Tayyauba Sheikh, BACP, NCPS

Tayyauba Sheikh is a counsellor who focuses on thoughts and everyday habits to help people manage stress and anxiety. She works in a direct, respectful way and aims to tailor conversations to each person's situation. Tayyauba puts talking therapy first and will discuss medication if it seems appropriate for the individual.

She brings four years of professional experience supporting people through bereavement, relationship strain and family conflict. Sessions often centre on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and small habit changes that make daily life feel more manageable. Tayyauba also helps with parenting concerns, grief, and difficulties around intimacy and self-esteem.

Her approach mixes Attachment-Based therapy, Client-Centred work and Emotionally-Focused ideas, alongside mindfulness and psychodynamic perspectives. That means she pays attention to how relationships shape feelings, listens without judgement, and looks at deeper patterns that repeat over time. Practical tools and short exercises are used alongside talking.

Tayyauba is registered with BACP and NCPS, and she offers sessions in English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. She practises in the United Kingdom and frames therapy as a collaborative process where goals are set together. The therapy style is straightforward and aimed at helping people make small, steady changes.

People who want to begin are invited to use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire. After that, sessions can be scheduled to fit with the person’s life and needs.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Tayyauba uses Attachment-Based ideas that look at how relationships shape emotions and recurring patterns. This approach can help when people want to understand how past and present relationships affect current stress and communication.

She also applies a Client-Centred way of working, which means sessions are guided by the person's concerns and pace. The counsellor listens, reflects and helps people identify small, manageable changes in thoughts and daily habits.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) elements are used to help people name and work with strong feelings in the moment. That can be useful for grief, relationship strains and intimacy-related issues where emotions feel overwhelming.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, try different ways of working, and agree together which methods feel most helpful. That shared planning helps tailor sessions to individual needs.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the specific formats available before booking as the profile does not list session types. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people join from quieter surroundings. The therapist and client will agree practical arrangements together to suit schedules and preferences.