About Wajda
Wajda Tabassum is a counsellor who aims to help people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief or life changes. She introduces herself simply as Wajda and invites clients to bring what matters most to them. Sessions are offered in English and delivered remotely from the United Kingdom.
She frames sessions as a co-created space where authenticity and respect matter. Wajda uses a humanistic, person-centred stance that lets the client lead while she asks questions and reflects what comes up.
Background and approach
That approach helps people feel heard and more able to make choices about next steps. Her background includes 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.
She also holds a Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling and training relevant to trauma-aware risk assessment. Wajda draws on several therapeutic ideas when needed. She may use Attachment-based work to look at relationship patterns, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to focus on valued choices, or Emotionally-Focused practices to work with strong feelings.
Creative and experiential tasks can be included when they suit the client’s goals. Sessions are tailored to each person. Wajda works with adults on a range of concerns including phobias, trauma and abuse, addictions, sexuality-related concerns, eating or sleep issues, chronic illness challenges, and problems with self-esteem or anger.
She describes therapy as collaborative, practical and grounded in the person’s own values.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Wajda commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas along with Client-Centred methods. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values and take small actions even when worries or fear are present, which can be useful for anxiety or avoidance. Attachment-Based work looks at patterns in relationships and early connections to make sense of current difficulties and improve how people relate to others. Client-Centred therapy focuses on listening, reflection and allowing the client to lead the pace and topics of sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist discusses goals and preferences with the client and may combine methods to suit the issue and the person. Decisions about techniques are made collaboratively rather than imposed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and more closely mirror face-to-face meetings. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing, need brief support between calls, or want flexible timings. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit around work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered 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
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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