Aishah Elgindy, BACP

Aishah Elgindy is a counsellor with more than 10 years' practice who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, grief and trauma. She also supports those managing eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, self-esteem struggles and ADHD. Aishah is a BACP member, and she offers a calm, non-judgemental space to talk through painful experiences and current worries.

She trained within the NHS as a bereavement counsellor and worked in a specialist women and children antenatal counselling centre. She has over four years' experience in mental health recovery work and supports people after pregnancy loss and with antenatal or postnatal depression.

Aishah uses a person-centred approach and also draws on mindfulness, solution-focused methods and trauma-focused ways of working when they suit the person in front of her. She combines counselling with elements of mentoring and life coaching to help clients move from talking into practical change.

In sessions she listens for what matters most, then helps set small, manageable steps. That might mean practising mindful coping exercises, identifying concrete goals, or making a plan to manage distressing memories. The emphasis is on what helps each person feel steadier in day-to-day life.

She works with people who have had diagnoses such as Asperger's, OCD, ADHD, depression and anxiety, and supports those dealing with family conflict, abuse, dissociation and other complex effects of trauma. Aishah welcomes conversations about how therapy can be shaped to fit individual needs.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

A person-centred way of working puts your experience at the heart of sessions. It focuses on listening, reflecting back what matters to you and helping you name your priorities. This approach helps when someone needs a compassionate space to make sense of difficult feelings.

Mindfulness techniques are practical exercises you can practise between sessions. These often involve simple breathing or grounding practices to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and bring attention back to the present moment. Solution-focused methods concentrate on small, achievable steps and short-term goals to help people see progress quickly.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The counsellor will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit your needs and goals. That may mean combining person-centred listening with mindfulness practice or short-term solution-focused tasks, depending on what feels helpful.

The original profile does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow people to continue therapy while living abroad. It also supports regular check-ins, practical homework between sessions and a steady progression from immediate coping to longer-term change.