Poonam Patel, BACP

Poonam Patel is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has five years of professional experience. She works mainly with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns and relationship difficulties. Sessions are offered in English and take place in the United Kingdom.

Poonam focuses on helping people talk through upsetting experiences and everyday pressures. She uses psychodynamic therapy to look at patterns from the past that keep repeating now. That often involves noticing repeated feelings, relationship patterns and what triggers strong reactions.

She also uses trauma-focused therapy when past events continue to cause distress. That approach helps people name and make sense of painful memories so they stop shaping daily life as much. Practical coping skills are used alongside deeper work when needed.

Poonam aims for direct, clear conversation in sessions. She encourages people to describe what they are struggling with and what improvements would feel meaningful. Therapy includes discussion of current problems, thoughts about how the past links in, and simple strategies to manage emotions between sessions.

People who choose her often want help with family problems, sleep disruption, low self-esteem or work stress. She also works with concerns such as OCD, attachment issues, body image and post-traumatic stress. To begin, prospective clients follow the service matching steps to schedule an initial appointment.

How psychodynamic and trauma-focused work translates to remote sessions