Aishah Bumadian

Life's challenges can test our emotional resilience. There are times when these challenges are unavoidable, impacting our mood and relationships and becoming too overwhelming that we find it difficult to bounce back from our problems. Recognizing that you aren’t coping well with your stressors and/or emotional discomfort is a major step to healing. 

While it does take so much courage to reach out, asking for help can be highly rewarding. Instead of facing your problems alone, speaking to a counsellor can help you work through your problems more effectively.

I can offer a non-judgmental and safe space where you can be yourself, explore and make sense of your stressors and sort through difficult emotions. This empowers you to move through your pain and discover the changes you are seeking in your life.

I love helping my clients reconnect with their authentic selves, become more self-accepting, heal and achieve personal growth. I’ve worked with many people who were struggling with a diverse range of issues and have helped them put the pieces of their lives together. 

While I am an American-born and UK-trained therapist, I've lived in multiple countries and I understand the challenges and benefits of having to navigate cross-cultural worlds. I am very fortunate to have lived in different regions of the world, which have given me incredible insights and an appreciation of the uniqueness and beauty of different cultures. These cultures have inspired me to immerse myself in others’ worlds and to respect diversity.

HOW I WORK:

As an integrative humanistic and Brainspotting therapist, I understand that the quality of the therapeutic relationship is the most fundamental element of the counselling process. It's incredible what can happen when you’re around someone who is genuine and empathetic, validates your thoughts and emotional experiences and can see the best version of yourself before you can see your own potential. 

I trust in your innate ability to overcome your difficulties, self-heal and reach your potential, despite the adverse life experiences that may have hindered this process.

The way I work is collaborative, tailored and unique to you. I draw on different perspectives and interventions in the moment, based on your individual needs, helping you identify and reflect on the different parts of yourself, thoughts, feelings and behaviours, become more authentic and self-aware, find meaning and solutions to your difficulties and ultimately process and heal your emotional and/or physical distress.

I aspire to provide you with a space for you to feel safe and heard, that motivates you to forge a deeper connection with your whole self and empowers you to make positive and meaningful changes in your life.

Because I know how important it is to find the right counsellor, I offer a free 30-minute introductory session which gives both you and me ample time to decide if we are the right fit. The introductory session also provides a space where you can introduce what you would like to bring to counselling. 

You can choose to speak over the phone or have a Google Meet online session where it gives us the opportunity to connect by seeing each other’s facial expressions and hearing each other’s words and tone of voice. 

For your convenience, I offer both face-to-face counselling sessions and online (Zoom) sessions for UK and international clients. 

Please check out my website (www.selfexpressioncounselling.co.uk) for more detailed information.

I have trained in Phases 1 & 2 of Brainspotting. 

Brainspotting is a brain-body based relational therapy that effectively helps clients find, process, release and heal unresolved trauma wounds. It beautifully aligns with Humanistic approaches as it understands that clients are the experts on themselves and the therapist takes their lead from the client.

This approach gets to the deepest roots of your traumas that have become stuck in your body and have led to emotional and/or physical pain. This allows the brain and body to process and heal trauma, which helps to regulate the nervous system. 

I also specialize in existential related issues (threat of meaninglessness and purpose, loneliness and the tension between our freedom of choice and responsibility) and identity related issues.

• Individual face-to-face counselling session (up to 55 minutes): £55
• Online (Zoom) counselling session (up to 55 minutes): £55
• Online (Zoom) evening (after 5:30 PM GMT) counselling sessions (up to 55 minutes): £65

Concessionary rates can be discussed for those on a low income.