Tayyauba Sheikh

Tayyauba Sheikh is a counsellor who focuses on talking therapy to help people navigate difficult life moments. She brings four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and aims to meet each person with respect, sensitivity and compassion. Her approach is tailored to the individual needs of clients and she emphasises a supportive, collaborative relationship.

Her work commonly addresses stress, anxiety, bereavement and depression, along with relationship and family concerns. She also supports people facing addiction, trauma and intimacy-related difficulties. Practical problems such as parenting strain, career questions and coping with major life changes are part of her day-to-day practice.

Tayyauba uses approaches that include attachment-based work, client-centred methods and emotionally-focused techniques to help people understand patterns and feelings. She also draws on mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas when these suit a person’s goals. Conversations in sessions are shaped around what the client finds most useful.

She explains that talking therapy is her main priority, while remaining open to working with medication when a client and their prescriber agree this is appropriate. Sessions are conducted in English and also in Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu to accommodate different language needs.

Tayyauba is registered with BACP and NCPS. To begin, people are invited to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to therapist availability.

How Tayyauba's approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and reactions. It can help people understand patterns that affect closeness, trust and repeated conflicts. Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of sessions, using open conversation and empathic listening to help people find their own solutions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and shifting emotional experiences to improve how people connect and manage strong feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Tayyauba will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person's goals and preferences. She adapts the way she uses these approaches based on what the client wants to work on and how they respond in session.

The practical advantages of online therapy can include fitting sessions more easily into a busy week, reducing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. The exact session formats for this therapist should be confirmed before booking, as options are arranged according to therapist availability. Online work can make it simpler to maintain continuity through life changes while keeping therapy focused on daily, real-world concerns.