About Zoleikha
Dr. Zoleikha Gholizadeh is a counsellor with 19 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She holds NCPS credentialing and speaks English, Azerbaijani and Persian.
She focuses on helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, trauma, anger and depression, among other concerns. She aims to create an open and non-judgemental space. In sessions she encourages clients to talk about difficult thoughts and feelings at a pace that feels manageable.
Background and approach
The work is presented as a partnership where the client’s goals guide the process. Her background includes long-term clinical work with a wide range of emotional and behavioural concerns. This includes managing panic and phobic responses, obsessive thinking and compulsive behaviours, and reactions after traumatic events.
She also supports people facing life changes such as fertility or cancer-related stress and postpartum mood difficulties. Dr Gholizadeh adapts the approach to each person’s situation. Practical techniques are offered alongside chances to reflect on meaning, values and relationships.
Sessions can include short-term problem solving or longer work to change patterns that keep difficulties going. She accepts international clients and offers contacts in multiple languages to help people feel understood. For people who want flexible access, she provides a mix of online formats so therapy can fit around everyday life.
Therapeutic approaches and online delivery
Dr Gholizadeh uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on reducing distress and changing unhelpful patterns. One common approach helps people face and reduce phobic and panic responses through gradual exposure and coping skills; this teaches practical steps to manage fear and build tolerance. Another approach targets intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviours by encouraging new ways of responding to unwanted urges and developing clear, repeatable strategies to interrupt cycles.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss different techniques with each person and agree on a plan that fits their needs, goals and preferences. Decisions are made together and can change as clients make progress or face new challenges.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to make access easier. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a short break during a busy day and need less bandwidth, while chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins or when writing feels more comfortable. These options aim to make therapy flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Azerbaijani, Persian
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