Nisha Irfan, BACP

Nisha Irfan holds a Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Nottingham and a Diploma in Clinical Supervision from the Centre for Personal and Professional Development (CPPD). She is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) - a recognised quality mark that reflects experienced practitioners who meet standards for competent and ethical practice. Nisha follows the BACP Ethical Framework and Professional Conduct Procedure in her work.

Her core orientation is humanistic, emphasising relational depth and the therapeutic relationship as a vehicle for change, and her practice is trauma informed. She is a certified provider of tension, trauma and stress releasing exercises (TRE), a somatic approach that helps release deeply held muscular tension, calms the nervous system and supports the body in returning to a more balanced state. Nisha is also fully trained in eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR), a psychotherapy technique that uses bilateral stimulation to reduce the distress linked to traumatic memories.

Across her practice she uses these and other interventions to support people dealing with post-traumatic stress, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, phobias, complicated grief, anger, pain and relationship concerns. Her combined training in psychotherapy, supervision and somatic approaches informs a thoughtful, trauma-aware practice that attends to both emotional and bodily responses to distress.