Ghada Akkad, BACP

Ghada Akkad works from a person-centred stance that keeps the client at the heart of every session. She draws on practical, evidence-informed methods to help people manage anxiety, stress, low mood and relationship strain. Ghada speaks English and Arabic and offers therapy to people in the United Kingdom and beyond.

Ghada has five years of professional experience and a BACP registration. She uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness alongside client-centred ways of working. Sessions focus on simple, usable tools people can try between meetings.

In therapy she treats the person, not a diagnosis. Conversations are straightforward and down-to-earth. She aims to make sessions feel less daunting by using creativity, humour and plain language while working through difficult topics like trauma, grief or addiction.

Practical concerns such as coping with life changes, career decisions, low self-esteem and compulsive behaviours are commonly addressed. Ghada also helps people explore attachment issues, communication difficulties, feelings of emptiness and multicultural or immigration-related stress.

People can expect a collaborative relationship where the therapist listens first and offers techniques second. The work may include exercises drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, with a focus on what will help most in daily life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It focuses on what matters to you and small actions you can take to move towards those values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and uses straightforward exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Both approaches are useful for anxiety, low mood, compulsive behaviours and life transitions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest suitable methods. This is a collaborative process where you try practical techniques and together you adjust what’s most helpful for you.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you meet face to face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging help fit therapy into busy days and can make it easier to reflect in writing. These options make it simpler to keep continuity of care while fitting sessions around family, work and travel.