Testimonials

I’ve been seeing Fi (Afirah) for therapy sessions (both in face to face sessions and via video therapy) for just over two years now and she has truly helped me to turn my life around.

Fi is an exceptional therapist and is truly passionate about helping her clients reach their full potential. Fi has helped me to address numerous issues including childhood trauma, anxiety, bulimia and alcohol addiction.

Through our therapy sessions she has helped me to identify and address my issues in a caring, non judgmental, and supportive way.

I feel truly blessed to have met Fi and I wholeheartedly recommend her to others, who are seeking a highly experienced and dedicated therapist.

One of the first questions I asked Afirah was as simple as it was complex: ‘can you help me to get to the root of my addiction?’

I cannot remember how many times I had asked that question before but I do know that for the very first time I had found someone who wholeheartedly took on the challenge.

Working with Afirah over the course of the following months I learned about the interconnections between childhood trauma, adolescent experiences and genetic predisposition. Afirah’s deep understanding of addiction issues combined with her experience in psychotherapy was instrumental in coming to grips with my addiction and to accept the past whilst getting rid of limiting subconscious beliefs.

Breaking the pieces of that puzzle down finally allowed me to enjoy the present and make realistic plans for the future.

I have been through a very traumatic time and with so much betrayal of trust, found it hard to talk about my experiences and the flashbacks that I was experiencing.

I found that Fi (Afirah) provided a safe, non-judgemental environment which enabled me to gain clarity about events, deal with them and put things into perspective, whilst allowing me to vent feelings denied to me in the past. I think Fi is able to help you see things from a different perspective and is very intuitive thus knows when to go into things deeper and when to allow you time to adjust to some of the traumas of the past.

I have found her helpful in my journey of rediscovering my past and claiming back my feeling and belief in self. Whether you have been criticised and made to feel less than or been through a traumatic time, the result may be that you find it difficult to develop self-worth and establish normal healthy relationships; or develop an addiction to cope with life.

With Fi you will find a healthy environment where your experiences are validated and you are valued, cared for and appreciated for the person you have become despite negative experiences.

Fi will enable you to experience the feelings you were denied in a safe, positive environment enabling you to experience a healthy relationship as a platform for future healthy relationships and to develop self-worth.

Begin your journey to recovery now with Fi and feel the joy of life!!

I am so grateful that I met Afirah, she has really helped me grow and become stronger in the process through a difficult year.  I was struggling in my marriage, trying to find my self after having “lost” myself to my then husband, suffering with alcoholism, who was emotionally abusive, whilst having to raise three children.  I connected with Afirah on a deep spiritual level as the year progressed.  Afirah has gone out of her way to accommodate me, as well as giving me that extra support that I needed when I was very emotional and needed to talk and process lots of major issues in my life.  I also feel that I have become very aware of my behavioural patterns and trying to understand myself and where certain emotions stem from, all with the help of our work together.

Afirah has shared her knowledge and personal experiences with me that have immensely benefited me.  A willingness and thirst to grow and “better”myself is only achieveable through therapy and self reflection.  I highly value Afirah’s approach to the “self” since its a holistic approach and connects the spiritual, emotional and the physical together.

Afirah is a warm, compassionate and thought provoking therapist who has helped me gain a much greater understanding of myself.  Through identifying patterns of behaviours and their roots in my past, my life and interactions in the day-to-day have been transformed.  She consistently offered balanced and insightful perspectives into the internal and external battles I was facing, and through doing so, helped me to shift my own perspective on the past for the better.

She has helped me tackle many aspects of my life that were holding me back from more intimate relationships. Dealing with fundamental issues like toxic shame, trust, self-worth and constant anxiety, Afirah’s gentle, yet direct approach has really enabled me to live a fuller and more contented life. Ultimately, she has given me the tools to continue developing self-respect and with this, the ability to ‘say no’ in difficult situations that are not in my best interests.  Afirah has really helped me to grow in confidence and be more authentically myself in all that I do, for which I am eternally grateful!