
Dr. Saf Buxy helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and relationship concerns. He has two decades of professional experience and approaches each person with respect and compassion.
His straightforward style aims to make the first steps easier for people who feel overwhelmed. He uses clear, goal-focused conversations to identify what is most worrying and what small changes might help. Sessions are adapted to each person's situation and pace rather than following a fixed script.
Background and approach
That means practical strategies and space to talk through difficult memories or habits as they come up. Dr. Buxy has worked across a wide range of concerns over 20 years, including grief, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain and career stress.
He also supports people facing identity-related stress such as LGBT issues, and complex patterns like codependency and attachment difficulties. He pays attention to both immediate coping - for example when panic or cravings hit - and longer-term patterns that keep problems repeating. The work can include learning new ways to cope, improving communication, and rebuilding confidence step by step.
People can expect a calm, non-judgemental space where dialogue and a tailored plan sit at the centre of the process. Dr. Buxy aims to help clients find manageable steps forward and clearer thinking about their goals.
Approaches and how online therapy can help
Dr. Buxy commonly draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and managing symptoms in daily life. One approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, then practise alternative responses to reduce anxiety and low mood. This can be useful for stress, panic and unhelpful rumination.Another approach targets habits and triggers, helping people understand what leads to addictive or compulsive behaviours and building step-by-step plans to manage cravings and stay on track. That kind of work also supports improving sleep and daily routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. He treats this as a collaborative process, talking through options and adjusting the plan based on a person's needs, goals and preferences. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to try and when to change course.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can support shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These formats help fit therapy around work, family life and travel while keeping the focus on the therapeutic goals.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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