About me
Hi, I'm Ayesha (my pronouns are she/her) and I'm a person-centred therapist based in Glasgow and working online.
I have experience working with many topics - please feel free to get in touch and ask if you would like to know my experience with something specific.
Some areas of experience and interest are:
- sexuality and gender identity;
- non-monogamy and alternative relationship structures;
- bereavement;
- life transitions: big changes in relationships, work or health, including menopause;
- Autism and ADHD;
- feeling "stuck" and looking for fresh perspective or direction;
- anxiety and depression, including suicidal thoughts and feelings.
Please get in touch with any questions, I am happy to chat things through and figure out if I am the right therapist for you.
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I am a person-centred therapist. My job is to get to know you, to understand your experience, and to create a relationship with you where you can be yourself and we can figure out together what you need.
I will ask questions to help you go deeper into what you are exploring, and offer my insights or suggest perspectives that could help you understand your experience. I also work in a trauma-informed way - this means working with trauma slowly and carefully, with an awareness of how the body and mind are connected. I am passionately LGBTQIA+ affirming.
I also work with a systemic lens - this means an awareness of how the society we live in treats people unjustly based on characteristics such as race, gender, sexuality or disability. I am mindful of how these dynamics also occur in the therapy setting - between therapist and client - and am always open to discussing this.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a registered member of the BACP and I qualified with an MSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Distinction) from the University of Strathclyde in 2021. Prior to this I completed the COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills.
I have also completed the Applied Suicide Intervention Training (ASIST).
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
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
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Fees
£60.00 - £80.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My prices are on a sliding scale from £60-£80, with a limited number of concessionary spaces of £45/session for those who would struggle to pay the full fee. Please feel free to ask any questions about this in your enquiry, or in our introductory call.
When I work
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I mostly work Mondays and Thursdays but I have ad hoc availability throughout the week. Evening slots may be available and I am open to flexible scheduling if your other commitments require
