About me
If you’re tired of holding everything together, questioning yourself, or feeling like you don’t quite fit, you’re not broken, you’re responding to a world that hasn’t always met you where you are. Growing up as a neurodivergent or highly sensitive person in a world that doesn’t fully consider your experience can be quietly traumatic. Many people I work with have spent years feeling different, overwhelmed, or like they’re failing at things that seem to come easily to others. It can feel exhausting just to keep up with life, with expectations, with yourself.
I’m Irfan, an AuDHD therapist, and I understand this from both a personal and professional perspective. I know the pain of trying to fit into systems that weren’t built for your brain, and the toll it can take on your sense of self. My aim is to help you feel more like yourself again: calmer, more grounded, and more connected to who you truly are unmasked.
We can explore who you are beneath masking, people-pleasing, and survival strategies. Gently work with thought and behaviour patterns that may have once protected you but now contribute to anxiety, burnout, or low self-worth. Re-process trauma at your own pace, helping your nervous system find more peace. When you’re ready, I’d be honoured to support you.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- MSc Psychology
- MA Integrative Counselling
- BSc (Hons) Counselling & Mental Health
- Certificate in Coaching
- Certificate in Trauma Therapy
- Neurodiversity Specialist Training
Professional Memberships
- Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
- Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
Experience
- Private Practice Psychotherapist
- Assistant Psychologist
- Counselling Service Lead/Manager
- AuDHD Group Facilitator
- Trans+ Volunteer Therapist
- Community Charity Counsellor
- Anxiety & Depression Group Facilitator
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Autism & ADHD
Inner-child
Highly sensitive nervous system
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Remote - £55
In-person - £60
I offer concession rates for students or individuals on low-income support.
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