Safiyah Cohen

Beginning therapy can feel like a big step, especially if you've been carrying things on your own for a long time. Whatever has led you to seek support, my aim is to provide a compassionate and non-judgemental space where we can work together to understand what is happening and find a different way forward.

Therapy provides a space to explore the patterns that may be keeping you stuck and to understand yourself with greater clarity and compassion, while also helping you develop the skills to address unhelpful patterns of behaviour.

I believe that self-understanding, self-compassion and trust in yourself create the conditions for meaningful, lasting change. Most importantly, my hope is that therapy helps you to cultivate an inner world that feels calmer, kinder and simply a more pleasant place to be.

I am an accredited CBT psychotherapist and an accredited humanistic counsellor. No two people are the same, so I tailor therapy to your individual needs.

While CBT can provide practical tools to help you identify and manage difficult thoughts, feelings and behaviours, I also believe that improved quality of life comes from developing a more compassionate understanding of yourself within a safe and supportive therapeutic environment.

For this reason, I integrate evidence-based CBT techniques with the warmth and relational focus of humanistic therapy, combining practical strategies with a deeper exploration of your thoughts, emotions and experiences.

I believe therapy is most effective when you feel genuinely understood while also gaining practical strategies you can use in your everyday life.