Hanan Abubasheer , ACA

Hanan Abubasheer is a certified counsellor who holds ACA accreditation, a professional counselling credential, and brings over three years of hands-on experience across counselling, psychology support, research assistance, social work, and health promotion and education. She combines these disciplines to offer informed, practical support that reflects both clinical knowledge and community-focused practice.

Her work spans local and international settings, which has strengthened her cross-cultural competence and her capacity to connect with clients, other professionals, and community stakeholders in a variety of circumstances. That breadth of experience supports a flexible, empathetic approach to helping people navigate stress, transitions, and complex personal concerns.

Hanan emphasizes engagement and responsiveness in her interactions, adapting her style to meet individual needs and circumstances. Her background in research assistance and health promotion informs a thoughtful, evidence-aware practice that aims to empower clients with skills and understanding to manage challenges and pursue meaningful change.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Flexible Online Care

Hanan works from an evidence-based orientation that emphasizes practical, skills-focused techniques designed to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. In this context, she uses structured, skills-based strategies to help clients identify unhelpful patterns, develop coping tools, and build resilience for stress and anxiety.

She also integrates trauma-aware methods when supporting people affected by past harm, focusing on pacing, stabilization, and techniques that help restore a sense of safety and agency. These approaches are tailored to each person’s needs and applied in a deliberate, stepwise way to support recovery and coping.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process. Hanan works with clients to explore options, considers individual goals and preferences, and adjusts methods as progress unfolds. Online therapy offers practical benefits - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to access licensed professionals from home or work. This flexibility helps people maintain consistency in care while working toward meaningful change.