Riffat Jabeen, BACP
Compassionate integrative counsellor focused on healing relationships
Book with RiffatAbout Riffat
Riffat Jabeen is a counsellor who uses an integrative, client-centred approach. She follows the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) guidelines and brings five years of experience working in mental health. Riffat aims to create a welcoming space and listens without judgement to help people talk about their feelings at their own pace.
Her work combines attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques and emotionally-focused ways of working. That helps when past experiences are affecting how someone feels or relates today.
Background and approach
She also uses mindfulness practices to offer simple tools for stress and grounding. Riffat often supports people experiencing anxiety, stress, depression, trauma and bereavement. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, anger and difficulties linked to ADHD and bipolar mood differences.
There is a focus on LGBT concerns and on life changes such as separation or career shifts. Her background includes a degree in integrative counselling and ongoing postgraduate study in clinical and counselling psychology. She follows BACP practice standards, carries professional insurance and undertakes regular supervision.
Sessions focus on what matters to the individual. Riffat aims to help people untangle overwhelming feelings, reconnect with earlier experiences where helpful, and build practical skills for coping. She invites clients to try mindfulness and simple grounding exercises as part of therapy.
What Riffat works with
Everything Riffat lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Riffat is listed here; the rest shows what else Riffat works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Riffat lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How these approaches can work in online therapy
Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early experiences shape current trust and connection. It can help people who notice repeating relationship patterns or who want to understand emotional reactions in close bonds.Client-centred therapy prioritises the person's own pace and goals. The counsellor listens with acceptance and helps the person make sense of their experience without directing the process, which suits people wanting an empathetic space to talk.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It includes practical exercises and clear techniques for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and unhelpful thinking styles.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which ideas and techniques fit their needs, goals and preferences, and may combine elements from different approaches over time.
Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins around work breaks. The profile does not specify session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. Many people find online counselling useful for accessing consistent support and applying tools such as mindfulness exercises between sessions.
Questions people ask about Riffat
What concerns does this counsellor work with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief, along with relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, anger and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is integrative and client-centred, blending attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioural approaches, emotionally-focused work and mindfulness to suit individual needs.
What experience does she bring?
She has five years of experience in the mental health sector and has worked with people in crisis and those needing longer-term support.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English according to the profile information.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are accepted as noted in the profile.
How are costs described?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to start therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
More counsellors who work with stress & anxiety
See all of them
Colin Frawley
BACP, NCPS
12 years in practice
Client-centred counsellor for life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
Josephine Lane
NCPS
6 years in practice
Warm person-centred counsellor for practical change
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship
- Grief
Rachel Challans
BACP
3 years in practice
Compassionate counsellor for relationship and trauma struggles
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship