Poonam Sejpal

Poonam Sejpal is a counsellor with 11 years of experience who helps people facing relationship struggles, anxiety, depression and parenting stress. She offers a calm, empathic space where people can talk about grief, trauma, anger and intimacy-related worries. Her approach is careful and non-judgemental, and she aims to help people find clearer ways forward in their lives.

Poonam combines ideas from different therapy models so sessions focus on the person, not labels. She uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to look at thoughts and behaviours, and attachment-based ideas to understand how early bonds shape current relationships. Narrative and psychodynamic elements are used to make sense of life stories and recurring patterns.

In practice, sessions involve listening, gentle questioning and practical steps you can try between meetings. She works with issues including ADHD-related challenges, codependency, abandonment fears and communication problems. People also come for help with body image, bereavement, career decisions and coping with life changes.

Poonam describes her style as warm and respectful. She aims to build trust so people feel able to try different ways of responding to stress and conflict. For relationship concerns she explores attachment styles and how partners fit together without using stigmatising labels.

If you are considering therapy, she supports people as they take those first steps towards change and greater wellbeing. Her background and flexible approach are used to tailor sessions to each person’s needs and goals.

How these approaches shape online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current connections and emotional responses; it can help when trust, intimacy or abandonment fears affect relationships. Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the centre and relies on empathic listening to help people feel heard and make their own choices. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers concrete exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood or change unhelpful behaviour.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your concerns, goals and preferences and together you will choose which methods to try. That collaborative process allows techniques to be adjusted over time if something is not helping.

This profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins or making it simpler to schedule around work or family commitments. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and homework for remote work so progress continues between sessions.