Reshma SalamBACP

Reshma Salam is a BACP counsellor who offers one-to-one support for adults and young people. She focuses on issues such as relationship strain, parenting pressures, self-esteem, depression, grief, and postpartum depression. Reshma aims to provide a calm space where people can talk things through at their own pace and find what helps them move forward.

She uses a person-centred approach that puts the client's experience at the heart of sessions. That means Reshma listens first, reflects what she hears, and helps people explore their own choices rather than prescribing solutions. Sessions are collaborative and paced to match what feels manageable for each person.

Her background includes work in a local authority children and young people service and at a leading children’s mental health charity. She currently works as a senior counsellor for a women’s charity. These roles have involved supporting people through family problems, trauma and abuse, immigration issues, and isolation or loneliness.

Reshma has experience addressing complex family of origin issues, blended family challenges, domestic violence, and prejudice and discrimination. She also supports people dealing with anger, career questions, and the practical and emotional changes that follow major life events.

Her approach aims to help people discover their own answers, build self-love, and make changes either externally or within themselves so they can move forward with more confidence.

How client-centred work adapts to online therapy

Reshma practises a person-centred approach that centres on listening, empathy and helping people find their own answers. This approach focuses on building trust through reflection and acceptance, and it can help with anxiety, depression, relationship worries and parenting challenges.

She also integrates other resources as needed to meet individual needs, drawing on practical exercises or conversational techniques to address issues such as trauma, grief or postpartum depression. These additions are used to support the core person-centred work and make sessions more practical where helpful.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify what feels most useful, adapting techniques and pacing to fit the client’s goals and preferences. Together they will agree how to focus sessions and what practical steps to try between meetings.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session formats before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online options can make it easier to fit therapy around family or work, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find this flexibility helps them maintain continuity of support while managing everyday life.