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Psychotherapist, Counsellor & Lecturer

Thoraya Alkasab

Many of us can feel unsafe and alone in our suffering, desperately needing to feel truly heard and understood. We can feel lost without this understanding, and unable to find a way forward. Psychotherapy offers a place where, through being attended to by another, we become able to attend to ourselves, to uncover what really troubles us and so move towards a better life.

I have trained in psychoanalytic and psychodynamic, humanistic, and existential psychotherapy, and it is from this broad base that I seek to understand how you are in the world, and how you deal with life and its key issues. I will attend to what you bring to therapy from your unique perspective, helping you to explore the difficulties in your life in the light of present and past experiences, relationship dynamics, life choices, etc.

Through our work together, we will reach a deeper understanding of who you are and how you are with others, of where you have been and where you are going. In time, new aspects will unfold and together we will seek a way of living for you that is more meaningful and fulfilling.

DAYS AT PRACTICE:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, 8am to 9pm.

EXPERIENCE:

I have worked with men and women struggling with a range of issues, including:

  • anxiety;

  • depression;

  • bereavement & loss;

  • eating disorders;

  • abuse (physical, sexual, emotional);

  • Trauma;

  • personality disorders;

  • addictive behaviours;

  • self-harm and suicide ideation;

  • Low self-esteem and low self-confidence;

  • relationship difficulties;

  • work issues;

Languages:

  • Arabic & English.

POSITIONS HELD:

  • January 2018 - present - Farah Therapy & Coaching Centre.

TRAINING MODALITIES:

My training is integrative including the following; psychoanalytic and psychodynamic, humanistic, and existential psychotherapies.

Who Do I work with:

Young people, adults & older adults.

TYPES OF SESSION;

  • Face to Face - Short Term & Long Term, Online Therapy & Telephone.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy, from Regent's University London;

  • MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling, from Regent's University London (TBA - completing in 2021);

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy and Counselling, from Regent's University London;

  • Foundation Certificate in Psychotherapy and Counselling, from Regent's University London;

  • BSc (hons) Psychology with Human Resources from Middlesex University, Dubai.

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SOME QUOTATIONS INDICATING MY THINKING AND WORK :

  • “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” - Friedrich Nietzsche.

  • “You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.” - Friedrich Nietzsche.

  • “To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.” - Simone de Beauvoir.

  • “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself”. - Rumi.