About
As a multilingual psychotherapist, I have shaped my path into this work through both struggle and hope. I began my career as a young psychologist in Iran, where speaking up for women’s and children’s rights carried real danger, and my activism eventually forced me into exile.
Rebuilding my life across cultures and roles—through humanitarian work, broadcasting, teaching, and supporting survivors—taught me that healing and justice are inseparable.
My seven years of working with children with special needs, alongside experience in IQ assessment and education, deepened my understanding of human complexity and the many ways people learn, grow, and express themselves.
Living in both the East and the West has given me an existential appreciation for cultural diversity and the different worlds we each inhabit.
For the past eight years in the UK, I have worked with individuals who have lived through domestic violence, FGM, honour-based violence, and many forms of relational and systemic violence, as well as bereavement, depression, trauma, and other human struggles. These experiences continue to shape how I engage with others.
My approach is integrative, grounded in existential and person-centred traditions, and supported by ACT and psychodynamic thinking.
I bring my lived experience not to place myself at the centre, but to deepen my capacity to meet you with presence, dignity, and authenticity—guided by the belief that healing is an act of resistance, and that even in the darkest circumstances, a single life can move toward freedom and change.
Qualifications
- BSc in Child Psychology
- MSc in Clinical Psychology
- MA in Psychosocial Studies
- Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy (in training)
- BPS, MBACP, MNCPS Accred
