Sadia Khan, BACP
Supportive counsellor for parenting and life changes
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 4
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Sadia
Sadia Khan is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and parenting concerns. She addresses relationship strain, grief, trauma and addiction in straightforward sessions. She speaks English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu and aims to make therapy approachable for people from different backgrounds.
Her style is warm and non-judgemental. She listens closely and reflects what she hears so clients feel understood. Sessions are collaborative and practical, with time for short-term coping and longer-term change.
Background and approach
Sadia blends a number of approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to tackle unhelpful thinking and build new habits. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationships and how early patterns affect current life.
With four years of professional practice and BACP registration, she draws on experience with a broad range of concerns including body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and communication problems. She also supports people facing abandonment, adoption and foster care matters. Therapy sessions may include talking, practical exercises and skill-building.
Sessions can be delivered by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. People who want to begin are asked to complete a short questionnaire and then arrange sessions to suit them.
What Sadia works with
Everything Sadia lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sadia helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sadia lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Approaches for online parenting and life work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to notice thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed steps towards what matters, which can help with anxiety, stress and difficult decisions.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises and experiments to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new coping habits, useful for depression, anxiety and low self-esteem.
Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape present patterns. It helps people recognise relational habits and try different ways of connecting, which can assist with relationship strain and parenting worries.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then choose methods together. Sessions may combine approaches so the plan fits the client’s needs rather than following a single set method.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well for hands-free discussions, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text-based messaging helps when someone prefers written reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other commitments, and let people choose the format that feels most helpful.
Questions people ask about Sadia
What issues does this counsellor help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and parenting concerns, plus many related areas such as grief and addiction.
How would a session feel and what approach is used?
Sessions are warm and non-judgemental and focus on practical steps. She blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and attachment-informed work to match what each person needs.
What experience does she bring?
She has four years of professional practice working with a wide range of concerns and cultural backgrounds.
What credentials and region apply?
She is registered with BACP and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are accepted and can access sessions from outside the United Kingdom.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be provided by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How does the subscription and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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