Jumanah Younis
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About me
People come into therapy for many different reasons, from feelings of anxiety and depression to low self-esteem or family and relationship issues. Whatever the motivation for you seeking support, therapy is a safe place to talk about the issues you are experiencing without judgement and to get support.
As a humanistic counsellor, I want to try and understand your unique way of seeing the world so that I can appreciate how the issues you are bringing into therapy are affecting you. We will explore together how you see the problems you are facing. To understand the root of the issues, we might talk about your feelings about family, partners, or work relationships in the past or present.
I aim to create a safe and non-judgemental place where you feel able to talk about your experiences and feelings more freely than you might be able to in other contexts. Sometimes being able to share in this way can be a relief of stress and anxiety in itself, and at other times it can unlock new insights that lead you to feel differently to when you started therapy.
Training, qualifications & experience
I was awarded a Postgraduate Diploma with distinction in Counselling and Psychotherapy from The University of Brighton and a foundation certificate in Humanistic Counselling from the Metanoia Institute, London. I am a registered member of the BACP.
Prior to becoming a therapist I worked for five years in domestic and sexual violence support services including Refuge. In my role, I supported clients of diverse genders and sexualities and from different ethnic backgrounds. I bring this specialist knowledge about the dynamics of power and control in relationships into my practice as a therapist.
Having volunteered as a counsellor for two years at MindOut, an LGBTQ+ mental health charity, I have a significant amount of experience working with gender, sexual and relationship diversity. As a person of colour therapist, I was matched with many clients of colour at the service who preferred to work with a queer person of colour.
I also confident working with issues related to race, culture, spirituality and religion. In the past, I have delivered training on Islamophobia to therapists as part of the Inclusive Mosque initiative.
I have worked with clients experiencing a range of issues including chronic anxiety, loneliness, problems in relationships, persistent low mood, gender identity issues, eating disorders, religious trauma, isolation, racial trauma, and others.
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
Fees
£70.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Limited concession spaces available, please email me for details
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On Wednesday I have an in-person space at the Barnsbury Therapy Rooms in London, N1. My availability on Fridays is only online.
