May Alkasab, BACP

May Alkasab is a UK-licensed therapist with eight years of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, and major life changes. She holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and brings a compassionate, client-focused approach to her work. May creates an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore difficult thoughts and emotions at a pace that feels safe and manageable.

Her practice covers a broad range of concerns including self-esteem, grief, parenting and family issues, career and life transitions, anger, depression, and coping with loss. Additional areas of focus include body image, communication problems, infidelity, forgiveness, guilt and shame, post-traumatic stress, and support for non-monogamous relationship dynamics. May also offers coaching and assistance with finding life purpose, and she works with clients facing hospice and end-of-life matters.

Fluent in English and Arabic, May accepts international clients and offers sessions in multiple formats to suit different needs. She emphasizes empowerment and collaboration, helping people take the steps toward a more fulfilling life. Please note she does not work on Sundays.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Client-Centered Therapy places the client at the heart of the process, emphasizing empathic listening, respect, and the individual’s own capacity for growth. It helps people who are working on self-esteem, coping with life transitions, grief, or the emotional impact of trauma by providing a steady, validating space to explore feelings.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and attachment patterns within relationships. It is particularly useful for couples and individuals dealing with intimacy issues, communication problems, family concerns, and wounds from past relational trauma, helping partners understand and shift interactional patterns.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work itself. May collaborates with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adapts the process as progress unfolds. Licensed professionals and therapists often combine elements from different approaches to tailor support.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to connect across distances. These options support continuity of care, allow for timely check-ins between sessions, and can make it simpler to engage with therapy from a location that feels comfortable.