Soraya Hind, BACP

Soraya Hind is a qualified counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She is committed to making counselling accessible to all and has supported people through a wide range of complex issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, domestic abuse and identity-related struggles. She brings lived experience to her practice as a disabled mixed race mother and draws on that perspective when working with clients.

Soraya recognises the significant mental health impact that racism and disability-related hate incidents can have. She attends to the personal, social and intergenerational effects of racism and aims to help clients explore both external stereotypes and the internalised beliefs that can follow. In these sessions she focuses on the emotional and psychological fallout of hate incidents and the longer term recovery process.

Her approach is integrative with a person-centred foundation - meaning she prioritises empathy and collaboration while drawing on evidence-informed techniques to meet each person’s needs. Soraya strives to create a non-judgmental, empowering space where cultural influences, identity questions and trauma can be examined and addressed. She holds BACP, which indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Client-centred therapy emphasises a compassionate, non-judgmental stance in which the client’s own experience guides the work; it is helpful for exploring identity, self-esteem and cultural concerns while building a trusting therapeutic relationship. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, combines mindful acceptance of difficult thoughts and feelings with clear values-based actions to reduce the struggle with anxiety, stress and persistent pain. Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on understanding and processing the effects of traumatic events and abuse, offering practical coping strategies and ways to reduce trauma-related symptoms.

Soraya approaches treatment collaboratively and recognises that finding the right therapeutic method is part of the process. She works with clients to identify goals, preferences and needs, and adapts techniques so the approach fits the person rather than forcing a single model.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging - make it easier for people to access regular support around work, caregiving or mobility challenges. These formats allow licensed professionals to offer flexible scheduling, continuity of care across locations and multiple ways to engage so that clients can choose what feels most comfortable and practical for them.