Counsellor profile
Arham Abtahi, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and trauma
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 399206
- Experience
- 6 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Attachment-based work
- Mindfulness practice
- Motivational interviewing
About Arham
Arham Abtahi is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with six years' experience working with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression and relationship concerns. She helps people manage life changes, grief, intimacy-related issues and career or family difficulties. Her work also covers codependency, attachment and abandonment worries.
She uses an integrative approach rooted in attachment and client-centred methods. Sessions focus on how early relationships affect present patterns, and on understanding reactions rather than blaming them. Conversations are straightforward and practical, with attention to feelings, bodily responses and everyday behaviour.
Arham often draws on existential ideas to look at meaning, choice and responsibility in a person’s life. She also uses mindfulness techniques to help people notice thoughts and sensations without getting overwhelmed. Motivational interviewing supports clearer decision making when change feels hard.
Her background includes working with survivors of domestic abuse and sexual abuse, and with people navigating complex cultural and family dynamics. This experience informs how she recognises trauma responses and safety needs in sessions. The emphasis is on steady, manageable steps rather than quick fixes.
Therapy is collaborative. Clients can expect a relational style that centres their goals and pace. Practical tools for boundary setting, communication and coping skills are offered alongside space to reflect on long-standing patterns and values.
How sessions work
Using attachment and client-centred approaches online
Arham commonly uses attachment-based and client-centred ideas to guide online work. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current reactions and patterns, and helps people notice repetitive ways they relate to others. Client-centred therapy places the person's concerns and goals at the heart of sessions, with the counsellor following the client's pace and perspective.She also brings in mindfulness and motivational interviewing when helpful. Mindfulness practice teaches simple ways to notice thoughts and sensations without getting swept away. Motivational interviewing supports clarity about change when someone feels stuck or unsure.
Finding the right approach is part of the process; the therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit a client's needs and goals. That may mean trying a few techniques and checking in about what actually helps.
Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make fitting therapy into a busy life easier, such as shorter check-ins during a work break or sessions without travel time. It can also allow people to focus on voice-only conversations if they prefer not to be on camera.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, intimacy concerns and related areas such as codependency and attachment problems.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is relational and client-centred, drawing on attachment, existential and mindfulness approaches to address how past relationships shape present patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience working in counselling and psychotherapy settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are accepted; check any regional or legal considerations before booking across borders.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.