About Sunah
Sunah Akhtar is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship worries and life changes. She uses a calm, person-centred style and aims to make sessions feel straightforward and practical. Sunah works in the United Kingdom and speaks English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
Sunah draws on nine years of experience in mental health settings. She spent four years on placement at WeStand and Renaissance Horizon supporting people through emotional distress.
Background and approach
She has also delivered therapy online, working with clients through video, phone and messaging services. Her approach blends body-focused somatic ideas with evidence-based techniques such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. That means sessions can include gentle attention to physical sensations, alongside practical steps to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour.
Sunah is a BACP member, which is shown in her listed credential. She uses a person-centred, empathic manner and adapts tools to each person’s needs. Common topics she addresses include trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, sleep and eating concerns, parenting stress, anger and self-esteem.
People also come to her for issues around attachment, intimacy and identity, including LGBT concerns, as well as longer-term conditions such as bipolar and ADHD. She aims to help people build coping skills, clearer thinking and more manageable daily routines. To begin, clients choose a subscription plan and complete a short matching questionnaire.
Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How Somatic and Evidence-Based Work Online
Sunah often combines somatic-informed work and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online sessions. Somatic approaches focus on noticing and working with bodily sensations and holding patterns, which can help with trauma responses, anxiety and stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people name what matters to them, accept difficult thoughts and take small steps that match their values.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences and day-to-day life. That can mean mixing somatic awareness, ACT and practical CBT exercises until a useful combination is found.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and sharing visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when internet bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer typing, want regular brief contact or need more flexible scheduling. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- 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
- Parenting issues
- 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 esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu