About me
I am Ali Jalal Jafar, a BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and BPC-registered Psychodynamic Psychotherapist.
I work with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, obsessive and compulsive difficulties, relationship problems and emotional patterns that may have become difficult to understand or change.
Some people come to therapy wanting practical help with a specific difficulty. Others arrive with a less clearly defined feeling that something in their life, relationships or inner world is not working as they would like.
I offer two distinct approaches to therapy: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
You do not need to know which approach is right for you before making contact. We can think about this together during the initial consultation.
Manchester · Online across the UK and face to face manchester · 50-minute sessions · £80
Training, qualifications & experience
- Academic Training
- MA Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- MSc Forensic Psychology
- Stage 1 Forensic Psychology training completed (BPC/HCPC-accredited course)
- PGDip Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- PGDip Counselling Psychology
- BSc (Hons) Psychology & Forensic Science
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 per session
Further information
How I work
Perhaps something has brought you here
You don't need to have everything worked out before beginning therapy.
You may know exactly what you want help with.
Perhaps anxiety has begun to shape your life. You may find yourself worrying constantly, avoiding situations, checking, seeking reassurance or becoming overwhelmed by thoughts that are difficult to switch off.
Or perhaps the difficulty is harder to name.
You might notice yourself repeating similar patterns in relationships, struggling with self-criticism, feeling disconnected from other people, or wondering why achievements never quite produce the confidence or security you expected.
Sometimes experiences from the past continue to influence the present in ways that are difficult to understand.
At other times, life can appear manageable from the outside while privately you feel anxious, empty, ashamed, overwhelmed or increasingly distant from yourself.
Therapy offers somewhere to begin thinking about these experiences.
You do not need a diagnosis or a perfectly formulated reason for seeking help.
We can begin with what is happening now.
