Ummayah Sidhu

BACP Accredited Integrative Psychotherapist with over 10 years of post-qualification clinical experience delivering therapy across private practice, corporate, and institutional health settings. Specialises in remote telehealth delivery, providing structured, short-to-medium term evidence-based therapy. Brings deep clinical expertise in navigating loss, grief, complex relationship dynamics, life transitions, and acute emotional distress.

Recognised for a culturally sensitive, trauma-informed approach with extensive experience supporting Global Majority communities, faith-informed frameworks, and complex identity shifts. Combines direct practitioner work with high-level clinical risk governance, rapid triage capability, and complete operational autonomy in remote environments.

Independent Psychotherapist at The Whole Story Approach (Private Practice) (2017-07 – Present)

• Remote Clinical Delivery: Manage an active private practice offering remote (video and telephone) psychotherapy, handling full client assessment, session scheduling, and secure digital recordkeeping.
• Specialist Caseload: Deliver short-term and open-ended therapy for clients presenting with loss, bereavement, relationship strain, parental identity shifts, and existential crises.
• Cultural & Faith Sensitivity: Provide culturally aligned, trauma-informed therapy tailored to diverse UK and international clients, specialising in family dynamics within South Asian and Middle Eastern contexts.
• Relational Modalities: Apply an integrative framework incorporating Person-Centred relational presence, Gestalt creative interventions, and Gottman Method frameworks for couples work.
• Clinical Collaboration: Lead specialized perinatal alignment projects in partnership with Beyond Midwives (Liverpool).

Head of Student Wellbeing & Counselling Lead at Aston University (2019-01 – Present)

Service Manager 2019–2024; Head of Wellbeing 2022–Present

• Direct Clinical Caseload: Maintain an active clinical caseload providing brief, focused therapeutic interventions for individuals presenting with complex psychological needs and acute distress.
• Triage & Risk Management: Conduct rapid clinical triage and formal risk assessments (including CORE-10) to determine appropriate short-term care pathways.
• Cultural Governance: Ensure therapeutic responses hold emotional complexity for a highly diverse, international client body, respecting local issues, global events, and faith-based identity.
• Clinical Leadership: Provide strategic and clinical oversight to multi-disciplinary teams (Counselling, Chaplaincy, Wellbeing), maintaining strict adherence to BACP ethical standards.

Psychotherapist / Counsellor at Sakoon UK & Remote (2017-01 – 2021-12)

• Delivered remote and in-person therapy focusing on the intersection of culture, faith, and family dynamics.
• Provided short-term interventions for clients experiencing existential distress, identity shifts, and trauma linked to prejudice or discrimination.

Postgraduate Level 7 in Integrative Psychotherapy – Birmingham City University

Level 6 Graduate Cert in Integrative Psychotherapy – Birmingham City University

BSc (Hons) in Psychology – University of Derby