Faha Makhdum, BACP

Faha Makhdum is a BACP-registered counsellor with 12 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She focuses on helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship worries and trauma. Her approach is warm and respectful, and she aims to tailor conversations and plans to each person’s needs.

Faha listens to the concerns someone brings and works alongside them to find practical ways forward. She has supported people dealing with depression, grief, addiction and sleep or eating difficulties, and she addresses issues such as anger, career strain and compassion fatigue. Jealousy and commitment concerns are also among the relationship topics she helps people think through.

Her practice includes sensitivity to family-of-origin struggles, blended family issues, abandonment and communication problems. She also helps people facing caregiver stress, cancer-related distress and adjustment after separation or domestic violence. The focus is on small, manageable steps rather than quick fixes.

Sessions are shaped around what the client needs and prefers, so conversations and the pace change as progress is made. Faha encourages straightforward language and simple goals during therapy. She aims to create a space where people can talk honestly and work on practical coping skills.

Beginning therapy can feel difficult, and she recognises the courage that takes. The first meetings are used to clarify concerns, set realistic aims and agree on what will be helpful going forward.

How evidence-based approaches work in online therapy

Faha describes her work as based on evidence-informed therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. Two commonly used approaches are cognitive-based methods, which help people notice and reframe unhelpful thinking patterns that feed anxiety or low mood, and emotion-focused strategies, which help someone name and sit with difficult feelings like grief, jealousy or shame so they lose some of their intensity.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will try methods and adjust them until the person feels the work is useful and manageable.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a schedule. It can also allow sessions without video when the person prefers less bandwidth or a quieter, simpler check-in. Registered or accredited professionals, including counsellors, can discuss the best practical setup when you first connect.