Borbala (Bee) Shehata-Jakab, BACP, NCPS
5 years in practice
Borbala (Bee) Shehata-Jakab offers a reflective, person-focused style of therapy rooted in existential ideas.
License and registration
- BACP
- 386518 · expires August 2026
- NCPS
- NCS20-02395 · expires January 2027
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English, Hungarian
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Borbala
Borbala (Bee) Shehata-Jakab offers a reflective, person-focused style of therapy rooted in existential ideas. She emphasises meaning, choice and responsibility while helping people face life changes and difficult emotions. Bee aims to create a calm setting where clients can talk honestly about identity, relationships and the stresses they carry.
She draws on several approaches to match each person's needs, including cognitive behavioural techniques for unhelpful thinking patterns. Sessions often centre on practical steps and on noticing how thoughts and actions link to feelings.
Background and approach
This straightforward work helps with anxiety, low mood, stress and coping with change. Existential ideas shape the conversations about identity, purpose and the experience of freedom and loss. Attachment-based thinking guides exploration of how early bonds influence current relationships and self-worth.
She uses client-centred listening to follow what matters most to each person and to encourage self-understanding. Bee makes creative options available, such as journaling, chair work, dreamwork and using imagery, which clients may choose to try. These are optional tools to help people express emotions and test new ways of being.
She also uses elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to support values-based action. Her practice supports adults with concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship difficulties. She works with people facing family and parenting strains, identity questions including LGBT issues, career transitions and long-term caregiving stress.
Bee holds BACP and NCPS credentials and has five years of clinical experience in the United Kingdom.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Borbala lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Borbala names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Existential therapy helps people attend to questions about meaning, identity and choice. Online sessions using this approach often focus on talking through feelings of emptiness, loss or uncertainty and on practical ways to make values guide daily life.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports taking values-based steps even with difficult thoughts or feelings. In video or phone sessions this can involve simple exercises to notice unhelpful thoughts and to plan small, doable actions that match what matters to the client.
Attachment-based ideas look at how early relationships shape current trust and communication. Over calls or messaging this work can involve mapping relationship patterns, reflecting on reactions and rehearsing different responses to improve connection and boundaries.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then tailor sessions accordingly. That collaborative planning can change as needs evolve.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls suit in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel while keeping a steady therapeutic rhythm.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety and depression as well as grief and trauma. Other areas include relationship issues, identity concerns including LGBT matters, parenting strains and career or life transitions.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is reflective and collaborative, using existential questions about meaning alongside practical techniques. Sessions mix listening, exploration of patterns and concrete steps to change thinking and behaviour.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has five years of clinical experience working with adults in the United Kingdom. During that time she has combined different approaches to suit individual needs.
Which credentials and location apply?
She holds BACP and NCPS credentials and practices in the United Kingdom. These are the professional details supplied for her profile.
Which languages are used in therapy?
Sessions are offered in English and Hungarian. International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions delivered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Different formats let people pick what fits their schedule and communication preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
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