Selena Zafar, BACP

Selena Zafar believes investing in personal wellbeing is not selfish and offers steady support for individuals seeking greater self-understanding and balance. She works from the core ideas of client-centered therapy, a humanistic approach originally developed by Carl Rogers, and aims to create a warm, empathetic environment where people can explore thoughts and feelings without fear of criticism.

Working collaboratively, Selena helps clients set counselling goals and shape the direction of their sessions, proceeding at a pace that suits each person's needs. Her practice emphasizes respect for the client as the expert on their own life and seeks to provide a growth-focused space for reflection and change.

Selena trained as a counsellor after her own experience of sitting in the other chair, and she is a recent MSc graduate which helps her relate to student peers. She identifies as biracial and comes from multiple minority groups; growing up in a multi-faith, multi-cultural family gives her a lived perspective that informs her approach to identity and cultural issues. She also specialises in bereavement, race, and sports psychology.

Selena works in private practice and maintains the usual professional limits on sharing information, disclosing details only when someone is at risk of harm or when legally required. She is affiliated with BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which is a UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists.