Shamma Khatun, BACP

Shamma Khatun is a qualified humanistic counsellor based in London with six years of professional experience supporting people from diverse backgrounds. She has worked in a variety of settings including a high school with young adults, a service supporting people adapting after a change of faith, and a hospice where she supported bereaved clients, bringing practical experience with life transitions and grief.

She specialises in bereavement and identity issues that can lead to deep despair or an existential crisis, and she has a particular interest in faith-related challenges and culturally sensitive matters that are often surrounded by shame or taboo. Her areas of focus also include stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes.

Shamma works from a client-centered, humanistic perspective that places the person at the centre of the therapeutic process. She aims to offer an empathic and honest counselling experience, listening carefully and respecting each person’s autonomy. She does not give prescriptive life advice or make judgements about how someone lives; instead she helps clients explore how they see themselves and their lives and supports the changes they wish to make. Shamma is a registered member of the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and adheres to its ethical framework. She provides therapy in English and Bengali and accepts international clients.