Khafayah Abdulsalam

Khafayah Abdulsalam is a Muslim counsellor and psychotherapist who supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma, grief and low self-worth. She also helps with addictions, family and parenting challenges, intimacy concerns, eating issues and career stress. Khafayah works in English and Yoruba and practises from the United Kingdom.

She is an Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and an Accredited Registrant of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society. Khafayah describes her work as trauma-informed and integrative, so she draws on several ways of working to meet each person’s needs.

In sessions she uses person-centred listening alongside cognitive behavioural tools and emotional regulation techniques. She offers reflective journaling and can include Islamic counselling elements when a client requests them, such as Qur’anic reflections, du’a, and use of the Names of Allah.

Khafayah often supports women from African and Muslim backgrounds who feel silenced, spiritually confused, or burdened by cultural expectations. Her style aims to create a calm, respectful space to tell difficult stories and to explore healthier ways forward.

She views therapy as a process rather than a quick fix and mentions regular clinical supervision in line with BACP guidance. If a person wishes to begin, the profile explains how to use the site’s Start Therapy button and matching questionnaire to arrange sessions.

How her approaches can work in online therapy

Khafayah draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy alongside person-centred counselling. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and focuses on values-based choices to move forward. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early attachments affect current struggles and intimacy. Client-centred counselling gives a calm, non-judgemental space where the person leads the story and the therapist listens and reflects.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Khafayah will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful in the first sessions. Together the client and counsellor decide which approach or combination feels like the best fit for the issues at hand.

The profile notes that Khafayah offers remote therapy; however, confirm exact session formats before booking to match your needs. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life by removing travel time, allowing sessions during a lunch break, or offering shorter check-ins by phone when needed. It also lets people join from different locations, which can help those living abroad or balancing family and work commitments. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises such as journaling, thought records or emotionally focused practices to work well in remote sessions.