Khafayah Abdulsalam, BACP, NCPS
5 years in practice
Khafayah Abdulsalam works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and relationship difficulties.
License and registration
- BACP
- 391408 · expires February 2026
- NCPS
- NCS21-02368 · expires January 2027
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English, Yoruba
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Khafayah
Khafayah Abdulsalam works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and relationship difficulties. She also supports concerns such as addictions, parenting strains, intimacy issues, eating struggles, anger, low self-esteem and career transitions. Khafayah can include faith-based perspectives when clients want that option and she offers sessions in English and Yoruba.
Khafayah uses a straightforward, tailored style. She listens first and helps people name what feels hard. Together they decide on small, practical steps to ease symptoms and improve daily coping.
Background and approach
Sessions often include reflection, journaling and emotion-regulation exercises. Her approach draws on person-centred counselling, cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-informed ideas. She also works with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and emotionally focused ways of looking at relationships.
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is part of her listed methods and can be included when appropriate. 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 has five years of professional experience and takes part in regular clinical supervision.
Sessions are delivered remotely through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. People who live outside the United Kingdom may also work with her. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Khafayah lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Khafayah names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online healing
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early bonds affect current trust and communication. This can help with intimacy issues, abandonment fears and family problems. Client-Centred Therapy gives people space to tell their story while the counsellor offers empathy and non-judgemental support, which often helps those feeling ashamed, silenced or emotionally overwhelmed.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through these methods with each client and decide together what fits best. Goals, personal preferences and the issues being faced guide the choice, and methods can be blended over time to meet changing needs.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a shorter check-in, and live chat or text-based messaging suits quick reflections or those who prefer writing. These options offer flexibility for different schedules and communication styles while keeping the focus on therapeutic progress.
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Questions people ask
What issues does this counsellor help with?
She supports stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship problems and a range of related concerns such as addictions, parenting, eating issues and career changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Khafayah uses a listening-first, tailored approach that blends person-centred care with practical tools like journaling and emotion-regulation exercises.
What is her background and experience?
She has five years of clinical experience and engages in regular clinical supervision to support her practice.
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.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English and Yoruba.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered remotely via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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