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Shabina Kauser, NCPS

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

Works with Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGrief Self esteem Coping with life changes

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Shabina Kauser practises a person-centred approach that puts the client’s experience first. She blends client-centred work with cognitive behavioural and mindfulness techniques to help people manage relationships, grief, low self-esteem and major life changes. Shabina speaks English, Punjabi and Urdu and draws on cultural understanding when relevant.

She aims to make sessions calm and straightforward. Conversations focus on what feels most pressing to the person in front of her. Practical steps and short exercises are used alongside reflective talk to build small changes over time.

Background and approach

Shabina has three years of professional experience supporting people through family conflict, divorce and separation, adoption and foster care concerns, and issues that arise from blended family dynamics. She also helps with communication problems, control issues, loneliness and finding a sense of life purpose.

Her background includes work with Urdu-speaking communities and people from Asia and the Far East, so she is familiar with cultural and generational pressures that affect choices and emotional expression. She notes strengths and limits in reading and writing Punjabi and Urdu and uses spoken fluency to enhance understanding.

Sessions may include motivational interviewing to boost readiness for change, and psychodynamic ideas to look at family of origin issues and patterns. The overall focus is on making therapy understandable and useful, with steps that can be applied between sessions.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience without judgement; it helps when someone needs space to talk through feelings and make decisions at their own pace. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and offers straightforward skills and exercises to reduce distress and improve coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then adapt methods together. That collaborative process makes it easier to try practical exercises, reflective talk or short motivational techniques based on what the person needs.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and guided exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins and text messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and travel and allow different ways to engage with the therapeutic approaches above.

What concerns does Shabina specialise in?

She focuses on relationship and family issues, grief, self-esteem and coping with life changes, plus related matters such as adoption, blended family issues and communication problems.

What style of therapy does she use?

Her work blends client-centred therapy with cognitive behavioural and mindfulness techniques, alongside motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas when helpful.

How much experience does she have?

Shabina has three years of professional experience supporting people with family conflict, grief and personal change.

Where is the therapist based and what credential does she hold?

She practises in the United Kingdom and holds the NCPS credential as provided in the profile.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English, Punjabi and Urdu; she notes stronger spoken fluency in Urdu and Punjabi than in reading and writing those languages.

What session formats are available online?

She works by video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are costs handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Most often

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 3 years
Registered with: NCPS
Languages: English, Punjabi, Urdu

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Shabina Kauser, NCPS

Background and approach

How therapeutic approaches work online

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

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