Iman Nafi

I have availability online on Wednesdays. 

I have also have availability in person between 2.30-7pm in Dalston, Hackney.

I provide a space where clients can explore difficult emotions and experiences in a setting which is safe, confidential and empathic.

I believe that through gaining deeper awareness and connection to our emotions and responses, we can be empowered to have greater choice, and live in a more meaningful and connected way.

There are many reasons that you may be seeking out therapy. It could be in relation to past experiences, struggles in relationship, identity, loss, anxiety, depression, feeling unable to cope, stuck, overwhelmed or burnt-out. Our first session together will be about exploring what brings you to therapy, and thinking about whether we could work well together.

I offer interventions and reflections to explore your thoughts and feelings. My approach encourages closer attention to how the body responds, to foster a deeper mind-body connection. I offer supportive challenge alongside compassion. We will work collaboratively to develop your internal resources.

I work Integratively drawing on humanistic, psychodynamic and attachment-based approaches. My practice is relational and trauma-informed. I understand that experiences in relationship deeply impact how safe and secure we feel. I also hold an understanding that the things we often see in ourselves as ‘problems’ are actually healthy responses to past difficulties.

I work with an awareness of how systems of oppression impact us and I make space to explore and honour different intersections of identity. My practice is queer and trans affirmative.

I am BACP registered with a Diploma in Integrative Counselling and I am also completing an MA in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling from the Minster Centre. Alongside my private practice, I work as a group therapist in a therapeutic community with refugees and asylum seekers who are survivors of violence. I have 8 years’ experience working in the field of mental health, within charities, therapeutic communities and the NHS. 

I offer weekly sessions at the same time each week. Sessions last for 50 minutes. I have online availability on Wednesday, and in-person availability on Tuesday afternoons and evening.

Regrettably, at present my in-person sessions are not held in an accessible building. 

Sessions rates are between £65-80. Please get in touch over email for more details (ibn.therapy@gmail.com). 

There are times where it may feel difficult to reach out or commit to coming for an initial session. If this is the case for you, or if you would like to know more information to understand if working together would be right for you, please reach out via email at ibn.therapy@gmail.com . We can arrange a fee introductory phone call (20 mins). 

If we decide to meet, our first meeting will focus on understanding why you have come to therapy and what you hope to get out of it. It will also give us both a chance to get a sense of each other and work out if we can build a relationship that will be therapeutic for you.