Mahin Hamidi, BACP

Mahin Hamidi is an integrative counsellor and a BACP member practising in the United Kingdom. She brings five years of experience to sessions and focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship pain, trauma, grief and major life changes. Mahin emphasises a collaborative approach and respects each person's strengths and choices.

She combines several therapeutic ideas to build a personalised plan. Common methods used include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based techniques and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT). This mix lets her address thoughts, feelings and patterns that keep people stuck.

In practice, Mahin listens for the practical problems that make daily life harder. She helps people notice unhelpful thinking, manage intense emotions, and try small changes between sessions. Conversations may also look at past experiences and attachment patterns that influence current relationships.

Mahin works with a wide range of concerns such as addictions, eating and body-image issues, anger, low self-esteem and compassion fatigue. She also focuses on themes like abandonment, attachment issues, autism and dissociation when these are part of a person's story.

Her style is supportive and direct. She aims to empower people to make choices that fit their values and daily responsibilities. To begin, Mahin asks about what matters most to the person and co‑creates goals for therapy.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is often used for anxiety, stress and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current worries and connection struggles, and it can be useful for relationship pain, abandonment fears and intimacy issues. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on a respectful, non-judgemental relationship where the person leads the pace of change and feels heard; this approach supports self-esteem and emotional processing.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Mahin will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort. That decision is revisited as therapy progresses, so the plan can change if something isn’t helping.

Check the current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to keep continuity of care through life changes, while still allowing for practical, goal-focused work using the therapist’s chosen approaches.