Zahira Virani, BACP
Zahira Virani draws on a client-centred, attachment-aware approach to help people who are feeling stuck, anxious or overwhelmed.
About Zahira
Zahira Virani draws on a client-centred, attachment-aware approach to help people who are feeling stuck, anxious or overwhelmed. She is known for a calm, warm presence and for making space for difficult feelings to be talked about and understood. Zahira holds BACP and works in the United Kingdom.
Sessions are offered in English and Gujarati. She combines person-focused work with ideas from attachment theory to look at patterns in relationships and how these affect everyday life.
Background and approach
Cognitive and emotion-focused strategies are used alongside practical skills from DBT and CBT when helpful. Zahira adapts each session together with the person she is supporting so therapy fits their goals. Zahira has six years of experience in this stage of her counselling career and a longer background in family and youth work.
That earlier work included group and individual support in voluntary and statutory sectors for people affected by domestic violence, family breakdown and substance dependency. Those roles inform a practical, grounded style now used in one-to-one therapy. She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, parenting, addictions, trauma, self-esteem and coping with life changes.
Additional areas she focuses on include body image, attachment issues, chronic illness, caregiver stress and commitment challenges. Zahira encourages people to build autonomy and authenticity as part of their therapeutic journey. Sessions aim to be collaborative and tailored.
People can expect straightforward conversation, reflective listening and practical tools to try between sessions. The approach is gentle but purposeful, focused on small changes that make everyday life more manageable.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 391600 | October 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Zahira lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- 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
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- 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
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- 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
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Zahira names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and emotional responses. It helps when recurring problems in close relationships, intimacy or trust keep appearing in daily life.Client-Centred Therapy places the person and their experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist offers empathy and non-judgemental listening while the person leads what to explore, which can help with confidence, self-esteem and making sense of life changes.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. Short practical exercises and small experiments between sessions are common for issues like anxiety, low mood or sleep disruption.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Zahira will talk through options, check what feels most useful and agree on goals with each person. The approach can change as needs evolve, and decisions are made collaboratively based on what is helping.
Online sessions by video, phone, live chat or text messaging give flexibility to choose what fits a person's day. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setting is needed, and messaging or chat can suit shorter check-ins or ongoing support. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caring responsibilities or mobility needs while keeping therapeutic continuity.
Frequently asked
What kinds of issues does Zahira help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting and addictions. Her work also covers trauma, self-esteem, eating and sleeping problems, and coping with life changes.
What is Zahira's approach to therapy?
Her style is client-centred and attachment-aware, mixing emotionally-focused work with cognitive and behavioural methods when needed. Sessions are tailored in collaboration so practical skills and reflection both have a role.
How much experience does she have?
Zahira has six years of experience in her current counselling practice and draws on earlier roles in family and youth work. That background included group and individual support in voluntary and statutory services.
What professional registration does Zahira hold and where is she based?
She lists BACP as her professional affiliation and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Gujarati.
What session formats are available?
People can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits them.
How are fees and payments handled?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability and are charged through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a course of therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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