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Pegah Houshmand, BACP

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Pegah is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

4.5 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Pegah. View 28 reviews
Speaks English
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in United Kingdom
Accepts worldwide clients

Recent reviews

She’s awesome

Reviewed December 2024

Time goes by so fast when I'm having a session with Pegah, she listens carefully and shows expressions that indicates she is listening to me. She is super down to earth and I'm not nervous when I talk to her, I can be transparent when it comes to my emotions with her! Thank you Pegah for being who you are :)

Reviewed November 2024

More about Pegah

  • 12 years' experience
  • Female
  • BACP

I am licensed in the UK with over 11 years of professional work experience.

My training background is a Doctorate in counselling psychology and I have experience of working within the NHS and the private sector. My approach is integrative, drawing on the approaches that best suit the issues clients bring into therapy depending on the clients’ needs, working towards goals that are important to the client.

I aim to provide an empathic, supportive space where clients can freely express their thoughts and feelings and feel seen and heard. While therapy helps clients to process difficult or painful thoughts and feelings, I believe that therapy can also focus on the potential of my clients. I work with her clients to identify and draw on their inner resources to live a fuller, more satisfying life.

My experience includes working with depression and anxiety, couples counselling, bereavement, OCD, trauma, addiction, PTSD, abuse, agoraphobia, panic attacks and many other issues. I understand the internal and external pressures people can put on themselves, which can lead to unhelpful or damaging coping strategies. I work with my clients to identify healthier ways of managing emotions and stress and has a special interest in eating disorders.

I has also gained valuable experience in working with children through her training with Place2Be, a leading charity specialising in working with children and adolescents. My work with the younger client’s emphasis on creating a safe, supportive, non-judgmental space to simply be whilst gently facilitating the opportunity for the young clients to explore, better understand and express their through and feelings and achieve positive change through arts and play therapy. I also understands the importance of providing parents the space to explore and understand the difficulties their children may be experiencing and offers sessions to parents to allow the opportunity for parents to explore their child’s needs and how to best support their children through these difficulties.

Specialties

Stress Anxiety LGBT Grief Self esteem Depression Addictions Relationship issues Family conflicts Trauma and abuse Intimacy-related issues Eating disorders Sleeping disorders Parenting issues Anger management Career difficulties Bipolar disorder Coping with life changes Coaching Compassion fatigue ADHD Abandonment Adoption and foster care Aging and geriatric issues Antisocial personality Attachment issues Autism and Asperger Syndrome Avoidant personality BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture Blended family issues Body image Cancer Caregiver issues and stress Chronic pain, illness, and disability Co-morbidity Codependency Commitment issues Communication problems Control issues Coping with natural or human-caused disaster Dependent personality Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) Dissociation Divorce and separation Domestic violence Drug and alcohol addiction Eating and food-related issues Emptiness Family of origin issues Family problems Fatherhood issues Fertility issues First responder issues Forgiveness Gender dysphoria Guilt and shame HIV / AIDS Hoarding Hospice and end-of-life counseling 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 Narcissism Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacks Paranoia Personality disorders Phobias Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships Postpartum depression Post-traumatic stress Pregnancy and childbirth Prejudice and discrimination Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling) Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Self-harm Self-love Sex addiction Sexual assault and abuse Sexual dysfunction Sexuality Smoking / vaping cessation Social anxiety and phobia Somatization Traumatic brain injury Trichotillomania Visually impaired Women's issues Workplace issues Young adult issues

Treatment Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Attachment-Based Therapy
  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Existential Therapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Imago Relationship Therapy
  • Jungian Therapy
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems

Licenses

  • BACP · United Kingdom · 376824 · Expires July 2025

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for Pegah Houshmand

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

4.5

28 reviews

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She’s awesome

Reviewed December 2024

Time goes by so fast when I'm having a session with Pegah, she listens carefully and shows expressions that indicates she is listening to me. She is super down to earth and I'm not nervous when I talk to her, I can be transparent when it comes to my emotions with her! Thank you Pegah for being who you are :)

Reviewed November 2024

Pegah Houshmand is a really considerate person who listens and respects the issues I have, she gives me time to go through the things I need without feeling rushed. We are working towards a goal of emdr therapy, yes it will take time to get there but I feel good about the approach we are going with. She doesn't judge me or my opinions she does challenge my thoughts on myself in a really good manner and I feel this is very constructive for what I need for my therapy. I would recommend Pegah whole heartedly. I'm very happy with therapy I am receiving.

Reviewed November 2024

Brilliant

Reviewed November 2024

Pegah is reassuring l, fantastic and really listens.

Reviewed September 2024

Pegah has helped me greatly in navigating leaving a toxic workplace and finding healing and inspiration again. She is a great listener, speaks her mind on the origins and potential solutions to the issue and is very helpful overall! Definitely recommend working with Pegah!

Reviewed July 2024

Pegah has been very supportive in finding my voice - she allows me the space to speak and provides helpful perspectives and tips to help me think differently and gain confidence.

