Surjeet Bahra, BACP

Surjeet Bahra is a counsellor with BACP registration and 15 years of experience working in the United Kingdom. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, rebuild self-esteem, and gain motivation. Her work also covers relationship and family difficulties, grief, addictions, and intimacy-related issues.

Her approach is practical and person-centred. She tailors conversations and plans to each person’s situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all method. Sessions aim to be straightforward and respectful, with time spent listening and clarifying what matters most to the client.

Surjeet uses a range of methods to help people understand patterns that keep them stuck and to try new ways of coping. She draws on cognitive-behavioural ideas to address unhelpful thoughts and on attachment-focused thinking to look at relationship patterns. Motivational and solution-focused techniques are used to set realistic, short-term goals so progress feels achievable.

People come to her for many reasons, including sleep and eating concerns, parenting strain, trauma and abuse, or major life changes. She also supports those facing fertility worries, feelings of emptiness, or problems with control and codependency.

Her style is compassionate and down-to-earth. She encourages small steps and practical changes so people can notice difference between sessions. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule appointments according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online counselling

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape expectations of connection. Online sessions can help people notice repeating relationship patterns and try new ways of interacting. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. In online work CBT methods are often used to spot unhelpful thinking and to practise new coping strategies between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try. This collaborative process means approaches can change as needs and progress become clearer.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes working with a UK-based BACP-registered counsellor accessible to international clients who wish to connect from afar.