Chanel Muharrem, BACP

Chanel Muharrem is a registered counsellor with the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) in the United Kingdom. She works from a Client-Centred approach, placing the client at the heart of the process so each person sets the pace and agenda for their own therapy. Chanel is committed to helping people build greater resilience and wellbeing, empowering them to make meaningful changes in their everyday lives.

Her clinical experience includes supporting people with anxiety and low mood, low confidence and self-esteem, relationship difficulties, work-related stress, bereavement and loss, and life transitions such as ageing, menopause and retirement. She has worked with clients facing trauma, family and intimacy issues, codependency, attachment and abandonment concerns, and the many challenges that accompany separation, divorce and blended family dynamics. Chanel also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, and career-related pressures.

Before qualifying as a counsellor she worked in the City advising professionals in high-pressure roles and later supported students, academics and staff in higher education. Those roles gave her insight into the demands of corporate and academic life and inform her practical, understanding approach. Her counselling background includes working with Mind as a bereavement counsellor and supporting people with anxiety and depression. Chanel currently combines work with Mind’s Dove Private Service, the platform, and a private practice to offer flexible support to clients seeking therapy.

She recognises that reaching out for counselling can feel difficult and will listen with empathy, care and without judgement. Chanel aims to provide a supportive therapeutic space where no concern is too small and where clients can explore their thoughts and feelings to find a way forward.

Client-Centred Support Delivered Online

Chanel works primarily with a Client-Centred approach, which focuses on creating an accepting and non-directive space where the client leads the conversation and identifies what matters most to them. This way of working is particularly helpful for people dealing with anxiety, low mood, relationship challenges, bereavement and life transitions because it emphasises the client’s own goals and pace of change.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process and Chanel treats this as a collaborative conversation. She will work with each client to explore what feels most helpful, adjusting the way she supports them according to their needs, preferences and goals so the work is personally relevant and practical.

Online sessions via video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or who prefer not to attend in-person appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, study or caregiving commitments and allow registered professionals to access consistent, ongoing support from wherever they are able to engage.