Reihaneh Sabzalian, BACP

Reihaneh Sabzalian is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She speaks English and Persian and works from a perspective that respects each person's experience. She encourages gentle, steady steps when someone starts therapy and acknowledges how hard that first step can feel.

With three years of professional experience and a Master of Science in Counselling and Psychotherapy, she blends a few complementary approaches in sessions. Her work draws on person-centred ideas that place the client’s experience at the centre. Attachment-based thinking helps when relationships and early bonds affect current emotions and reactions.

Cognitive-behavioural techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of responding. Reihaneh aims to make these tools practical so people can use them between sessions. She describes therapy as a collaborative process where clients bring their knowledge of their own lives.

She has supported people through loss, motivation struggles, body image concerns, caregiving stress, chronic health impacts and relationship breakups. Reihaneh also works with issues such as codependency, commitment and communication problems, dissociation, and difficulties linked to personality patterns.

Her style is warm and respectful, focusing on what a person can build from their strengths. She invites prospective clients to consider what they want to change and to take the next step when ready.

How Reihaneh adapts evidence-based approaches for online care

Reihaneh draws on person-centred work, which means she puts the person's experience first and follows their pace. This approach helps people feel heard and shapes the conversation around what matters most to them.

She also uses attachment-informed ideas to look at how early relationships influence current reactions and patterns. This can help when trust, abandonment concerns or relationship struggles keep resurfacing.

Cognitive-behavioural techniques are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of coping. These are practical steps that people can practise between sessions to reduce anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will help clients decide what fits their goals, needs and preferences, and will adjust methods as the work progresses in a collaborative way.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into busy lives, for example by saving travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, and making it easier to attend when juggling work or caring responsibilities. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt techniques for remote sessions and help clients make them practical for everyday routines.