- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- CBT strategies
- Mindfulness practice
About Dilnia
Dilnia Horton is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with 13 years of experience. She helps people with relationship problems, family concerns, eating issues, parenting stresses and self-esteem difficulties. She speaks English and Kurdish.
She focuses on identifying feelings and patterns that keep people stuck. Sessions are practical and direct. Conversations look at how past experiences shape current reactions and how small changes can shift daily interactions.
Dilnia uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness approaches. She draws on psychodynamic ideas to understand long-standing patterns. In practice this means naming hard-to-describe emotions, noticing automatic thoughts, and experimenting with different ways of responding to others.
Work may include looking at attachment and abandonment themes, blended family dynamics or issues arising from adoption and foster care. She also supports people dealing with body image, codependency, commitment worries, and the stress of caregiving. When separation or divorce is part of the picture, she helps people sort practical and emotional priorities.
Sessions aim to make problems clearer and manageable. The therapist and client set goals together and check progress over time. To begin, prospective clients follow the directory's matching steps and arrange a first appointment.
How EFT, CBT and mindfulness work for online sessions
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and respond to strong emotions and recognise patterns in close relationships. It is often used when worries about attachment or repeated arguments are a focus. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches small experiments to test new ways of thinking and behaving. Mindfulness Therapy supports noticing thoughts and bodily signals without getting swept away by them and can reduce reactivity.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The counsellor will discuss which methods fit the client’s goals and preferences and will adjust the plan as work progresses. Clients and the therapist set practical aims together and review progress in sessions.
Session formats are not specified in the supplied biography, so please confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments around daily life, reduce travel time and allow quicker check-ins during busy weeks. Some people prefer shorter contacts when they need a quick review, while others use longer sessions to work through deeper issues.
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Kurdish
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with relationship problems, family conflict, eating issues, parenting stress and low self-esteem, plus related areas such as attachment, abandonment and body image.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas to name emotions and change unhelpful patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional experience working with the listed concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Kurdish.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm the current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.