Mustabshira Durrani , BACP

Mustabshira Durrani is a UK-credentialed therapist with 13 years of professional experience and holds BACP accreditation, which denotes membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She supports people dealing with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, low self-esteem, and depression, helping them explore practical ways to feel more able and grounded.

Her approach centers on opening up new perspectives so clients can better understand themselves and their lives. She aims to help individuals uncover choices that may have seemed out of reach, resolve longstanding hurts, and move toward greater contentment. Sessions are offered in a warm, non-judgemental environment where difficult thoughts and emotions can be examined and worked through.

Drawing on personal experience of navigating hardship, she brings compassion, sensitivity, and understanding to the therapeutic relationship. That lived insight informs her work with people who feel overwhelmed by fear, anxiety, or hopelessness, while also fostering confidence that with steady support and commitment change is possible. She encourages each person to take the first step and offers a patient, collaborative space for that journey.

Evidence-based approaches and online therapy

Mustabshira Durrani uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to the presenting issue. One strand focuses on practical skill-building to manage stress and anxiety, helping clients notice unhelpful thinking patterns and develop coping strategies to reduce day-to-day distress. Another strand centers on trauma-informed work and grief support, offering gradual, paced ways to process painful memories and emotions so that past experiences are less likely to limit present-day choices. She also attends to attachment and relationship themes, exploring how early patterns influence self-worth and interpersonal difficulties.

Choosing the right therapeutic approach is part of the therapeutic process. Mustabshira works collaboratively with each person to identify which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the focus as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit support into a busy life or when in-person options are not convenient. These formats allow consistent access to a licensed professional and can support steady progress from wherever a person is based.