Gulsan Abubakar Karbani, NCPS
37 years in practice
Gulsan Abubakar Karbani is a counsellor with 37 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS22-02693 · expires July 2026
- Years in practice
- 37
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Gulsan
Gulsan Abubakar Karbani is a counsellor with 37 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She takes a person-centred stance, meeting people where they are and helping them work through stress, anxiety, grief and relationship strain. Gulsan speaks English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu which helps when language matters during difficult conversations.
Her practice draws on Existential therapy to help people make sense of major life questions and find purpose amid change.
Background and approach
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches to support coping skills, values-based choices and healthier relating. Sessions are practical and straightforward, focused on what the person wants to change. Gulsan has a long history of helping people manage depression, trauma and abuse, parenting pressures, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
She also supports people facing physical illness, caregiving burdens, and life transitions such as separation or bereavement. Her work often includes looking at communication problems, control issues and commitment worries. She is registered with NCPS and works with individuals who want to talk about problems and make steady progress.
Gulsan accepts international clients and adapts her approach to fit cultural and language needs. Her experience means she can draw on many ways to help, while keeping sessions clear and direct. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps pair someone with her and then sessions are scheduled according to availability.
Therapy uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Gulsan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Gulsan names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online counselling
Existential therapy helps people face big life questions and find personal meaning when things change or feel overwhelming. It is useful for grief, life transitions, and times when someone feels stuck or uncertain about purpose.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical skills to accept difficult thoughts and take actions that reflect personal values. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and coping with chronic problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people develop safer ways of relating and communicating.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to a person's goals and together they will choose which methods suit the situation. This is a collaborative process and techniques can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging lets someone write between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel, while still using evidence-based methods adapted for remote sessions.
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Questions people ask
What issues does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, plus trauma, self-esteem and intimacy-related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and person-centred, combining Existential therapy with ACT and attachment work to focus on meaning, values and closer relationships.
What is her professional background?
She brings 37 years of professional experience working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location apply?
She is registered with NCPS and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages can sessions be held in?
Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
Can international clients work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients and adapts to different cultural and language needs.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How does the cost and subscription work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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