Sobia Siddique, BACP

Sobia Siddique is a UK-licensed therapist with six years of experience supporting people through a wide range of emotional and relational challenges. She works with clients facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and struggles with self-esteem and confidence, bringing particular understanding to cultural and faith-based tensions that can arise for people from South Asian Muslim backgrounds.

Her practice is integrative and flexible, blending humanistic reflection, existential exploration, attachment-based insights, and practical cognitive-behavioural tools to meet each person where they are. This means sessions may alternate between examining meaning and identity, exploring relationship patterns and attachment needs, and learning everyday strategies to reduce overwhelm and improve coping. Spirituality can also be included in therapy when it is important to the client.

Sobia holds BACP accreditation - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which indicates membership of a recognised professional counselling body in the United Kingdom. She brings a warm, respectful, and compassionate stance to her work, shaping therapy collaboratively so it feels supportive and right for each individual. Recognising the courage it takes to seek help, she approaches therapy as a shared journey aimed at helping people move toward a life that feels more balanced, fulfilling, and true to themselves.

Attachment and Emotion-Focused Support Delivered Online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationship patterns shape emotional needs and reactions. It helps people understand attachment styles, improve connection with partners and family, and address issues like abandonment, avoidance, and intimacy-related struggles.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasises a collaborative, non-directive relationship in which the therapist offers empathy, respect, and unconditional positive regard. This approach supports self-exploration, boosts self-esteem, and helps clients find their own solutions to challenges such as depression, life transitions, and identity concerns.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on identifying, experiencing, and reshaping core emotional responses within relationships. It is useful for couples and individuals working on communication problems, trust, and grief, and for those seeking deeper emotional repair.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work itself. Sobia will collaborate with each client to determine which methods best align with their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access licensed professionals from different locations. This range of options helps clients choose the format that feels most comfortable and sustainable for their ongoing work.