Saima Qaiyum
Warm practical support for stress and relationships
About Saima
Saima Qaiyum helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and the pressure of life changes. She supports concerns including relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, anger and career worries. Saima also works with compassion fatigue, ADHD and a range of family-related problems.
Saima provides a calm, compassionate space to talk things through. She listens without judgement and helps people make sense of their emotional responses.
Background and approach
Conversations aim to identify practical steps alongside deeper issues that might be keeping someone stuck. Her approach focuses on developing self-awareness and clearer choices. She helps people spot patterns in thoughts and behaviour and then tries out different ways to respond.
Practical strategies and short-term goals are used alongside more reflective work when needed. Saima uses client-centred listening to make sure the work matches the person in front of her. She also draws on cognitive behavioural methods to challenge unhelpful thinking and solution-focused ways to set realistic next steps.
These approaches are mixed to suit each person's needs and pace. Saima holds BACP accreditation, which means she is recognised by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has nine years of experience working with people from varied backgrounds across the United Kingdom.
Sessions are offered in English and may be arranged online or by phone.
What Saima works with
How Saima works
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Sessions & fees
How Saima's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. The therapist reflects what is said and helps the person feel heard, which can be useful for issues like low self-esteem, grief and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety, challenge unhelpful thinking and build new coping skills.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on what someone wants to change and the next practical steps. It is goal-oriented and helps people identify small, achievable actions to move forward from a stuck place.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Saima will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative process often begins in the first few sessions and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full conversation and visual cues, phone calls are easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it simpler to work around work, caregiving or other commitments while still getting regular support.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
