Counsellor profile
Nisha Irfan, BACP
Counsellor - trauma and relationships
See online counselling options- Stress and anxiety
- EMDR and TRE
- Attachment work
About Nisha
Counsellor and BACP member with 12 years' experience, Nisha Irfan offers help for stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also works with issues around relationships, sexuality and parenting, and supports people dealing with anger, sleep problems and major life changes.
Nisha trained to a masters level in counselling and psychotherapy at the University of Nottingham. She also holds a diploma in clinical supervision from the Centre for Personal and Professional Development. She is accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which she follows in her practice.
Her base approach is humanistic, emphasising the relationship in sessions and attending to how past attachments shape present feelings. She describes her work as trauma informed and draws on methods that include eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, mindfulness, cognitive behavioural ideas and attachment-focused ways of working.
She uses practical methods as well as talking. Nisha is a certified provider of tension, trauma and stress releasing exercises, sometimes called TRE, which aims to reduce deep muscular tension and calm the nervous system. She also uses EMDR for people who are coping with distress linked to traumatic memories.
Sessions explore current problems and past patterns, and may include gentle exercises or structured techniques depending on what a person needs. Nisha also offers clinical supervision, based on her diploma in that field. She works from the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English.
How her approaches translate to online counselling
Nisha uses attachment-based work and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing in her practice. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape feelings and reactions now, and helps people notice patterns that affect current relationships. EMDR involves structured sets of bilateral stimulation alongside focused memory processing to reduce distress linked to traumatic memories.She also draws on client-centred ideas that place the person’s experience at the centre of sessions and on cognitive behavioural techniques to map and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Finding the right approach is part of the work together; the therapist and client will review goals and try methods that fit the person’s needs and preferences in a collaborative way.
If you are considering remote sessions, confirm the exact session formats before booking as the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a weekday break, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals, including counsellors, can adapt EMDR, mindfulness exercises and attachment-focused conversations to work by distance, with adjustments to suit each person.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What types of problems does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and depression, as well as relationship and intimacy-related issues.
What style of counselling does she use?
Her orientation is humanistic and trauma informed, using relational work alongside techniques such as mindfulness and cognitive behavioural ideas.
How long has she been practising?
She has 12 years' experience working in counselling and psychotherapy.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
Can I have sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she take international clients?
She does not accept international clients at present.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a session with her?
Begin by selecting the See online counselling options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
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