Sunah Akhtar, BACP
9 years in practice
Sunah Akhtar is a counsellor who helps people make sense of stressful or confusing times.
License and registration
- BACP
- 400423 · expires October 2026
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Sunah
Sunah Akhtar is a counsellor who helps people make sense of stressful or confusing times. She works with adults facing anxiety, depression, relationship strain and life changes. Sunah speaks English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu and practises from the United Kingdom.
Sunah draws on a mix of approaches to suit each person. She uses Jungian ideas to look at personal meaning and recurring life themes. She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live by their values despite difficult feelings.
Background and approach
Her background includes nine years of clinical work and a four-year placement at organisations supporting people in distress. Sunah is a BACP member, which links her to national standards of practice. She has experience working with grief, trauma and attachment concerns, as well as issues such as addiction, bipolar mood management and compassion fatigue.
In a session she focuses on active listening and practical steps. Conversations often involve looking at patterns, trying small experiments between sessions, and building clearer routines for sleep, eating and coping. She explains techniques plainly and checks they fit each person’s life.
Sunah also brings experience from social entrepreneurship into her practice, which informs her interest in resilience and adaptability. People who want support with career crossroads, parenting strain or body image find her approach down-to-earth. The first meetings typically focus on identifying immediate priorities and agreeing goals for therapy.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sunah lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- 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
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- 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
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- 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
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sunah names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Online approaches and how they help
Jungian therapy looks at personal symbols, recurring life themes and the stories people tell about themselves. It can help when someone wants deeper understanding of patterns that keep repeating in relationships or work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on values and taking small steps even when feelings are hard; it is useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try specific experiments to change behaviour and improve sleep, eating or routine.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences in early sessions and then agree which methods to try. This collaborative process means techniques are chosen to match the client's needs rather than following a fixed formula.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls are good for discussion that mirrors in-person sessions. Phone sessions work well if bandwidth is low or the client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging can suit brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or people who find writing easier than speaking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
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Questions people ask
What issues does Sunah work with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction and many life changes.
What is Sunah's general counselling style?
Her style is person-centred and empathic. Sessions combine listening with practical steps and reflective work to clarify goals.
How much experience does she have?
Sunah has nine years of clinical experience, including a four-year placement providing emotional support at community organisations.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu, and she is open to working with international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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