- Client-centred care
- Stress and anxiety
- Multilingual practice
About Gulsan
Gulsan Abubakar Karbani brings a client-centred approach to counselling and draws on 37 years of experience in the United Kingdom. She begins by listening to each person’s story and looks for practical ways to reduce stress and anxiety. The aim is to help people find clearer choices and more manageable steps forward.
Her work often focuses on relationship tensions, family challenges, grief and loss, and coping with life changes. Gulsan also supports people dealing with self-esteem concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and eating or anger problems. She pays attention to how health conditions, chronic pain or caregiving demands shape daily life and choices.
Gulsan uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside a client-centred stance. She explains ideas in everyday language and helps people try small, practical changes between sessions.
Communication is offered in English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu to suit several language preferences. Her NCPS credential is listed as NCPS. She works with people across a wide range of life stages and concerns, including issues linked to ageing, cancer, disability and major life transitions.
Starting therapy is framed as a collaborative process. Gulsan helps clients set clear, realistic goals and checks progress regularly. She encourages people to bring what matters most to them into each session.
Her work often focuses on relationship tensions, family challenges, grief and loss, and coping with life changes. Gulsan also supports people dealing with self-esteem concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and eating or anger problems. She pays attention to how health conditions, chronic pain or caregiving demands shape daily life and choices.
Gulsan uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside a client-centred stance. She explains ideas in everyday language and helps people try small, practical changes between sessions.
Communication is offered in English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu to suit several language preferences. Her NCPS credential is listed as NCPS. She works with people across a wide range of life stages and concerns, including issues linked to ageing, cancer, disability and major life transitions.
Starting therapy is framed as a collaborative process. Gulsan helps clients set clear, realistic goals and checks progress regularly. She encourages people to bring what matters most to them into each session.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Trauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementDepressionCoping with life changes
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
37+ years
Credentials
NCPS · United Kingdom
Languages
English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and choose actions that match their values; it is often useful for stress, anxiety and coping with chronic health challenges. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behavioural experiments to reduce distress or improve mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships affect current patterns and can help with intimacy, relationship tensions and family conflict.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and will try methods that fit their situation. Sessions can change over time as needs and priorities shift, and the counsellor checks in to see what works best.
Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and keeping continuity during life changes. If you are considering online work, please confirm the session formats offered before booking so you know what will be available. Many people find that remote sessions make it easier to schedule regular check-ins and to practise between-session tasks without long travel times.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
Gulsan supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, grief and loss, self-esteem, trauma and intimacy-related concerns, and more.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a client-centred stance and draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to find practical ways forward.
How much experience does she have?
Gulsan has 37 years of professional work experience in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She lists NCPS as a credential and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages can sessions be held in?
Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a course of therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.