Bushra Yassin, BACP

Bushra Yassin helps people facing grief, trauma, relationship and family concerns. She also supports those coping with anxiety, stress, addictions, self-esteem struggles and major life changes. She is Bushra Yassin, a counsellor with seven years of professional experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

She uses straightforward, person-focused work. Conversations are tailored to each person’s needs and background. She pays attention to cultural and religious factors that shape how people experience hardship and recovery.

Her practice covers many practical concerns. These include bereavement, domestic violence, parenting stress, sleep problems, career worries, and difficulty with intimacy or communication. She also supports people facing chronic illness, body-image issues, and substance or eating difficulties.

Therapeutic approaches in her work include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based methods, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and Jungian ideas. She draws from these to help people notice unhelpful patterns, learn new coping skills and clarify what matters most to them.

Sessions can focus on short-term goals or on longer personal exploration. Bushra aims to create a respectful, sensitive space where people feel heard. She works with English and Urdu speakers and offers remote sessions for people in different places.

Practical therapy approaches for online support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and to take steps that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people build safer, more trusting ways of relating. This can be helpful for intimacy, abandonment concerns and communication problems. Client-Centred Therapy rests on attentive listening and genuine empathy to help people feel understood and find their own solutions; it can be useful across many concerns including grief, self-esteem and chronic stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will select methods and adjust the plan as progress is made, so therapy stays relevant to the person’s needs.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make appointments more flexible. Video calls are good for a fuller face-to-face feel, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be a shorter check-in and messaging lets people write in between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping the focus on meaningful change.