Integrative Counselling & Therapy
North and East London
Online
Chantal Naqvi (MBACP)
My name is Chantal Naqvi and I am a qualified integrative counsellor and therapist,
registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP).
I provide weekly in-person and online daytime and evening sessions, for individual adults looking for open-ended or short-term support.
I currently have limited daytime availability for new clients - please check my bookings page.
Additional sessions available from September.
About me.
My Approach
There might be a feeling that something isn’t quite right, but you’re not yet sure what that is. Whether seeking support for anxiety, depression, or searching to deepen your self-understanding, I offer warmth and gentle curiosity about your experiences in the world. I respond to you as a unique individual with compassion and the awareness that we are shaped by our experience and that we can create meaningful change through understanding ourselves.
Working integratively, and grounded in a relational approach to psychodynamic, person-centred and cognitive behavioural therapy, I can blend talking therapy with creativity, music and art - helping you to express and explore emotions in a way that feels right for you.
Beliefs and Commitment
I am dedicated to creating an anti-oppressive practice and welcome individuals from all backgrounds, including members of the LGBTQIA+ community and clients with disabilities. I offer respectful and affirming support to everyone including offering neuro-affirmative and culturally sensitive support, respectful of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
I discuss my approach to client work in supervision, while maintaining anonymity of the client. I further inform and enhance my practice through regular continuing professional development, attending workshops and completing additional training.
I am a member of the following organisations:
◍ Registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, working within the BACP's ethical standards and principles.
◍ Psychological Therapist member of the The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network and, with awareness of issues of power and inequality I strive to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice, ensuring relational power imbalances do not create or lead to marginalisation or minoritisation.
◍ I belong to The Relational School and work integratively with the following modalities: Psychodynamic, Cognitive-Behavioural, Humanistic, and Relational.
◍ Professional member of Creative Counsellors integrating creative counselling interventions into my core counselling approach.
Areas of work include:
◍ Anxiety
◍ Depression
◍ Low self-esteem
◍ Loneliness
◍ Feeling stuck
◍ Life transitions
◍ Mixed heritage identity
◍ Relationship issues and dating
◍ Adult/ late-diagnosed ADHD
◍ Family dynamics
◍ Bereavement
◍ Parenting
◍ Identity
Additional training and workshops:
◍ Counselling Online
◍ Creative Practice
◍ Celebrating the Mixed Experience
◍ Working Within Diversity and Cultural
Attunement
◍ Opening Up: Exploring Relational Diversity Beyond Monogamy
◍ Working with Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
◍ Bereavement and Anticipatory Grief
◍ Neurodiversity in the Therapy Room
◍ Integrating Artwork into Counselling
And am currently training in:
◍ Couple and Relationship Therapy
◍ Trauma-Informed Creative Practice
◍ Working with Disordered Eating & Eating Disorders
Non-therapy related training/ qualifications include:
Yoga Teacher Training, Yoga Nidra Facilitator Training, Diploma in Holistic Massage, BA (hons) Theatre Design & Crafts, Foundation Degree in Digital Media.
I came to counselling via a non-linear route of studying and working in various creative and body-based healing roles. I bring an awareness of what it is like to work in the creative sector as well as an understanding of not quite knowing where it is you are going professionally and following your curiosity.
A quick hello from me:
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