- Client-centred approach
- Existential perspective
- BACP registration
About Sana
Sana Khwaja is a counsellor in the United Kingdom who welcomes people seeking support for life changes and emotional struggles. She focuses on practical, compassionate conversation to help clients feel heard and understood. Sana encourages small, steady steps towards clearer thinking and more manageable days.
She uses a client-centred approach that puts each person's experience at the heart of sessions. That means the conversation follows the client's priorities and pace rather than a fixed agenda. Sana also draws on existential ideas to help people make sense of life choices, meaning, and identity when they feel stuck.
Her work has included supporting people with addictions, LGBT-related concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, stress and anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, and low self-esteem. Additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care, attachment-related difficulties, blended family issues and multicultural concerns. Sana aims to tailor conversations to the issue a person brings, whether coping with depression or navigating relationship tensions.
Sana holds BACP, which indicates registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has around five years of professional experience and works with people who prefer a respectful, non-judgemental space to talk through problems. Sessions aim to help clients identify practical ways to manage stress and improve everyday functioning.
To begin, she asks people to reflect on what matters most to them and what they hope to change. The focus is on collaboration and gradual progress, with the client leading the direction of work.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Sana uses client-centred work to follow what matters to each person. That means online sessions focus on the issues the client brings and move at the client's pace. This style helps when someone needs space to be heard and to try out different ways of coping.She also draws on existential ideas to help clients reflect on choices, identity and meaning. Online conversations can support people who are wrestling with life direction, identity questions or the emotional impact of change. The aim is to help clients make sense of difficult feelings and find practical next steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sana will collaborate with each client to decide what methods suit their goals and preferences. Together they agree what to focus on and how sessions will be structured, checking in and adjusting as needed.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy routines, reduce travel time and let people join from different locations. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when a quick session is more practical than a full appointment.
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Experience
5+ years
Credentials
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Sana help with?
Sana supports people with addictions, trauma and abuse, LGBT-related concerns, parenting stress, anxiety, depression and relationship or intimacy issues. She also works around adoption and foster care matters and related attachment concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is client-centred, so sessions follow what the person brings. Existential ideas are used too to look at meaning, choices and identity when people feel stuck.
What is her professional background?
She has about five years of professional experience working in the UK, supporting people with a range of emotional and life difficulties.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She holds BACP, which indicates registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients, so people outside the UK can enquire about working together.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.