Khafayah Abdulsalam
Compassionate faith-aware counselling for life’s challenges
About Khafayah
Khafayah Abdulsalam helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship strain, grief and addiction. She also supports concerns such as depression, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, career uncertainty and coping with life changes. Khafayah speaks English and Yoruba and practises from the United Kingdom.
Her style is warm and practical. She uses short, clear conversations to surface what matters most. Sessions often include reflective journaling and emotion regulation techniques to help manage overwhelming feelings.
Background and approach
Khafayah offers the option to include Islamic counselling elements when requested, such as Qur'anic reflections and spiritual practices that align with a client's beliefs. Khafayah draws on a blend of person-centred listening, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based work. She also uses elements from Emotionally-Focused Therapy where helpful.
This mix allows therapy to be shaped around each person’s goals rather than following a single script. She is an Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP, and an Accredited Registrant of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society, listed as NCPS. Those credentials indicate adherence to recognised professional standards.
Khafayah has five years of clinical experience and keeps regular supervision as part of her practice. Sessions are offered via video, phone, live chat or text messaging, and she accepts international clients. The process begins with a short matching questionnaire to help pair people with the right support.
Therapy with Khafayah is aimed at steady, meaningful change rather than quick fixes. She focuses on helping people reclaim a sense of worth, rebuild relationships with themselves, and move forward with clearer choices.
What Khafayah works with
How Khafayah works
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that suit online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values-based action and learning to live with difficult thoughts rather than trying to eliminate them. It can help when worry, low mood or life changes make it hard to move forward. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and emotional responses, and can help with intimacy-related struggles and feelings of abandonment.Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Khafayah will discuss different approaches and adapt sessions based on a client's needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative decision made together rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps build trust. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and suit people who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat or messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, reflective work between sessions or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities or travel.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Languages
- English, Yoruba
