Shamma Khatun, BACP

Shamma Khatun is a London-based humanistic counsellor with six years of experience supporting people from a wide range of backgrounds. She works with issues such as anxiety, depression, panic attacks, relationship and parental difficulties, suicidal ideation, grief, identity concerns, and other life challenges, bringing a calm and attentive presence to each session.

Her professional background includes work in a high school setting with young adults, roles with a revert counselling service assisting people adapting after a change of faith, and hospice work supporting bereaved clients. These experiences have shaped a sensitive approach to grief, faith-related difficulties, and culturally specific concerns that can carry shame or feel difficult to discuss.

Shamma specialises in bereavement and identity crises, including existential distress and faith crises, and she pays close attention to cultural and faith contexts that influence a person’s experience. She follows a client-centered way of working that places the person at the heart of the counselling relationship, recognising that people are experts on their own lives. Shamma offers an empathic, nonjudgmental space, respects clients' autonomy, listens carefully, and works collaboratively to address the changes clients want to make. She is a registered member of the BACP - the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom - and adheres to its ethical framework. Shamma provides therapy in English and Bengali and accepts international clients.

Client-Centered and Humanistic Therapy Online

Client-centered therapy focuses on building a respectful, empathic relationship where the therapist follows the client's lead, offers active listening, and reflects what the client brings to sessions. This approach helps when someone is exploring identity, relationship difficulties, self-esteem, or feeling stuck in life.

Humanistic counselling emphasises understanding the whole person and their experience in context. It supports people working through grief, faith or cultural conflicts, existential concerns, and the search for meaning by creating space to explore values, feelings, and personal goals.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Shamma works collaboratively with clients to identify what fits best for their needs, goals, and preferences, and may adapt her way of working as the relationship develops.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of support across time zones and life changes, and to access registered professionals from wherever the client is located.