Nisha Irfan, BACP

Nisha Irfan trained to a postgraduate level, completing a Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of Nottingham and a Diploma in Clinical Supervision from the Centre for Personal and Professional Development (CPPD). She has been awarded accreditation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) - a quality mark that recognises experienced practitioners who meet defined standards of competent and ethical practice.

Nisha works from a humanistic, relationship-focused stance while maintaining a trauma-informed approach to care. She is a certified provider of tension, trauma and stress releasing exercises (TRE) - a method intended to release long-held muscular tension and support nervous system regulation. She is also fully trained in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), a psychotherapy that uses bilateral stimulation to help reduce the distress linked to traumatic memories.

Her interventions have been applied to support people managing post-traumatic stress, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, phobias, complicated grief, anger, pain and relationship difficulties. Nisha integrates somatic and trauma-focused methods alongside evidence-informed approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psychodynamic and attachment-based work to tailor support to each person’s needs.

Based in the United Kingdom and offering practice informed by professional standards, Nisha combines clinical training and trauma-focused techniques to help individuals work through complex emotional and relational problems.