Nisha Irfan, BACP

12 years in practice

Nisha Irfan is a counsellor who helps people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and low self-esteem.

License and registration

BACP: 117737 · expires July 2026
Years in practice: 12
Languages: English

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About Nisha

Nisha Irfan is a counsellor who helps people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and low self-esteem. She supports those facing relationship and intimacy issues, sleep difficulties, parenting strain, career concerns and mood challenges including depression and bipolar mood fluctuations. She also offers support around ADHD, compassion fatigue and sexuality concerns.

Nisha takes a humanistic, relational approach in sessions. Conversations are grounded in listening and understanding. She combines talking therapy with body-focused tools to help calm the nervous system and reduce physical tension.

Background and approach

She trained to a postgraduate level, holding a Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Nottingham and a Diploma in Clinical Supervision from the Centre for Personal and Professional Development. She has 12 years of experience in therapeutic work and is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.

Nisha uses a trauma-informed lens and draws on several practical methods during therapy. These include attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns, cognitive work to address unhelpful thinking, mindfulness practices for present-moment awareness and EMDR to work with distressing memories. She also offers tension, trauma and stress releasing exercises, TRE, to ease held bodily tension.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to each person. Nisha helps people set clear goals, try practical strategies and reflect on progress. She works with English-speaking clients in the United Kingdom and provides online sessions in a variety of formats.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Nisha names

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Online support

How her approaches work online

Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early bonds affect current connection and trust. This approach can be useful for relationship worries, attachment issues and family of origin concerns.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, involves guided processing of distressing memories using bilateral stimulation alongside therapeutic discussion. It is often used to reduce the distress linked to traumatic memories and intrusive images.

Mindfulness practices and client-centred listening are also part of her way of working, offering simple breathing and awareness exercises and a space to be heard without judgement.

Deciding which approach to try is a joint process. The therapist will talk through options, weigh them against someone’s goals and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is made. People may move between talking, EMDR work and body-based exercises depending on how they respond.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for in-depth work and EMDR where seeing each other helps, phone sessions can be lighter check-ins or fit into a busy day, and messaging or chat suit shorter updates and flexible pacing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Nisha support?

Nisha supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar. She also helps with relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, parenting strain, ADHD and compassion fatigue.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is humanistic and relational, focusing on listening and building a supportive connection. Sessions combine talking with practical exercises and body-based methods where appropriate.

How long has she practised?

She has 12 years of experience in counselling and psychotherapy, working with a range of emotional and trauma-related issues.

What qualifications and location are listed?

She holds a Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Nottingham and a Diploma in Clinical Supervision from CPPD, and is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

How are sessions delivered online?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

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