Shazia Datoobhoy, BACP

Shazia Datoobhoy is a BACP registered counsellor based in the United Kingdom who brings four years of clinical experience to her work with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, depression and trauma. She offers a reflective, compassionate space where individuals can explore how they respond to life’s challenges and take practical steps toward greater emotional balance and wellbeing. BACP stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and represents a recognised professional standard for counsellors and therapists.

She specialises in trauma, working with presentations such as PTSD, C-PTSD and childhood trauma, and supports people who have experienced domestic, sexual and emotional abuse and the effects of bullying. Alongside trauma work she supports clients dealing with grief, addictions, intimacy and relationship concerns, eating and body-image issues, anger and self-esteem difficulties, and wider life changes. She also works with attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, dissociation, and family-related problems.

Shazia’s approach is collaborative and exploratory. Her role is to accompany and support each person on a journey of self-discovery and greater self-acceptance, asking thoughtful questions and encouraging reflection to reveal how the past influences the present. She helps clients identify changes they want to make and supports them in developing responses and behaviours that better reflect their values and goals.

Therapy is offered in English and Hindi, and Shazia accepts international clients. Sessions aim to be accessible and tailored to each person’s needs and circumstances.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Shazia integrates methods that suit the needs of each person she works with. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing distressing events and their emotional impact so that traumatic memories and responses become easier to live with; it is commonly used for PTSD, complex trauma and the effects of abuse. Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of the process, using empathic listening and reflection to help people understand themselves better and make choices that align with their values. Internal Family Systems offers a way to map different parts of the self - for example protective, vulnerable or critical parts - and to help those parts cooperate, which can be useful for issues like shame, dissociation and patterns of avoidance.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic work. Shazia works collaboratively with each client to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, and adjusts the plan as the work progresses so the therapy remains aligned with the client’s priorities.

Online therapy provides practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, and shorter or more frequent conversations can happen via live chat or text-based messaging. This range of options makes it easier to fit support around work, family and travel, and helps people access registered professionals and therapists from different locations when that is helpful.