Nadia Al-Khudhairy MSc MSc Post MSc CPsychol

Abuse, Addiction to Love and Sex, Addictions, Adolescence, Alcohol Problems, Anger, Anorexia Nervosa, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Bereavement, Bipolar Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Bullying, Cancer, Career Issues, Childhood Issues, Codependence, Confidence Issues, Couple Relationships, Creativity, Cultural Issues, Debt, Depression, Disability, Divorce, Eating Disorders, Exile Issues, Faith Issues, Fear, Gay Issues, Grief, History of Mental Illness, Identity, Immigration, Inhibitions, Integration of Experience, Internet Sexual Compulsivity, Lack of Meaning in Life, Loneliness, Loss, Marriage (Marital relations), Midlife Crisis, Mixed Race Issues, Obsessions, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Attacks, Personal Growth, Personal Relationships, Personality Difficulties, Phobias, Physical Illness, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Psychosomatic Symptoms, Redundancy, Schizophrenia, Self Development, Self Esteem, Self Harm, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Sleeping Problems, Social Phobia, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma, Unresolved Issues, Work Issues and Relationships

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Person Centred Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy

Female

Working as a chartered counselling psychologist from a private clinic in west London, I am experienced in helping those who suffer with the above problems. My career as a private practitioner, working for therapy charities and in academic research has given me wide experience, helping people to make sense of their emotions, the difficulties of life, their own past and their relationships both with others and with themselves.

I use a number of therapeutic methods. I am skilled in cognitive behavioural therapy, which helps people to confront and question their own attitudes and responses to situations; psychodynamic theory and person-centred counselling, a procedure that recognises that the client is often able to help him or herself with guidance and support from the counsellor.

My approach is integrative, which means that I use a number of therapeutic techniques, specifically;

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: CBT concentrates on ideas that are unhelpful and which may cause us to be depressed or anxious, and which may damage our self-confidence. Looking at such thought processes can help us develop ways of thinking that will help us face up to situations in a more positive way.

Psychodynamic counselling: This is closely related to Freudian psychoanalysis. It recognises that the psyche is a constant influence on the way we live and relate to others. Often our experience from earlier life is remembered and repeated in relationships. This involves exploration of the powerful influence of the unconscious and past experiences.

Person centred counselling: the client is helped to make contact with and better understand his or her internal influences. The counsellor provides a safe and supportive environment for the process. Clients are acknowledged as their own best resource for change and growth.

I have a bachelor degree in psychology and two post graduate degrees in counselling. My training entailed working short term and long term with individuals and couples. I also hold an MSc in the Psychology of Education.

I am a chartered counselling psychologist and a member of the British Psychological Society.

My moto in life is “Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day, teach them how to fish and you feed them for life”. I believe therapy is similar to teaching a person how to fish, by enabling a person to discover their own inner strengths and understand him or herself they are able to move on in their life.