Therapeutic Approaches — Counselling & Therapy Tailored for You
At Akhtar Counselling & Psychology in London and nationwide online, we provide a range of evidence‑based therapeutic approaches to support mental health, emotional wellbeing, personal growth, and relationship change. Each type of counselling is chosen to best match your needs, goals, and the challenges you’re facing.
Whether you’re seeking anxiety counselling in London, trauma support, family therapy, cognitive behavioural work, or integrative counselling, our approach focuses on your unique experience and real‑world outcomes.
What Is a Therapeutic Approach?
A therapeutic approach is a style or method of counselling that helps you explore thoughts, feelings, behaviour patterns and relationships. Each approach has strengths for certain issues, but most clients benefit from a tailored blend of techniques that fit their personal journey.
Our Key Counselling Approaches
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT helps you recognise and reframe unhelpful thoughts that contribute to anxiety, depression, stress and worry. It’s practical, present‑focused, and solution‑oriented — ideal for people wanting tools to manage negative thinking and behaviour.
Person‑Centred Therapy
This humanistic approach creates a supportive, non‑judgmental space where you are truly heard. With empathy and unconditional positive regard, you can build self‑awareness, confidence, and emotional resilience.
Integrative Counselling
No single model fits every person. Integrative therapy combines techniques from multiple approaches — including CBT, humanistic and psychodynamic elements — to suit your individual needs and goals.
Solution‑Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Focused on your strengths, goals and future possibilities, SFBT is practical and goal‑driven. It helps you identify solutions rapidly and build confidence in small steps toward change.
Family & Systemic Therapy
We look at relationships and family dynamics to help families communicate more effectively, resolve conflicts, and support one another in healthier ways.
Emotionally Focused & Relationship Therapy
A supportive approach for couples and individuals to understand emotional patterns, build secure bonds and strengthen connection and communication.
Behavioural Therapy
Behavioural strategies help you replace unhelpful reactions with healthier habits — especially useful for fears, phobias, compulsive behaviours and addictions.
Psychodynamic & Psychoanalytic Elements
These approaches explore how past experiences shape current feelings and behaviour. They help you understand deeper patterns to foster long‑term insight and change.
Other Supportive Approaches
We also provide supportive and exploratory methods — such as Adlerian therapy, Gestalt, transactional analysis, existential therapy and more — depending on what suits you best.
Why Choose Our Therapeutic Approaches?
✔ Tailored to You: Every person’s challenges and goals are unique — and your counselling plan reflects that.
✔ Evidence‑based: We draw on proven treatment models to give you real, measurable progress.
✔ Warm, Respectful Environment: Therapy is offered in a compassionate, non‑judgmental space where you feel safe and supported.
✔ Experienced Practitioners: Our blended methods come from years of clinical practice and ongoing professional development.
Who Can Benefit?
Our counselling approaches help adults, young people, couples and families dealing with:
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Anxiety, panic & stress
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Depression & low mood
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Trauma & PTSD
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Relationship issues
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Family challenges
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Addictions & behavioural concerns
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Self‑esteem, life transitions & identity issues
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And more
If you’re in London or seeking online therapy across the UK, you can access personalised counselling designed for lasting change.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
Contact us today to book a consultation and discover which approach is right for you. You deserve support that understands you — and helps you thrive.