Counsellor profile
Durdana Soomro, BACP
Based in United Kingdom ยท 9 years of experience
Counsellor for anxiety and relationships
Continue with DurdanaAt a glance
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom (393935)
- Qualifications
- BACP
- Experience
- 9 years
- Languages
- English
- Based in
- United Kingdom
Details come from information Durdana supplied to BetterHelp.
- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship and intimacy
- Infidelity and multicultural
About Durdana
BACP. 9 years of experience. Durdana Soomro works with stress, anxiety, relationships, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, depression and grief. She also focuses on infidelity and multicultural concerns and offers counselling in English.
She uses a mix of approaches including attachment-based ideas, client-centred talking, cognitive behavioural techniques, dialectical behaviour strategies and emotionally-focused work. Sessions emphasize practical conversation about what is happening now and ways to try different responses between meetings. Durdana aims to be respectful and sensitive in how she listens and talks through problems.
Her counselling style is straightforward and conversational. She works with people who want clearer communication, more confidence or relief from constant worry. Practical tools and simple experiments are often used alongside deeper conversations about feelings and relationships.
Durdana draws on attachment ideas to look at how early patterns affect current bonds. She uses cognitive-behavioural strategies to spot and change unhelpful thinking and DBT-informed techniques to manage strong emotions. Emotionally-focused approaches help when relationship or intimacy issues are central.
People from different cultural backgrounds are noted as an area of focus. Durdana aims to consider cultural factors when talking about relationship expectations and grief. She accepts international clients and works in English.
To begin, the service asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Therapeutic approaches used in online counselling
Attachment-based work looks at how early connections shape current relationships. It helps when recurring patterns leave someone feeling disconnected or fearful in close relationships. Client-centred counselling focuses on the person's experience in the moment and uses reflective listening to clarify thoughts and feelings. It supports people who want a conversational process to make sense of things. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and tests new ways of thinking and behaving; it is often used for anxiety, low mood and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor and client review needs, goals and preferences and decide what to try first. That collaborative process can include combining techniques from different approaches as problems change or new priorities emerge.
Session formats are not detailed in the supplied biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people continue work with the same counsellor when moving between places, which helps maintain continuity of care.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
9+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she work with?
Durdana works with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, depression and grief. She also focuses on infidelity and multicultural concerns.
What is her counselling approach?
She combines attachment-based, client-centred, cognitive behavioural, dialectical behaviour and emotionally-focused methods. The emphasis is on practical conversation and techniques to try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience working in counselling and related roles.
Is she BACP registered and where is she based?
Her credential is BACP and she is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
International clients are accepted and she offers sessions in English.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm the current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Costs vary with location and sessions are provided via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
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