Noreen Akhtar
Practical support for stress and trauma recovery
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About Noreen
Noreen Akhtar helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, family difficulties, anger and big life changes. Her practice includes work on compassion fatigue and a range of related concerns such as attachment issues, chronic illness, fertility and bereavement.
Noreen is BACP and NCPS accredited and has seven years of experience in counselling and psychotherapy. Noreen aims to make sessions straightforward and down to earth.
Background and approach
She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can say what they are feeling and thinking. Conversations focus on what is hard right now and on practical ways to manage day-to-day problems. Her approach draws on clear, evidence-informed methods including cognitive and behavioural techniques, acceptance-based ideas and emotion-focused work.
She also uses attachment-informed ways of thinking about relationships and DBT-informed skills for emotion regulation. Noreen adapts these approaches to each person rather than following one fixed method. Sessions are a chance to learn coping strategies, practise new responses and work through difficult memories or losses at a steady pace.
People often leave with short, practical exercises to try between appointments. Noreen encourages small, achievable steps that fit into everyday life. She works with adults from varied backgrounds and accepts international clients.
To begin, clients choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 7
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Registration number
- 396328, NCS22-00375
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Noreen's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Noreen works with
Everything Noreen lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Noreen lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Noreen works online
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and day-to-day needs and then try methods that fit each person. Sessions are collaborative so people can give feedback and change direction if something does not feel helpful.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm the exact options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, family and busy routines. It also lets people use tools such as short skills check-ins, breathing or grounding exercises during or between meetings, and can reduce travel time so therapy fits into a normal day.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Noreen supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and depression, plus relationship and family difficulties.
How would you describe her style in sessions?
She aims for a calm, down-to-earth and non-judgemental atmosphere where people can speak openly and focus on practical steps for today.
What background does she have?
She has seven years of experience in counselling and psychotherapy and works with people across a range of emotional and relational issues.
Which professional credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She holds BACP and NCPS credentials and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a time according to therapist availability.
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