Dilnia Horton, BACP

Dilnia Horton helps people facing relationship strain and struggles with self-esteem. She supports those dealing with family tensions, eating concerns and parenting pressures. Sessions are offered in English and Kurdish and take place online in formats that suit the client. Dilnia has 13 years of experience supporting people through issues such as abandonment, attachment worries and the challenges of adoption and foster care. She also works with people coping with body image concerns, codependency, and the stress of caregiving. Her practice includes support around divorce and separation, blended family dynamics, and commitment or communication difficulties. Her approach mixes a few different methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice patterns of thinking and change unhelpful behaviours. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on emotions in relationships to improve connection and understanding. She also draws on mindfulness techniques to help with emotional regulation and psychodynamic ideas to look at long-standing patterns that influence current life. Dilnia aims to build a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can talk openly about what matters to them. She works collaboratively to set goals and choose practical steps that fit each person’s life. Sessions can include short exercises, reflection and discussion tailored to the individual. Clients in the United Kingdom can work with Dilnia by using the site’s matching process and scheduling tools. Costs vary with location and the subscription based arrangement can be cancelled at any time.

How these approaches work online

CBT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours to see what changes. Online sessions using CBT often include practical exercises and homework the client can try between meetings to build new habits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centres on feelings in relationships and aims to improve how people connect and respond to each other; in online sessions this can mean focused conversations about patterns and new ways of relating. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage difficult emotions, and these practices can be shared and practised during phone or video meetings.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work with each person to clarify goals and pick methods that suit their needs and preferences. That collaborative decision can change over time as progress is made and new priorities emerge.

Online work offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people write between meetings or fit sessions into busy days. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it around family, work and life commitments.