Mehreen Haroon-Ali, BACP, NCPS

Mehreen Haroon-Ali offers a warm, person-centred counselling style rooted in humanistic values. She draws on several practical approaches to help people who feel stuck by stress, anxiety, loss or low self esteem. Her manner is friendly and non-judgemental, and she aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable.

Mehreen explains things plainly and treats each session as time for someone to be heard. She believes clients are the experts on their own lives and that therapy is a chance to build on personal strengths. Sessions may include talking, gentle reflection and practical steps to test new ways of coping.

Her background includes five years of professional experience and registrations with BACP and NCPS. She has worked with a wide range of concerns including relationship strain, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, parenting pressures and issues around identity and intimacy. She also supports people facing career stress, bipolar challenges, sleep or eating difficulties, and compassion fatigue.

Mehreen uses a blend of methods, often drawing on cognitive behavioural techniques alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-informed thinking. She adapts the approach to each person rather than using one fixed method. Creative tools may be offered only when someone feels comfortable trying them.

Sessions are available in English and she accepts international clients. Getting started involves selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a time that suits the client.

How Mehreen’s approaches work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them, and then take actions that match their values. This can be useful for anxiety, stress and life changes where avoidance has become the default. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns formed in relationships and helps people understand how those patterns affect current connections and emotional responses, which can aid when intimacy or trust feels difficult.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mehreen will discuss goals and preferences together and try methods that fit the person rather than sticking rigidly to one model. Sessions are collaborative and adjusted as someone learns what helps them most.

Online sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone appointments, live chat or text-based messaging. Video suits deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can be better when bandwidth is low, live chat allows a shorter check-in and messaging supports people who prefer written reflection. These options give flexibility to fit therapy around work, travel or family commitments, and make regular contact easier to maintain.