Poonam Sejpal, BACP

Poonam Sejpal is a counsellor with over 11 years' experience who helps people worried about relationships, anxiety, low mood and everyday thinking habits. She works with issues such as trauma and abuse, anger, grief, intimacy concerns, parenting stress, career difficulties and ADHD. Her approach is warm and non-judgemental and focuses on building trust so people feel heard. She uses a blend of talking therapies and practical tools tailored to each person. That can include looking at patterns of thought and behaviour, exploring personal stories, and understanding how early attachment experiences shape current relationships. Sessions are intended to be collaborative - the client and counsellor decide what to try together. Poonam follows a humanistic integrative framework informed by cognitive-behavioural ideas, psychodynamic thinking, narrative methods and attachment work. She aims to help people notice unhelpful thinking, try different responses, and make small, manageable changes. She avoids stigmatising labels and treats people with sensitivity and respect. Her style is empathic and calm, offering a steady presence when people face big life changes or painful memories. For relationship-focused work she uses a systemic perspective to look at couple fit and attachment styles. People can expect a respectful atmosphere where practical steps and reflective conversation sit alongside one another. If someone is ready to begin, Poonam supports clients as they explore goals and try out new ways of coping. She encourages small steps, clear goals and ongoing review so progress is practical and noticeable.

How practical therapy methods translate to online work

Poonam draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape present-day patterns. That approach looks at how people connect, feel safe with others and respond in close relationships, which can help with intimacy issues and relationship distress.

She also uses cognitive-behavioural techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and test different small behaviours. CBT-style work helps with anxiety, low mood and everyday habits by breaking problems into manageable steps and practising alternatives.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy itself. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit a person's aims and preferences, and may blend styles as needed to meet practical goals.

Confirm which online session formats are available before booking, as the profile does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so therapy is more practical. Many people find that these benefits help them maintain regular sessions and focus on steady progress.