Nagham Alaraji, BACP

Nagham Alaraji is a psychodynamic counsellor who draws on reflective talking work to help people make sense of difficult feelings. She has three years of professional experience and offers support for stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief and depression.

She focuses on creating an open, non-judgemental space where people can talk about what matters most. Sessions are intended to help clients identify patterns, understand reactions, and practice new ways of coping. She encourages people to take small steps and recognises that starting therapy takes courage.

Her background includes psychodynamic work that looks at how past experiences shape current feelings and behaviour. She also uses attachment-based ideas to consider how early relationships affect trust and closeness. Solution-focused techniques are used when clients want short-term strategies to manage specific problems.

Nagham has worked with additional concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, ageing and geriatric worries, attachment difficulties, autism and Asperger syndrome, avoidant personality, blended family dynamics, body image and cancer-related distress. She also supports people facing caregiver strain, codependency, commitment and control issues, and communication difficulties.

Sessions aim to balance understanding the past with practical steps for today. Nagham helps people find what feels most useful for them, tailoring conversations to each person’s needs. She works in English and Arabic and is based in the United Kingdom.

How these approaches work in online therapy

Psychodynamic therapy helps people by looking at how past experiences shape present feelings and behaviours. It often involves reflecting on recurring patterns and emotional reactions to bring clearer understanding to today's problems. Attachment-based therapy focuses on how early relationship experiences affect trust, closeness and communication, and it can be useful for people struggling with relationship issues or difficulty trusting others.

These approaches are discussed collaboratively. The counsellor will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and together they will decide which way of working feels right. That may mean trying reflective psychodynamic work, using attachment ideas, or focusing on short-term solution-focused steps when practical change is needed.

If you plan to try online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking so you know what options are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for appointments from different locations. It can also allow for shorter check-ins or sessions that do not use video when that better suits the person's routine. Registered or accredited professionals aim to adapt sessions so therapy can fit into everyday life while focusing on the issues that matter to the client.