Ummayah Sidhu

Meet Ummayah, a BACP Accredited Psychotherapist and Senior Clinical Lead with over 10 years of post-qualification experience across private practice, international education and university leadership.

Ummayah lived and worked in Qatar for six years, and continues to support clients across Qatar, Dubai, the wider GCC and the UK. She brings a nuanced, culturally sensitive understanding of relocation, expat life and identity shifts. She has worked extensively with intercultural marriages, mixed-heritage families and clients navigating multi-faith dynamics. As a revert to Islam with a wider family spanning diverse faiths and cultures, she has a lived understanding of identity, family expectations and cross-cultural belonging.

She supports individuals navigating:

Anxiety, stress and feeling overwhelmed by life or career pressures; parenting and parental identity shifts, including family dynamics, perinatal adjustment and parenting across cultures; academic stress, perfectionism and campus transitions for students, academics and international scholars; relationship difficulties, communication breakdowns and family transitions; identity, belonging and relocation; grief, loss and past trauma; and burnout and career pressure, including leadership coaching for high-functioning professionals.

Ummayah's practice is grounded in empathy, warmth and complete confidentiality. Rather than rigid formulas, she offers a person-centred, trauma-informed space tailored to your story and your pace. You can speak freely without needing to explain away your culture, faith or background. Together, you will untangle complex emotional patterns and explore the root causes of what you are experiencing, not just manage symptoms.

Whether you are facing a major life change, seeking academic or parenting support, or simply looking for a safe space to regain clarity, her goal is to help you build long-term resilience, deep self-trust and lasting emotional wellbeing.