Reviewed June 2024

Petah listens but I don’t feel judged. Strategies to help are useful , realistic and achievable. Only had a few sessions but already feeling more positive , uplifted and hopeful . Would certainly recommend Pegah x

Reviewed April 2024

So far Pegah has been a very conscientious therapist, sending me various tips and strategies throughout the week. My contact time with her has been very useful so far, and I like that the she talks and gives me live feedback and suggestions during our sessions.

Reviewed April 2024

Pegah is great at giving advice. She’s also attentive and diligent to each individual she caters for. I would recommend having her as a therapist!

Reviewed March 2024

Pegah has been crucial in helping me improve my mental health, which had been declining due to a toxic work environment that showed no signs of improvement. She has offered me numerous useful tips on how to manage the emotional challenges I face in this workplace, how to distance myself from negativity, and how to maintain belief in myself despite the persistent negativity around me. Although I am transferring to another workplace, these experiences tend to linger and shape us. Pegah has been invaluable in providing insights into these processes and helping me make changes that have significantly improved my well-being. I wholeheartedly recommend working with Pegah!

Reviewed March 2024

Perfect in every way

Reviewed March 2024

Pegah is an amazing listener and knows how to guide.

Reviewed February 2024

She's a nice therapist and she helped me a lot

Reviewed January 2024

I am very grateful for Pegah’s help, she is a wonderful counsellor and very empathetic lady. She has opened my eyes on how to heal and live a better life. Thank you so much!

Reviewed November 2023

Pegah is a wonderful counsellor. We worked through things step by step and tackled each challenge one after another. She provided a range of strategies and exercises to use daily, and she gave excellent pushes in the right direction for all sorts of different things that I was facing. We worked from the bottom up, tackling the past, then the present and the future. After the processing of emotions and experiences, we moved forward to positive actions, and setting goals and attainable objectives. She helps you reflect on yourself and ask the questions you hadn’t thought to ask. She shows you another angle and helps you change your mindset and look at things differently. I have come out of therapy feeling motivated and encouraged to find happiness and to strengthen positivity in my life. She was a big support during a tough time, and I must say it was hard to let go of her, we really built a strong professional connection. She doesn’t see this as goodbye and gave wonderful advice that I can return anytime if I am in need of her support again. I really recommend her. Thanks so much Faithful Counselling!

Reviewed November 2023

I am grateful for being matched with Pegah. She is very helpful and patient with me. She knows her profession well and I am happy especially with her knowledge of the step work as I need support in this area. She is definitely a God's blessing.

Reviewed August 2023

Pegah is very professional, friendly, has a depth of understanding and easy to talk to. I've only just started with Pegah, but I knew from the first session that she is the right counsellor for me, as we explore through a lot together.

Reviewed August 2023

Very good exp

Reviewed March 2023

Pegah has been excellent so far in my journey of therapy with her. She has been kind, understanding, and very accepting of what I have to say and the thoughts and feelings that I go through. She always says the right things to settle my anxiety as an overthinker and I feel that through more sessions with her, I am beginning to feel more confident in my journey of healing.

Reviewed November 2023

Pegah is a very good listener and very supportive. She answers all my questions on a timely manner. She is so professional. I cannot recommend her enough.

Reviewed November 2023

Very helpful and knowledgeable therapist that is helping me to challenge my negative thought processes. Also in building up positive thought processes.

Reviewed November 2023

She is very tentative and listens to you.

Reviewed September 2023

The sessions are really helpful. Pegah is respectful, has a great listening ear and is very supportive. I like how I can connect with Pegah throughout the week by sharing my journal and she always provides encouraging feedback and ideas to help me on my journey.

Reviewed September 2023

Pegah is very thoughtfull and intuitive. She helps me boost my confidence and build a better future for myself, also knows how to supportively and actively chalenge my negative Setting.

Reviewed August 2023

Very understanding, knowledgable, makes me feel at ease. Makes me feel understood and works through each issue thoroughly

Reviewed July 2023

I really appreciate Pegah’s ability to be both gentle and understanding but also firm in her validation for what I’m experiencing and also in advising me with practical steps I can take to help myself.

Reviewed June 2023

Awesome

Reviewed February 2023

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Frequently asked questions

Does Pegah Houshmand offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Pegah Houshmand works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Pegah Houshmand speak?

Pegah Houshmand speaks English.

How many years of experience does Pegah Houshmand have?

Pegah Houshmand has 12 years of experience.

Where is Pegah Houshmand licensed to practice?

Pegah Houshmand is licensed to practice in the United Kingdom.

Does Pegah Houshmand accept clients outside of the United Kingdom?

Yes, Pegah Houshmand accepts clients outside of the United Kingdom.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Pegah Houshmand offer?

Pegah Houshmand offers clients Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Imago Relationship Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, and Internal Family Systems.

How can I communicate with Pegah Houshmand?

Pegah Houshmand can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with Pegah Houshmand?

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