SABBIR AHMED · Registered Psychotherapist (UKCP) & DBT Therapist
Running on empty, yet facing challenges with emotional flooding? I offer evidence-based DBT therapy in London, the UK and internationally for BPD, AuDHD, ADHD and bipolar to support emotion regulation, lower your reactivity, and facilitate you to build a more stable, meaningful life.
Over 1.5k+ Lives Transformed
SABBIR AHMED · Registered Psychotherapist (UKCP) & EMCC Therapeutic Coach
Running on empty, yet facing challenges with emotional flooding? I offer evidence-based DBT therapy in London, the UK and internationally for BPD, AuDHD, ADHD and bipolar to support emotion regulation, lower your reactivity, and facilitate you to build a more stable, meaningful life.
Over 1.5k+ Lives Transformed
Years Clinical Experience
Registered Psychotherapist
Lives Transformed
Central London Locations
If emotions feel harder to manage than they should, you’re not imagining it.
A small moment – a shift in someone’s energy, an unexpected change of plan – can trigger something that feels completely disproportionate.
This isn’t a personality flaw or a lack of effort. It’s a particular way of experiencing the world – one that DBT was specifically designed to work with.
UKCP Registered · DBT & CBT Specialist
Meet your therapist
My name is Sabbir, and I am a UKCP-registered psychotherapist and DBT-informed therapist with over 20 years of clinical experience, including significant time within NHS mental health services and private practice.
I trained at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and King’s College London. I combine clinical depth with genuine warmth, offering DBT-informed individual therapy that’s personalised to you — not a one-size-fits-all programme.
“With Sabbir’s continued support and guidance, I am better at dealing with negative thoughts and emotions, have improved the quality of the most important relationships in my life.”
Author and Entrepreneur
“I am deeply grateful for Sabbir’s profound positive impact on my life. His unique approach has been truly transformative. I feel empowered to live authentically and to build the life I’ve always dreamed of.”
AI Product Manager
“Sabbir’s professionalism and expertise have been instrumental in navigating various aspects of my life. He provides practical tools and strategies that extend well beyond our sessions.”
Corporate Lawyer, London
DBT was built for emotional intensity. Whether your diagnosis is AuDHD, ADHD, BPD, bipolar, or you feel like you’re still figuring out which diagnosis best describes your challenges, the below emotional patterns respond to the right DBT skills:
In BPD and bipolar, feelings don’t just arrive; they approach at extreme intensity and shift rapidly, often in response to interpersonal triggers. This high emotional reactivity makes a slow return to baseline feel impossible, leaving you trapped in a fear cycle of splitting. I use DBT-informed therapy to help you find the middle path, facilitating a buffer between the intense impulse and the reaction that follows.
→ DBT reduces intensity and shortens recovery time
In the moment, an urge feels urgent and non-negotiable – then comes the guilt. Whether it’s emotional impulsivity or ADHD-related executive function difficulty, this pattern can cause you to lose trust in yourself and your self-regulation.
→ DBT gives you distress-tolerance tools for the hardest moments
Your baseline can change in hours, not days. This emotional instability disrupts your work, relationships, and sense of who you are. This pattern is recognisable within AuDHD, ADHD, BPD and bipolar contexts.
→ DBT builds routines and skills that stabilise your emotional baseline
In the landscape of BPD and ADHD, relationships often exist at two extremes; you are either hyper-connected to your family and friends, or completely withdrawn. This ‘all-or-nothing’ attachment pattern leads to a taxing cycle between over-correction and emotional isolation. DBT facilitates you to navigate these intense interpersonal interactions without the burnout of constant repair.
→ DBT builds steadier communication and the ability to repair without crisis
You feel like a different person depending on who you’re with. You mask, adapt and mirror your goals, values, and even preferences and wonder which version of you is the real one. This identity fragility is a common trait in BPD and is common in AuDHD.
