Rifat J Qureshi 

Integrative Counsellor
Accredited member of the BACP

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Welcome!

My name is Rifat  and I’m an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. I have an MA in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy. I am experienced in helping clients from all walks of life and can also offer faith sensitive counselling.

More About me

What I can help with

  • Anger
  • Anxiety/Stress
  • Critical/Negative Thoughts/Voices
  • Depression/Postnatal Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Emotional Overwhelm
  • Loss and Bereavement
  • Panic Attacks
  • Relationships
  • Relaxation/Sleep Disturbance
  • Self Awareness
  • Self-Care
  • Self-Esteem/Self-Confidence
  • Self-Harm
  • Shame
  • Social Anxiety
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Trauma

My Approach & Values

I am committed to creating a confidential, caring and comfortable environment for collaborative work. Building a safe holding space and trusting relationship of equals is of central importance. My manner is empathic, warm and respectful. As such, I invite clients to embark on the often demanding but hugely rewarding work of counselling and psychotherapy.

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"Thank you for your professionalism, friendly approach and assistance in addressing my issues. I feel I have made great steps on my journey and I will continue with the good work we have started together."

Caz – Surrey

"Your warm and supportive approach has helped me immensely to cope with depression and negative thoughts that have plagued my life for many years."

Mohammad, 42 – Surrey

"Rifat made me feel really comfortable in our sessions and helped me to think about myself in a way that really worked for me, with immediate impact in my day to day life. She is warm and encouraging and I feel able to be surprisingly open with her. Of multiple therapists I have had over the years this has been my best experience."

Anon – Birmingham

"Rifat used effective strategies to help me become aware of my attachment style, understand my needs, patterns and choices better as well as learn to be self compassionate."

Anon – London

"Rifat has listened to me with genuine care and compassion, and her expertise has provided me with valuable insights into my behaviour patterns and their potential origins. This journey has been truly eye-opening, and for the first time, I feel I truly understand myself. I now feel more equipped to face challenges and have grown significantly as a person. Rifat has demonstrated exceptional professionalism throughout, offering guidance without any trace of judgment. Unlike my previous experience elsewhere, I finally feel understood"

Anon – Newcastle upon Tyne

What do Counsellors and Psychotherapists do?

These are terms that represent the professionals who provide psychological help (Counselling/Therapy). Counsellors and psychotherapists help you better understand yourself, your behaviours and relationships with others. They do not diagnose, prescribe medication or give advice. 

Counselling work is usually short term and deals with everyday life issues that we all come across such as bereavement, marriage issues, parenting challenges, work related concerns, conflict in families, anxiety about something or in general and sometimes big questions pertaining to the meaning of life.  

Psychotherapy tends to be longer term work which looks to the events of a person’s past to make sense of difficulties in their present life. This can be perceived or real trauma causing disruption in developmental stages or simply that the useful nurturing things that should have happened for us as we matured and developed simply didn’t happen as they should have or at all.

What is an Integrative Counsellor?
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What do Counsellors and Psychotherapists do?

These are terms that represent the professionals who provide psychological help (Counselling/Therapy). Counsellors and psychotherapists help you better understand yourself, your behaviours and relationships with others. They do not diagnose, prescribe medication or give advice. 

Counselling work is usually short term and deals with everyday life issues that we all come across such as bereavement, marriage issues, parenting challenges, work related concerns, conflict in families, anxiety about something or in general and sometimes big questions pertaining to the meaning of life.  

Psychotherapy tends to be longer term work which looks to the events of a person’s past to make sense of difficulties in their present life. This can be perceived or real trauma causing disruption in developmental stages or simply that the useful nurturing things that should have happened for us as we matured and developed simply didn’t happen as they should have or at all.

What is an Integrative Counsellor?
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