Layla Kareem, BACP
6 years in practice
Layla Kareem is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and life changes.
License and registration
- BACP
- 394226 · expires February 2027
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Layla
Layla Kareem is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and life changes. She supports clients working through grief, trauma and intimacy concerns. Layla also addresses sleeping problems, career worries, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, and compassion fatigue.
Layla offers a calm, open approach and encourages people to speak honestly about what they are feeling. She listens without judgement and tailors sessions to each person’s needs.
Background and approach
The first conversations focus on what matters most to the client and what small steps feel possible. Her practice draws on existential ideas alongside attachment-based and client-centred methods. She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy when helpful and brings emotion-focused awareness into conversations about relationships.
The emphasis is on making sense of difficult feelings and finding ways to cope day to day. Layla holds BACP, which denotes membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has six years of professional experience working with a wide range of personal and relational concerns.
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Work with Layla can include shorter check-ins by text, longer video or phone conversations, or ongoing written exchanges. The approach is collaborative - she helps people identify goals, try different ways of responding, and review what is helpful as therapy continues.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Layla lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Layla names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-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 look at meaning, choice and values when life feels uncertain. Sessions focus on what matters to the individual, how they want to live, and ways to face difficult feelings with clearer purpose.Attachment-based therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns. It can help people understand why they react certain ways in relationships and practise new ways of connecting and communicating.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and the therapist will work together with the client to choose what fits best. This often means starting with a conversational assessment, trying one method for a few sessions, and adjusting based on what feels most useful for the person’s goals and preferences.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when discussion and visual cues help, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging is useful for brief check-ins, ongoing written reflection, or when clients want to process thoughts in writing rather than speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, travel and daily demands, while still working with established therapeutic approaches and experienced counsellors.
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Questions people ask
What issues does Layla help people with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, low self-esteem and coping with life changes. Other areas include grief, trauma, intimacy difficulties, sleeping problems and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar.
What is Layla's therapeutic style?
Her work combines an existential outlook with attachment-based and client-centred approaches. Practical CBT techniques and emotionally-focused ideas are used where they help the client make changes.
How much experience does she have?
Layla has six years of professional experience working with a wide range of personal and relational concerns.
What qualifications and region are listed?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she use?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, allowing different ways to connect depending on preference.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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