Khafayah Abdulsalam

Khafayah Abdulsalam helps people who are carrying heavy feelings such as grief, anxiety, depression and stress. She supports those facing relationship pain, trauma, addiction and the strain of family and parenting problems. Her work also covers issues like low self-esteem, anger, intimacy concerns and coping with big life changes.

Khafayah offers a calm, respectful space to talk and reflect. She combines person-centred listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioural approaches. She also uses attachment-focused ideas to explore patterns that repeat in relationships and emotionally focused ways to address painful connection issues.

She can include Islamic counselling when clients want that element. This can involve Qur'anic reflection, du'a and faith-based conversations alongside therapeutic work. Khafayah explains this option at the start so people know what to expect.

Her work is trauma-informed and tailored to each person. Sessions may include reflective journaling, emotion-regulation strategies and gentle processing of painful memories. The pace is set by the client and shaped around their needs.

Khafayah 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). She practises from the United Kingdom and works in English and Yoruba.

People who want to begin complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability. Khafayah aims to walk alongside clients as they make the changes they want in life.

Approaches that guide online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people live in line with their values while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It is useful for anxiety, stress and for people wanting clearer direction in life. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and helps people change unhelpful cycles in connections with others. This can be helpful for intimacy issues, abandonment concerns and family-of-origin problems. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises non-judgemental listening and the client's own pace; it helps people feel heard and build self-trust.

Choosing the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms and preferences, and together they will agree which methods to try. Therapy can shift over time if needs or priorities change, and Khafayah aims to make that a collaborative process.

Please confirm current session formats before booking as the biography lists remote options without specifying all details. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also makes it possible to include faith-based reflection and journaling exercises between sessions so the work continues outside appointment times. Registered or accredited professionals can help clients find a way of working that fits their life and goals.