Iqbal Akhtar , ACA

Iqbal Akhtar is a counselor credentialed in Australia with 8 years of professional experience. He works with people facing stress and anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and concerns related to LGBT identity, and he supports improvements in self-esteem, motivation, and confidence. He brings a respectful, sensitive, and compassionate approach to his work and adapts conversations and treatment plans to reflect each person’s unique needs.

Iqbal holds the ACA credential, a professional counseling credential, and applies evidence-informed methods to help clients explore difficult emotions, build coping skills, and pursue meaningful change. He acknowledges that reaching out for support often requires courage and frames therapy as a collaborative process aimed at practical, personally relevant goals. Iqbal’s areas of additional focus include attachment and relationship concerns, body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress, blended family and communication issues, and a range of personality and adjustment challenges.

Iqbal provides services in English, Hindi, and Urdu and approaches each person with attention to their background and priorities. He strives to create a therapeutic space that is empathetic and tailored to the real-life circumstances clients bring to therapy.