Profile / United Kingdom
Khafayah Abdulsalam, BACP, NCPS
United Kingdom
Counsellor - Anxiety and Relationship issues
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Islamic counselling option
- Attachment-focused work
About Khafayah
Khafayah Abdulsalam is a BACP accredited member and NCPS registrant practising in the United Kingdom with five years' experience. She offers counselling and psychotherapy that can include Islamic guidance when requested. Sessions may draw on Qur'anic reflections, du'a, and faith-based language alongside psychological approaches.
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression and trauma-related concerns. She also works with relationship and intimacy-related issues, family problems, addiction, parenting strain, anger and low self-esteem. Khafayah lists additional focus areas such as attachment and abandonment issues, blended family difficulties, codependency and communication problems.
Her way of working is described as integrative and trauma-informed. She uses person-centred skills to listen and reflect, and practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice thoughts and try different responses. Emotion regulation strategies and reflective journaling are offered to build coping skills.
When clients ask, she brings in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to clarify values and take small steps toward them. Attachment-based ideas are used where early relationship patterns influence current difficulties. This combination is applied in straightforward, step-by-step sessions rather than quick fixes.
Khafayah notes that many of the people she sees are Muslim or of African background and that faith can be a resource in therapy. She takes clinical supervision regularly and aims to work respectfully with cultural and spiritual concerns.
To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session via the online therapy options flow.
How her approaches fit with online sessions
Khafayah uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of responding. CBT provides structured exercises and small behavioural experiments that translate well to remote work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is used to clarify values and set practical goals, helping people take steps that matter to them despite difficult feelings. Attachment-based ideas are drawn on when early relationship patterns affect current trust or communication, focusing on how to practise different interactions in everyday life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will discuss options with each person and decide together which methods to try based on needs, goals and what feels workable. This collaborative selection can change as therapy progresses, with room to add journalling, emotion regulation skills or faith-based reflections when requested.
The profile indicates she provides remote sessions and mentions video, phone and messaging as existing options; confirm current session formats before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments around work or family time, reduce travel, and allow short check-ins when needed. Some techniques, such as CBT worksheets or journalling, can be shared and reviewed in-session to keep progress practical and task-focused.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Yoruba
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and relationship or family problems.
How does she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is integrative and trauma-informed, using person-centred listening plus practical CBT tools and emotion regulation techniques.
What is her professional background?
She has five years of clinical experience and engages in regular clinical supervision.
Which credentials and location are listed?
She is an Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and an Accredited Registrant of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages can sessions be held in?
Sessions are offered in English and Yoruba.
How are sessions arranged and what formats are used?
She offers remote therapy and the profile notes video, phone and messaging as options; confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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