Counsellor profile
Halima Butt, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - Anger and anxiety
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- CredentialsBACP
- RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 400434
- Experience3 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- Anger and stress
- Cognitive tools
- Mindfulness practice
About Halima
Halima Butt is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, family tensions, low self-esteem, motivation blocks, coping with life changes, and anger. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Halima keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She focuses on listening carefully, helping people name what’s happening, and then trying simple steps that can reduce tension and improve day-to-day functioning. Conversations aim to help people understand patterns, spot what increases anger or stress, and try different responses.
Her background includes work with people dealing with relationship and intimacy issues, addiction concerns, eating and mood disorders, and experiences of sexual assault or domestic violence. She also supports those working through gender dysphoria, compassion fatigue, and smoking or vaping cessation. That range informs how she thinks about triggers and supports recovery of steadier responses.
Therapeutic methods she commonly uses include attachment-based ideas, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques, emotion-focused work, and mindfulness practices. Those approaches are used to help with practical skills such as thinking patterns, emotion regulation, and building healthier communication habits.
Halima asks clients to set clear goals for sessions and to try small, doable changes between meetings. The work is paced to individual needs and focuses on useful tools rather than long theory. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
Approaches used in online sessions
Halima commonly draws on cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness in her work. CBT helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and test alternative responses; it is useful for anger, anxiety and low mood. Mindfulness practice teaches simple attention and breathing exercises that can reduce reactivity and make it easier to pause before responding.She also uses client-centred and attachment-based ideas to shape conversations. Client-centred work means the counsellor listens with focus and follows what matters most to the person. Attachment-informed thinking looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and helps identify where repeated patterns appear in close relationships.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, and then try techniques together. This is a collaborative decision and can change as work progresses.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example a shorter check-in between commitments, fewer travel needs, or choosing a quieter time that suits work or family routines. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists generally adapt exercises for video or phone meetings so practical skills and coping techniques can be practised between sessions.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, and coping with life changes, among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses client-centred listening combined with cognitive behavioural and emotion-focused techniques to help people try practical changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience working with adults on mental health and relationship concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are used?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current online and in-person options before booking.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.