Poonam Patel, BACP

Poonam Patel is a UK-based therapist with five years of professional experience who supports people navigating stress, anxiety, family conflict, grief, and parenting challenges. Holding BACP accreditation - a membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - she blends practical care with an empathic, client-centered approach to help clients express difficult thoughts and emotions.

She creates a welcoming, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their concerns at their own pace. Her practice focuses on understanding how past experiences and relationships shape current patterns, and she works collaboratively to develop insights and coping strategies that fit each person’s life. Whether someone is facing relationship strain, sleep difficulties, low mood, anger, or trauma-related reactions, she aims to offer steady support and clear guidance.

Beginning therapy can feel daunting, and Poonam emphasizes compassion and patience throughout the process. She offers flexible ways to connect and helps clients take practical steps toward change while honoring their individual needs and cultural background.

Psychodynamic and Trauma-Focused Support Online

Psychodynamic Therapy helps people examine how early relationships and repeated patterns influence present feelings and behaviors; through gentle exploration, clients can gain insight into unconscious influences and develop new ways of relating to themselves and others. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding the impact of traumatic events and building strategies to process distressing memories and reduce their ongoing effects, which can be helpful for those experiencing post-traumatic responses and flashbacks.

Poonam approaches choice of method as a collaborative process. She works with each person to identify their goals, preferences, and practical needs, and together they decide whether psychodynamic work, trauma-focused techniques, or a blend of both is the best fit. This shared planning helps tailor sessions to what will be most useful for the individual.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules, energy levels, and comfort zones. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from home, and fit therapy around work, family, and other commitments.