- Years in practice
- 4
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Shirin
Shirin Latif is a counsellor who focuses on parenting concerns and relationship strain. She speaks plainly and helps people untangle arguments, distance, and the small things that pile up until they feel overwhelming. Her approach is calm and practical, aimed at creating clearer communication and more predictable patterns at home.
Shirin uses ideas from attachment-based work to look at how people connect and react when they feel threatened. She also draws on client-centred listening so parents feel heard and understood before moving into problem solving.
Background and approach
Mindfulness tools are used to bring attention to day-to-day habits that keep stress and anxiety active. She has four years of professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That background informs how she supports people through grief, depression, addiction concerns, and parenting pressures without judgement.
Sessions address practical next steps as well as underlying patterns. In conversation she keeps things straightforward. Conversations aim to slow down heated moments, name repeating cycles, and try new ways of responding.
Shirin helps clients decide what matters most and builds simple strategies to change how they relate at home. People often come with worries about sleep, eating, work stress, or feeling drained by caregiving. She also offers help with intimacy-related issues, communication problems, attachment difficulties, and transitions like adoption or blended family adjustments.
What Shirin works with
Everything Shirin lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shirin helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shirin lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online work and practical benefits
Shirin commonly draws on attachment-based ideas to consider how early patterns shape current relationships; this helps when people want to understand recurring conflicts or emotional distance. She also uses client-centred methods that prioritise listening and the client’s own goals, so sessions start by hearing what matters most and building from there.Finding the right approach is treated as a team effort. The therapist will check in about what feels useful, try a few techniques, and adjust based on how the client responds. Goals and preferences shape the plan rather than a single fixed method.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a work break. Live chat or text-based messaging can suit people who prefer writing or need more frequent, brief contacts. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care across different time zones and life schedules, and to choose the format that best fits daily routines.
Questions people ask about Shirin
What concerns does Shirin focus on?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting pressures, relationship and intimacy-related issues, addictions, and self-esteem challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is gentle and practical, combining client-centred listening with attachment-informed thinking and mindfulness exercises to change everyday patterns.
How much experience does she have?
Shirin has four years of professional experience supporting people through life changes, caregiving stress, trauma and abuse, and ongoing mental health concerns.
What professional registration does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from other countries for remote work.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and payments handled?
Fees vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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