Dr. Zoleikha Gholizadeh

Dr. Zoleikha Gholizadeh is a UK-based counsellor with 19 years of professional experience and the NCPS credential. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, anger or trauma. She creates a calm space where clients can speak honestly and be heard without fear of judgement.

Her style is practical and supportive. She helps clients break down problems into manageable steps. Sessions are a place to talk through difficult feelings and try new ways of coping. Dr Gholizadeh encourages small, steady changes that fit daily life.

Over nearly two decades she has worked with a wide range of concerns, including ADHD, obsessive thoughts and compulsions, panic and phobias, and complex mood issues. She also supports people facing fertility or cancer-related stress, postpartum depression, and the aftermath of abuse or trauma. Isolation and loneliness are among the issues she can help address.

She speaks English, Azerbaijani and Persian, which can help when cultural background affects how someone talks about problems. Dr Gholizadeh aims to tailor sessions to each person’s needs and preferences.

To begin, clients use the site Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to therapist availability. The service uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How evidence-based techniques can work online

Dr Gholizadeh uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and build new coping skills. One common approach focuses on teaching practical coping strategies and structured exercises that target anxious or low mood symptoms. These techniques help with panic, phobias, and day-to-day stress by giving clear steps to practise between sessions.

Another approach centres on working through traumatic memories and their effects in a paced way. This helps people reduce the hold of painful experiences, process difficult feelings and restore a sense of control over daily life. Such work is done collaboratively and at a pace the client can manage.

Finding the best approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, then suggest methods to try. Clients are encouraged to give feedback so the plan can be adjusted as needed.

For practicalities, please confirm the current session options before booking as the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, remove travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it possible to work with a therapist who speaks English, Azerbaijani or Persian without relocating.