Saleem Choudhry , BACP

Saleem Choudhry is a BACP-registered counsellor with three years of clinical experience who offers compassionate, practical support for a wide range of life challenges. Registered with the BACP - the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom - he combines an understanding of human psychology with a particular expertise in neurodiversity, including ADD, ADHD, and autism. Saleem works with issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy difficulties, addiction, grief, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, parenting concerns, career stress, and challenges around sleeping and eating.

In sessions he creates an empathetic space where clients can explore emotions, gain insight, and work toward sustainable change at their own pace. His practice draws on client-centered principles to prioritize each person's goals, psychodynamic ideas to explore underlying patterns, and somatic elements to attend to bodily responses linked to emotional experience. Saleem tailors these approaches to individual needs, supporting people through coping with life changes, managing ADHD-related challenges, navigating family and relationship dynamics, and addressing compassion fatigue and caregiving stress. He frames therapy as a collaborative journey and aims to walk alongside clients as they build clearer understanding and practical coping strategies.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Saleem brings together client-centered, psychodynamic, and somatic elements to support people in online therapy. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening with empathy and following the client’s priorities so they can set goals and feel understood - it is helpful for building self-esteem, navigating relationships, and coping with life changes. Psychodynamic therapy explores patterns from past experience that influence current thoughts, feelings, and relationships, which can be useful for addressing attachment issues, recurring relationship problems, and deeper emotional conflicts. Somatic therapy attends to bodily sensations and physical responses linked to stress or trauma, offering ways to work with anxiety, trauma-related tension, and somatic expressions of distress.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process, and Saleem works collaboratively with each person to identify what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. He tailors sessions so approaches are integrated in ways that feel manageable and relevant to the individual.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for people with busy schedules, mobility limits, or those living at a distance. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, attend sessions from familiar surroundings, and choose the format that best supports the work with licensed professionals and therapists.