Babita Sareen-Flora, BACP

Babita Sareen-Flora is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing a wide range of life challenges. She works with those dealing with depression, relationship strain, grief, trauma and anxiety. Sessions are offered in English and Hindi and she accepts international clients. With eight years of experience and BACP registration, she combines practical techniques with a focus on the therapeutic relationship. Her approach adapts to each person’s needs, drawing on methods such as attachment-based work, cognitive behavioural ideas and client-centred listening. She aims to make sessions a place where people can speak openly and feel heard. Babita uses elements from several approaches rather than a single method. That means some weeks may focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new skills, while other sessions focus on understanding relational patterns and emotions. EMDR and emotionally-focused ideas are also part of her toolkit when they suit a person’s goals. She has supported people with a broad set of concerns beyond core mood and anxiety problems, including addiction, ADHD, eating and sleeping problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and issues around adoption and abandonment. This wide focus helps when life problems intersect in complicated ways. In the first meetings she will listen to what matters most, agree goals, and then tailor the way they work together. Practical steps and reflective conversations are balanced depending on what a person needs at the time.

How Babita’s approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can use this approach to map how a person relates to others and to practise new ways of connecting. Client-centred therapy emphasises listening and the person’s own pace; online conversations can provide that steady, listening space for people to reflect. Cognitive behavioural ideas look at thinking and behaviour patterns and include practical exercises people can try between sessions to test new skills. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Babita will help clients decide which combination of methods fits their goals, needs and preferences. She takes a collaborative stance so the plan can change as progress is made. Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example attending from a quiet room, saving travel time, or fitting a session into a lunch break. Practical benefits include working through upsetting memories with EMDR-informed techniques or using worksheets and behavioural experiments between sessions to build new habits without needing extra appointments.