Summar Ali, BACP

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts without fighting them and to focus on actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, depression and life changes by offering simple exercises that can be done between sessions.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current connections. This work can help with intimacy issues, abandonment concerns and communication problems by naming patterns and practising new ways of relating.

Summar treats finding the right way of working as a collaborative process. She will listen to what you want to achieve and suggest approaches that fit your goals and preferences. Together you can try different techniques and adjust the plan as you go.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different situations. Video lets you work more deeply when you prefer face-to-face contact, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits short check-ins or people who prefer not to use audio. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, family or travel and help maintain continuity when life gets busy.