Shazia Datoobhoy

Shazia Datoobhoy is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, depression, grief and issues around self-esteem and identity. She also supports people dealing with eating and intimacy-related concerns, addictions, anger, and the everyday strain of life changes. She works in English and Hindi and is based in the United Kingdom.

Shazia takes a conversational, curious approach. She invites people to reflect on how their past shapes their present. Sessions aim to make patterns clearer and to try small changes that feel manageable. Her role is to walk alongside clients rather than tell them what to do.

Her counselling draws on client-centred and narrative ideas to help people tell their story and notice how they make meaning. She also uses psychodynamic and trauma-focused approaches where helpful to look at deeper patterns and how past hurts continue to affect feelings and behaviour.

Shazia values collaboration and asks questions to encourage reflection. She supports people to develop practical coping strategies and to test new ways of responding in day-to-day life. This may include exploring attachment or codependency patterns, body image concerns, or the emotional impact of domestic or childhood abuse.

With four years of experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, she combines listening with gentle challenge. Interested people are invited to use the site’s Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and book a first session according to the therapist’s schedule.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting back what matters to the client. It helps people feel heard and to notice their own priorities when working through stress, relationships or self-esteem issues.

Narrative Therapy invites people to tell their story and to separate themselves from unhelpful problem labels. This can make it easier to see alternative ways of living and to shift patterns around body image, codependency or communication problems.

Trauma-Focused Therapy attends to the effects of past harm and aims to reduce the hold those experiences have on daily life. It can be useful for people processing domestic, sexual or childhood abuse and for addressing dissociation or chronic anxiety.

Finding the right approach is often part of the early work in therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify which methods feel most useful, and she will adjust the focus as needs and goals evolve.

Practical benefits of online work can include fitting sessions around work and family commitments, saving travel time, and choosing a quieter space for a focused conversation. The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the current session options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals can offer effective therapy online when the approach and timing suit the person’s needs.