Saima Durrani, ACA

Saima Durrani is an ACA counsellor who uses a collaborative, person-centred approach to help people through stressful life stages. She focuses on practical steps you can use now, and listens for the strengths you already have. Sessions aim to make overwhelming problems feel more manageable. Saima often supports people facing stress, anxiety and relationship strain. She also helps with grief, parenting challenges and recovery from trauma and abuse. Her work includes support for eating and sleeping difficulties, low self‑esteem, career changes and coping with life transitions such as separation or commitment worries. Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and client‑centred methods. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try small behaviour changes and clarify personal values. She also uses skills from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and relationship tools influenced by the Gottman Method when helpful. Saima brings three years of clinical experience and a multicultural perspective. She speaks English, Punjabi, Pushto, Urdu and Hindko, which can make it easier for some people to explain their concerns in their preferred language. She aims to work side by side with each person to set clear, achievable goals. If you want a calm, respectful space to talk through midlife questions, career crossroads or parenting strain, Saima offers straightforward, practical support. To begin, follow the site's Start Therapy process and complete a short matching questionnaire.

How Saima’s approaches translate to online work

Saima often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to guide online sessions. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps despite uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical changes in behaviour and routine that can ease anxiety or improve sleep.

She also uses client‑centred ideas to keep the conversation focused on the person's experience. That means the therapist listens carefully and adapts tools to the individual's goals rather than following a rigid plan. Finding the best approach is a team effort, and she will work with clients to decide which methods suit their needs and preferences.

Confirm the exact session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, reduce travel time and allow shorter check‑in meetings when needed. It can also let people use video or phone in ways that match their comfort and bandwidth. Saima aims to help clients fit sessions into everyday life while choosing methods that match their goals and situation.