→ DBT builds a steady, values-led sense of self
For the AuDHD brain, feelings arrive fast, reach peak intensity rapidly, and take longer to return to baseline. This emotional flooding can be more impairing than executive dysfunction itself if not more. I help you to navigate the secondary ‘shame spiral’, including the anxiety and exhaustion which follow, by building tools and techniques for your unique neurological profile.
→ DBT helps you ground, reconnect, and rebuild presence
Every session connects directly to your relationships, daily emotional experiences, and real challenges — not abstract models.
Two decades of NHS and private practice means I bring deep clinical understanding to emotional patterns, stress responses, and trauma.
I use DBT principles where helpful and combine them with CBT, psychodynamic thinking, and schema therapy for a richer approach.
Get to the root
Create your system
Strengthen & sustain
These aren’t promises — they’re patterns. Clients who commit to the work consistently report meaningful, lasting changes in how they feel and how they function.
“With Sabbir’s support, my confidence soared and my mental health went to another level.”
A. — Entrepreneur
Learn to pause, regulate, and respond, rather than react and spend days recovering from the fallout.
Fewer all-or-nothing sprints, more steady energy. Clearer on what’s actually getting in the way, and what to do about it.
Break cycles of closeness and sudden distance. Say what you need without fear. Build connections that feel secure.
Less shame, less harsh self-talk. More belief in your ability to handle pressure — and more consistent follow-through.
Know who you are and what you value, not just who you become in other people’s presence.
Learn to pause, regulate, and respond, rather than react and spend days recovering from the fallout.
Book a free discovery call to help map your path, from overwhelmed to in control.
Secure video sessions · Flexible scheduling · Accessible from anywhere in the UK
Many clients notice meaningful changes within 6–12 sessions. Others prefer longer-term work, especially when processing deeper patterns. We review progress regularly and adjust the pace to what’s right for you.
Yes. A growing body of evidence supports DBT for ADHD, autism, and AuDHD. A 2025 meta-analysis of 8 randomised controlled trials (850 participants) found that DBT produces moderate, clinically significant improvements in ADHD symptoms and meaningful gains in quality of life. Emerging neuroinclusive approaches to DBT — including sensory-informed toolkits, adapted mindfulness, and flexible pacing — are making core DBT skills more accessible for neurodivergent adults (Brandstetter, 2024; Lederman, 2026). I take a neuroinclusive approach, adapting pace, structure, and communication style to each client. If you’d like to explore whether DBT could help with your specific neurodivergent profile, book a free discovery call.
No diagnosis is required to start DBT therapy. Many people come with emotional difficulties they want to address, without a formal label. If assessment would be helpful, I can signpost you to appropriate services.
DBT is structured, evidence-based psychotherapy which teaches specific skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness. Neuroinclusive coaching, in contrast, focuses on practical systems, executive function strategies, and strengths-based support for daily life. Some clients benefit from both, utilising DBT to build emotional resilience, and coaching to build practical structures that they can implement in their life. At Kind Soul Psych, I offer both services and can help you identify which would suit you better.
I offer DBT-informed individual therapy. This means we use DBT principles and skills in a personalised, one-to-one format. At current, I don’t run DBT groups or provide 24/7 phone coaching. If a full structured programme would suit you better, I can refer you to therapists who provide this option.
Yes — I regularly integrate DBT with CBT strategies, psychodynamic insight, and schema-focused techniques where they’re clinically appropriate for your situation.
I provide in-person sessions across my two therapy practices, based in 96 Harley Street and 335 City Road (Angel), London. I also provide online sessions to clients across the UK and internationally via secure Zoom and WhatsApp video calls. We can decide together which format works best for you, and switch if your needs change.
Book a free 20-minute discovery call. No commitment. Just a conversation about where you are and whether we’re the right fit.
or call: 0203 576 1750
0203 576 1750
s.ahmed@kindsoulpsych.co.uk
96 Harley Street, London W1G 7HY
335 City Road, London EC1V ILJ
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