Poonam Sejpal, BACP

Poonam Sejpal is a counsellor with 11 years of experience supporting people through relationship and jealousy concerns, trauma, anxiety and everyday pressures. She offers a calm, warm approach and aims to make sessions straightforward and humane. People come to her when they need help with low mood, stress, anger, self‑esteem or problems around intimacy and parenting.

She uses a mix of talking therapies chosen to suit each person. That can mean practical steps to change unhelpful thinking, looking at early relationship patterns that still affect current life, or helping people tell and reshape the stories they carry about themselves. Sessions focus on what matters now and on building a better way forward.

Poonam describes her style as empathic and non‑judgemental. She avoids labels and aims to treat everyone with respect and sensitivity. This helps people feel safe enough to look at painful memories, relationship hurts or patterns that repeat in their life.

Her background blends humanistic, psychodynamic and cognitive approaches. She has worked with a broad range of concerns including domestic abuse, OCD and ADHD, and with people coping with grief, life changes and career stress. She also supports LGBT clients and people managing control and attachment issues.

Practical outcomes in sessions often include clearer communication, better emotion regulation and more helpful ways to respond in relationships. People who want to start are encouraged to take a small first step and book an initial match and session to see if the approach fits.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Poonam often draws on Attachment‑Based Therapy to look at how early relationships influence current behaviour and emotional responses. This approach helps when jealousy, trust or repeated relationship patterns are the main concern.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing practical changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood and stress where clearer coping steps are helpful.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before. Together they choose methods and pace that suit the person rather than sticking to a single model.

If you are considering online work, check the available session options before booking. Confirming formats up front helps you plan sessions around work, childcare or travel. Online sessions can make it easier to keep appointments, fit therapy into a busy week and reduce travel time, while shorter check‑ins can be used when days are tight.