Dr. Pegah Houshmand, HCPC
Experienced HCPC practitioner psychologist
Details
| Name | Dr. Pegah Houshmand |
|---|---|
| Credentials | HCPC |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | HCPC |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 12 |
About Pegah
Dr. Pegah Houshmand is a HCPC registered practitioner psychologist based in the United Kingdom. She holds a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and brings twelve years of professional experience from NHS and personal settings.
Her work focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression and related life challenges. Her background includes supporting people with trauma, grief, addictions and relationship issues. She also pays attention to concerns around eating, sleeping, bipolar mood patterns and ADHD, and offers help for intimacy-related difficulties and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She works with adults and has experience that reaches into settings involving children and parents through earlier training. Pegah follows an integrative, Narrative-informed approach and draws on Cognitive Behavioural and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques when useful. She aims to tailor sessions to each person’s needs and priorities rather than use a one-size-fits-all method.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with practical strategies introduced alongside chance to reflect on life stories. In the therapy room she keeps a calm, non-judgemental stance. People can expect time to talk through what matters most to them, explore unhelpful patterns, and practise new ways of coping.
Her aim is to help people rediscover strengths and steady routines that support day-to-day life. Pegah offers online and remote formats and works with clients across regions. She explains how the process works and helps people choose an approach that fits their needs.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Grief among the things Pegah works with, alongside the areas below.
- 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
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Imago Relationship Therapy: Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Pegah among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Pegah directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Pegah directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Working with Narrative and practical therapies online
Dr Houshmand combines Narrative ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-based thinking to help people make sense of difficult experiences. Narrative-informed work looks at the stories people tell about themselves and helps them see alternatives to limiting stories. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) uses simple exercises to clarify values and build flexible ways of responding to painful thoughts and feelings. Attachment-based work pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns and supports rebuilding safer ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to focus on life stories, values and action, or relationships, and they adapt methods as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for those balancing work, family or long distances. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the therapeutic focus on meaningful change.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does she commonly help with?
Pegah supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and grief as well as relationship and intimacy-related issues. She also works with addictions, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and non-judgemental. She uses an integrative, Narrative-informed approach and brings in practical techniques to suit each person.
How much experience does she have?
She has twelve years of professional experience working in NHS and personal settings, including clinical and developmental roles.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is HCPC registered and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she is able to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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