Muhammad Naushad Anjum · 2026-07-23
Before an overseas client ever asks about therapeutic approach or credentials, the first practical question is almost always scheduling: "How does this even work with a 4 to 13 hour time difference?" It's a reasonable concern, and it's one we've built our booking process around directly.
Working Around the Time Difference
Pakistan Standard Time sits well ahead of most places our overseas clients call home — roughly 4-5 hours ahead of the UK, 9-10 hours ahead of the US East Coast, and around 1 hour behind the UAE. In practice, this usually means an evening session for us lines up with a late morning or afternoon slot for clients in London or Toronto, and clients on the US East Coast often prefer an early-morning Pakistan-time slot that lands in their previous evening.
What We Actually Offer Clients Abroad
Booking requests are accepted 24/7, and our team confirms availability within 30 minutes regardless of when you send it — you don't need to be awake during Pakistan business hours just to book. From there, we work with you directly to find a recurring slot that actually fits your schedule, not a generic time you have to adjust your life around.
Picking a Time That Actually Works Long-Term
The biggest scheduling mistake overseas clients make isn't picking the "wrong" time zone conversion — it's picking a time slot that works once but isn't sustainable weekly. Therapy works best with consistency, so we usually recommend settling on a recurring slot (same day, same time each week) rather than re-negotiating a new time every session.
A Few Practical Tips From Clients Who've Done This
Clients who've been doing this for a while tend to agree on a few things: a private room with a door that closes matters more than a fancy setup, headphones help even on a good connection, and blocking the slot in your calendar as "unavailable" prevents the usual work-meeting creep. We regularly work with clients in London, Toronto, Houston and Dubai, so if you're based in one of these places, there's already a rhythm that's worked for others in your time zone.
Ready to find a time that actually fits your schedule? Book an online session or message us on WhatsApp and we'll work out the time difference together.
About the Author
Muhammad Naushad Anjum
Founder & Lead Psychologist (HCPC Registered) — Couples, Marriage & Relationship Counselling
Muhammad Naushad Anjum is the Founder and Lead Psychologist of Meeting Matters Clinic, established in Islamabad in 2010 with the vision of bringing evidence-based, academically sound and internationally benchmarked counselling services to Pakistan and to Pakistanis abroad. He is a UK HCPC-registered practitioner psychologist (registration number PYL041126), is also registered in the UAE, and has 17 years of counselling and applied psychology practice. His specialist areas are couple, marriage and relationship counselling, family counselling, CBT, DBT and trauma. He works online with Pakistanis in the UK, the UAE and across the world, in English, Urdu or Punjabi. See our pages for Pakistanis in the UK (themeetingmatters.com/pakistani-psychologist-uk) and in the UAE and Gulf. Credentials and registration: • Registered Practitioner Psychologist, UK Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), registration number PYL041126 • Registered psychologist in the UAE • MPhil in Psychology • MSc in Psychology Experience: • Founder, Chairman and Lead Psychologist, Meeting Matters, since 2010: leads clinical standards, supervises and trains the clinic's psychologists, and carries a personal caseload in counselling psychology covering anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and workplace issues. • CEO, Meeting Matters Global: leads its Employee Assistance Program, delivered for organisations including Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad. • Consultant psychologist to the employee assistance programmes of BBC, Optum and Workplace Options since 2012, covering workplace mental health, crisis support, stress, resilience and burnout. Professional memberships: • European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP) • International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI) Note: Mr. Naushad has a busy travel schedule, so he sees clients online only. His booking is handled by our Client Facing Team through the normal booking lines, based on availability.
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