Surjeet Bahra, BACP

Surjeet Bahra is a counsellor with BACP registration and 15 years of experience in the United Kingdom. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and relationship strain. She also supports those coping with grief, addiction and major life changes including midlife concerns.

Her approach starts with listening. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs and goals rather than a fixed programme. She aims to create a respectful, sensitive space where people can talk about what matters most to them.

Surjeet uses practical methods drawn from attachment-based work and cognitive behavioural ideas. That can mean looking at patterns in close relationships, or testing small changes in thoughts and routines to ease anxiety and low mood. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused elements are used to help build momentum and clarify next steps.

She has worked with a wide range of concerns such as family problems, parenting stress, intimacy-related difficulties, sleeping and eating issues, and substance use. She also addresses personality-related themes like avoidant or dependent patterns and codependency when they affect daily life.

People who prefer a calm, collaborative style tend to find her approach helpful. Surjeet invites clients to set practical goals and to review progress regularly. She encourages small, achievable changes that fit into everyday life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work focuses on relationship patterns and how early bonds affect current connections. Online sessions can explore these patterns through conversation and reflective exercises to help people notice repeating habits and try different ways of relating.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. In practice this can involve identifying unhelpful thought patterns, testing alternative ways of thinking and trying small behaviour changes between sessions to reduce anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. Expectations and progress are reviewed together so the plan can change if something is not working.

For practical arrangements, the biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel time and keep appointments during work breaks. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can suit shorter check-ins, while video lets people use visual cues during conversation. Registered or accredited professionals can explain which format will work best for your situation when you first arrange sessions.