Muhammad Naushad Anjum · 2026-07-23
A large part of the clients I work with online aren't in Islamabad at all — they're in London, Toronto, Houston, Dubai, or a dozen other cities, trying to find a therapist who understands both the life they're building abroad and the family, culture and expectations they've left behind. That combination is harder to find locally than most people expect.
What an Online Session Actually Looks Like
In practice, it's simpler than people assume: a secure video call at a time that works for your day, not ours. No app to download, no complicated setup — just a link you click at your session time. Sessions run the same length and structure as an in-person visit, and you keep the same therapist every time, so you're not re-explaining your situation from scratch each week.
Why Understanding Pakistani Culture Still Matters From Abroad
A lot of what overseas clients bring to session isn't generic anxiety or stress — it's the specific pressure of joint family expectations from thousands of miles away, marriage proposals arriving over WhatsApp, guilt about not being there for aging parents, or trying to explain a Western therapist's advice to a family that doesn't see mental health the same way. A therapist who's actually from that context doesn't need it explained first.
Confidentiality When You're Far From Home
One worry I hear often from overseas clients: "What if someone back home finds out I'm in therapy?" Every session is strictly confidential, regardless of where you're logging in from — the same standard whether you're sitting in our Islamabad clinic or in your bedroom in Manchester after your kids are asleep.
What Overseas Clients Usually Come to Us For
Homesickness and identity strain between two cultures, pressure around marriage and family expectations, the strain of long-distance relationships with parents or a partner back home, and the more universal concerns — anxiety, depression, burnout — that don't disappear just because you've moved abroad. Our online therapy and online counseling services are built around exactly this.
If this sounds familiar, you don't have to explain your background from scratch. Book a confidential online session or message us directly on WhatsApp — we'll work around your time zone.
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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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