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Ayan Yahye, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 3 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesCoping with life changes

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Ayan Yahye is a counsellor who uses person-centred and cognitive behavioural approaches to help people work through emotional difficulties. She offers calm, practical support for everyday problems. Her style is grounded and collaborative, with an emphasis on the client's own pace and choices.

She draws on three years of practice alongside membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, or BACP. That membership guides her professional standards and approach.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on understanding what matters to each person and developing realistic steps forward. Typical concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety and low mood. She also helps people dealing with relationship strain, family and parenting questions, grief, trauma, addictive behaviours and issues around self-esteem and body image.

Practical coping skills are paired with space to talk and reflect. Her work pays attention to how culture and identity shape experience. She supports people facing multicultural challenges, LGBT issues, guilt and shame, isolation and life-purpose questions.

Sometimes the focus is on managing panic or trauma symptoms; other times it is building confidence and clearer communication. Sessions can be arranged by people in the United Kingdom or internationally. Therapy is delivered remotely by video, phone, live chat or text messaging.

To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

How her approaches work online

Ayan uses Client-Centred Therapy to create a respectful, listening-led space where people can express what matters to them. This approach focuses on empathy, acceptance and supporting the person's own pace as they make sense of their feelings.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which involves identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing practical strategies to change them. CBT can be helpful for anxiety, mood difficulties, panic and repetitive unhelpful thinking by offering clear exercises and tools to try between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss options with each person and adapt methods to fit their goals, preferences and pace. That collaborative decision-making helps make therapy relevant and manageable.

Online therapy offers practical advantages for people fitting sessions into busy lives. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or suit lower bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging allow ongoing check-ins and reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to attend regularly, try different formats, and keep momentum when life is hectic.

What problems does Ayan help with?

Ayan supports people facing stress, anxiety and depression as well as relationship strain and parenting concerns. She also works with grief, trauma, addiction, self-esteem and body image issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her practice combines Client-Centred Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques. That means she offers empathic listening alongside practical tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.

What experience does she have?

She has three years of experience working with a range of emotional and practical difficulties. Her work aims to be collaborative and paced to each person's needs.

Where is she based and what professional membership does she hold?

She practises from the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, abbreviated as BACP.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English. She also accepts clients from other countries and can work with international clients.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is delivered remotely via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. These options allow flexibility for different schedules and preferences.

How much does therapy cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is charged through a subscription model. The subscription can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Most often

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Also listed

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 3 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Ayan Yahye, BACP

Background and approach

How her approaches work online

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety