Fiyaz Mughal

You matter. Your experiences matter & if they did not, you would not be here.

At the core of a productive therapeutic relationship, (productive and healthy for you), is a therapist who can emotionally hold, connect, empathise and sit with you amid your experiences. My clients, tell me this is something I bring into my therapy work. 

I specialise in anxiety, panic disorder, agoraphobia, social anxiety, agoraphobia, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), travel phobias and ongoing ruminations. My specialisms also includes stress management, working through ruminations that may be troubling, working with clients to reduce phobias and fears, and supporting greater self-confidence and self-esteem. I also work with trauma and identity and as a neuroscientist graduate, (through my initial degree), I incorporate the biology of the body with the therapy work that I undertake. 

Further specialisms that I work on include helping clients overcome a fear of flying, a fear of giving speeches in front of audiences, fears around travelling on the public transport such as the Underground, buses and trains and fears around injections and needles. (More on these can be found through the links below).

My work with clients who have a range of anxiety issues looks at their past experiences, practical ways of managing anxiety & stress, bodily systems involved and taking a more holistic approach in the management of anxiety with clients. I am also a trained Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist and work with CBT techniques and Exposure and Response Prevention techniques. These are just two forms of practice and others include, muscle tension and relaxation, breathwork, somatic work (body-work), self-esteem building, visualisation, hypnotherapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness and core counselling work. 

Anxiety does not have to be life limiting and really does not have to manage you. You can manage it through self-empathy, self-care & understanding.

Over the long term, anxiety, stress, panic and ruminations can deplete bodily energy, create confusion, a sense of low self-esteem and a sense that someone ‘cannot do what others do’. At the heart of it, it is about an internalised risk assessment process that those affected by it, go through, as though their internal script is to manage external risks that in many cases, seems much larger than it actually may be.

As a qualified BACP registered therapist and as someone who has lived with, managed and reduced the impacts of anxiety on my life for over 30 years, I understand how this condition can affect and permeate many parts of a person’s life.  As stated before, I am also a qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and a Member of the National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists and registered on the General Hypnotherapy Register.

If you are looking to make a change, feel more in charge of your anxiety, stress and your life do get in touch with me.

Here are Details of Other Phobias that I Work On

Read more about me here: https://counselling4anxiety.com/#who-am-i 

Read more about work I do on treating fears around flying: https://counselling4anxiety.com/fear-of-flying/

Read more about work I do on treating fears of giving public speeches or talks here: https://counselling4anxiety.com/fear-of-public-speaking/

Read more about work I do on treating fears of travelling on public transport here: https://counselling4anxiety.com/fear-of-public-transport/

Finally, read more about work I do on treating a fear of needles or injections here: https://counselling4anxiety.com/overcoming-a-fear-of-needles/

More on my work can be found on 👉  www.counselling4anxiety.com

I also offer specialist counselling services to those suffering trauma from:

• Living their childhood in boarding schools and issues related to this environment,
• Emotional and mental health difficulties caused by identity issues.
• Migration and dislocation. This is particularly the case for people who have had to leave their countries of birth and origin,
• Racism, prejudice and intolerance.
• Faith hate that people may have suffered such as anti-Muslim prejudice, anti-Christian or anti-Hindu hatred, to name a few examples.

I require 48 hours notice for cancellations. I try to be as flexible as possible, though a 48 hour notice period is needed, otherwise missed sessions are charged in full.

Client Testimonials - what my clients say.

"I feel like we found a lot of clarity in that session. I also feel a lot more confident about my ability to handle my thoughts and feelings in discovering and tolerating any hypothetically potentially upsetting realities that I would otherwise be burdened by."
Client N. (April 2024)

"Thank you so much for your support over our time together, it's really helped lift me up during a number of hard times and brought a new perspective into my life and thinking which I will always be grateful for."
Client J. (January 2024)

"I had a fear of flying and the work with Fiyaz gave me the courage and the ability to get on my first flight after many years. His style of therapy, his knowledge and his work really allowed me to open up with my fears and phobias". 
Client P. (April 2024)

"I have not been able to get my bloods checked for over 3 years and whenever I book something, I just back out. I also had real problems with getting the Covid-19 jabs. It took me many goes to get two of the vaccines, but the anxiety and the build up to the injections literally drove me to the edge. The scale of my anxiety went off the scale and I kept seeing needles as images in my mind and kept re-enforcing my fears. This is why I believe specialists who work on anxiety and specifically on this condition, are so needed. My work with Fiyaz on my fear of needles and injections has made a real difference.” 
Client B. (March 2024)