About Nisha
Nisha Irfan is a counsellor who supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and low self-esteem. She also helps with depression, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, parenting strain and career concerns. Her work covers a wide range of challenges including ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, compassion fatigue and sexual assault recovery.
Nisha uses a humanistic, relational approach that aims to make people feel heard. Sessions focus on building trust and exploring what matters most to the person.
Background and approach
She combines talking therapies with body-based techniques to help the nervous system settle. She trained at the University of Nottingham and holds a Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Nisha also completed a Diploma in Clinical Supervision at the Centre for Personal and Professional Development.
She is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP. Her practice is informed by trauma-aware ways of working. She offers eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, or EMDR, for people who carry distressing memories.
She also uses approaches rooted in attachment theory and mindfulness to address relational patterns and present-moment stress. In sessions, Nisha blends practical techniques and reflective conversation. That might mean learning tools from cognitive behavioural ideas, practising grounding and breath work, or using gentle body exercises aimed at releasing tension.
The aim is steady change you can notice between sessions.
Therapeutic approaches for online anxiety and trauma work
Her work draws on attachment-based ideas that look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people spot repeating dynamics in relationships and learn different ways of connecting. She also uses client-centred methods which give the person time and space to be heard and to follow what matters most to them.EMDR is another approach she offers, using bilateral stimulation to reduce the intensity of distress tied to painful memories. It is often chosen by people who carry vivid traumatic memories or ongoing distress after harmful events. Together, these approaches aim to address both the felt experience in the body and the stories people tell about themselves.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and then adapt methods over time. That means trying techniques, checking how they land, and shifting focus when something isn’t helping.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a lunch break. Live chat and text messaging can suit quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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