Mahin Hamidi, BACP

Mahin Hamidi is an integrative therapist and a registered member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, working in the United Kingdom. She draws on a range of counselling theories including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psychodynamic ideas, gestalt, person-centred approaches, and compassion-focused techniques to build tailored support that reflects each person’s context and life layers.

Her practice emphasises understanding how past experiences, relationships, and daily pressures shape current feelings and behaviours. Mahin has supported people facing stress and anxiety, dissociation, obsessive-compulsive difficulties, autism-related concerns, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse including childhood trauma, grief and loss, and the transitions and adjustments that appear throughout life.

Mahin approaches therapy with the belief that clients are experts in their own stories and already possess strengths that can help them move forward. She focuses on offering practical frameworks while attending to personal meaning and emotional experience, helping clients explore control, acceptance, balance, and change at a pace that suits them. Mahin aims to empower people to take courageous steps toward a more fulfilling life, providing steady support throughout that process.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Mahin draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify what matters to them and take meaningful action even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. ACT focuses on values-based living and practical steps rather than trying to eliminate uncomfortable internal experiences, which can be helpful for anxiety, low mood, and life transitions.

Attachment-Based Therapy is used to explore how early relationships influence current patterns in close relationships and emotional responses. This approach supports people working through attachment concerns, abandonment fears, intimacy-related issues, and the relational effects of trauma.

Mahin takes a collaborative stance when choosing or adapting approaches. She works with clients to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, adjusting methods over time so therapy fits each person’s needs and pace.

Online therapy with Mahin is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, family, and other commitments and allow ongoing therapeutic support even when in-person meetings are not possible. Registered professionals can use these formats to deliver structured, relationship-focused care that matches the client’s practical needs.