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About me & my practice
Wherever you find yourself right now, you’re not alone in:
• Feeling unsure about where to start with therapy
• Wondering if therapy is (or works) for folks who look or sound like you or your community
• Feeling like things aren’t that bad compared to other people’s circumstances
• Having had therapy before and it not seeing and holding space for all of who you are
• Searching for a therapist who is a good enough fit for you.
I’ve been there and felt some of these feelings too. As a South Asian Muslim woman, who is also a therapist, I believe in and have experienced how powerful therapy can be when you’re seen, heard and honoured in all parts of your identity.
I also know the impact when all of who you are, your history and identity is misunderstood, assumed or just forgotten about. Add in taboo, shame, different cultural perspectives on mental health, as well as structures and systems that were never made for you in the first place, and therapy can feel like a place that isn’t for you.
For a while, I wasn’t sure if it was a place for me.
The experience and wellbeing of Global Majority individuals and communities, however, was something I found myself coming back to. From my academic research to the types of roles I was drawn to throughout my career, they often centred the experiences and voices of people who are so often marginalised by society.
Through all my work, I continued to recognise and hear the need for spaces and practitioners dedicated and committed to and centring people and communities from the Global Majority. So when I began retraining as an Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist in 2020, I knew centring and building my practice for the Global Majority was something I wanted to do - and that’s where A Space For You Counselling was born.
I now spend my time working one-to-one with Global Majority adults in my private practice, facilitating workshops and spaces with a focus on anti-oppressive practice, and working at the intersection of culture, wellbeing and communications.
Farah (she/her)
Integrative Counsellor & Psychotherapist
About my practice
How I practice: my approach to therapy and beyond
My approach to counselling, psychotherapy and wider services is:
- culturally-attuned and tailored
- rooted in anti-oppressive practice, aware of power and systems both within and outside of therapy
- committed to being accessible and equitable
- dedicated to reimagining healing and emotional wellbeing beyond therapy.
As well as being registered with the BACP and adhering to their ethical code, I am also a member of the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network which seeks to: 'address the inequality of access to appropriate psychological services', and actively engage in anti-oppressive and anti-racist supervision and training.
