- Stress and anxiety
- Blended family issues
- Eating difficulties
About Pegah
Dr. Pegah Houshmand is an HCPC-registered Practitioner Psychologist in the United Kingdom with 12 years of experience. She holds a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and has worked in both the NHS and the private sector. Her work covers a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma, and blended family issues.
She uses an integrative approach, drawing on different evidence-based models to suit each person. Sessions are collaborative and focus on what matters most to the individual. She aims to help people reduce distress and build steadier ways of coping with everyday pressures.
Her practice includes support for grief, addictions, eating and sleeping difficulties, intimacy-related concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also lists adoption and foster care, attachment issues, and a range of personality and neurodevelopmental matters among areas she works with. This breadth means she often supports people through complex, overlapping problems.
Dr Houshmand has particular clinical interest in eating difficulties and in helping clients who face relationship strain after life changes. She has experience with both short-term problem solving and longer work to change patterns that keep people stuck. In sessions she offers practical strategies alongside space to reflect on feelings and relationships.
She has worked with children and young people during her training with Place2Be and provides sessions for parents to reflect on a child's emotional needs. For adults in stepfamily or blended household situations she can help with role changes, co-parenting tensions and loyalty conflicts.
Therapeutic approaches and how online work can help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on what matters to the client and helps people live in line with their values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds influence current trust and relating. This can help when relationship difficulties or loyalty conflicts are part of the problem.
She combines these approaches with client-centred listening to make practical sense of difficulties. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with clients to choose methods that match their goals, needs and preferences rather than imposing a single model.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, travel and family life, reduce time spent travelling, and allow quieter, shorter check-ins when a full hour is hard to arrange. It also makes it possible to work with registered or accredited professionals from other locations when that suits the client's circumstances.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address that matter to stepparents?
She works with relationship strain, blended family issues, co-parenting tensions, loyalty conflicts and adjustments to new household roles.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is integrative and collaborative. She combines practical strategies with space to reflect on emotions and relationships.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of professional experience in both NHS and private settings and holds a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is HCPC registered and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She accepts international clients.
What are the session formats and cost arrangements?
The biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current session options before booking. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.