- Warm and collaborative
- Practical coping strategies
- Focus on relationships
About Najma
Najma Haja Alaudeen is an AASW counsellor with 19 years of experience helping adults who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, low mood, or past trauma. She aims to make sessions feel calm and practical so people can take small, steady steps forward. Najma meets people where they are and focuses on everyday solutions that fit their life.
She works with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD-related executive function challenges, and addictions. She also helps with relationship and communication problems, parenting stress, grief and coping with major life changes. Codependency and attachment issues are listed among her focus areas and may be discussed where relevant.
Najma uses a flexible blend of approaches rather than one fixed method. Sessions are collaborative and tailored. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour, and on acceptance-based methods to help people live with difficult feelings while moving toward valued goals.
Her style is warm and practical. Conversations aim to produce clear strategies and tools you can use between sessions. Najma pays attention to how relationships and past losses affect current patterns, and she helps clients rebuild healthier habits and boundaries.
People who come to Najma are often looking for straightforward guidance and coping skills. If you want an approach that mixes problem-solving with emotional understanding, she offers a steady, down-to-earth partnership to work through what matters to you.
How Najma's approaches work online and in practice
Najma draws on several accessible therapies to guide the work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying what you value and taking small actions toward those values while making room for difficult emotions. It can help with anxiety, low mood and motivation problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and feelings. It helps people understand why they react a certain way in relationships and supports building healthier ways of relating and setting boundaries. Finding the right approach is part of the process. Najma works collaboratively to choose or combine methods based on your needs, goals and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan if something isn’t helping. If you are considering online sessions, confirm the available session formats before booking since current session options are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, allow a brief check-in during a lunch break, or let someone choose a quieter time that suits them. These practical benefits can help therapy become a regular part of daily life, while discussions still focus on building skills, improving relationships and managing distress.Areas of expertise
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Experience
19+ years
Credentials
Listed on profile
Languages
English, Tamil
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Najma help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD challenges, addictions and low self-esteem. Relationship issues, parenting stress, grief and life transitions are also within her practice focus.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is flexible and collaborative with a practical focus. Sessions aim to build coping tools and clear steps you can use between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
Najma brings 19 years of experience working in counselling roles and supporting adults with a range of mental health and life challenges.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with AASW and practices in Australia.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Tamil.
Can people outside Australia work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a course of therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.