Due to Covid-19 the Institute of Fundraising announced a startling statistic suggesting that up to 48% of all voluntary giving to charities would have fallen due to the pandemic. So together with Centre 404 and the Mayor of Islington we launched the Mayor’s campaign to help us through this pandemic and keep our services running. Take action: Covid-19s impact on Nafsiyat and Centre...

In a report published on April 24th 2020, Healthwatch Islington has found that, in many cases cultural and language barriers made NHS counselling and talking therapies less effective for members of migrant communities.  They interviewed 73 residents from migrant communities who were living with mental health issues find out what their experiences were of accessing the...

We sadly share the news that pioneering psychotherapist Lennox Thomas has died. Lennox Thomas, originally from Grenada, qualified and worked as a social worker and probation officer with adults, children and families. He then went on to train as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) and was a registered psychotherapist with the UK Council for...

COVID-19 is having a serious impact on our communities. We understand that there are uncertainties right now, but we want to reassure you that our service is still operating. We are dedicated to supporting our clients and the National Health Service. We will continue to provide intercultural therapy to those who need it most, in many languages. We will do our best to maintain the...

Nafsiyat helps people who experience psychological and emotional problems and find it difficult to access help due to several barriers, which might include areas such as, culture and language. Last year we started a new service to make our unique intercultural therapeutic support available to a wider range of people. Nafsiyat Choice is available to individuals from any London borough. The...

Nafsiyat and Centre 404 take on Hackney Half as the two charities the Mayor of Islington, Councillor Rakhia Ismail, has chosen to support this year. This is a fantastic opportunity to fundraise and run the Hackney Half marathon and make a huge difference to the lives of those we work with. We have limited tickets, so sign up before it is too late:...

Nafsiyat is included (Appendix 3: page 28) in The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Advancing Mental Health Equality (AMHE) resource as a positive practice example. The AMHE resource was commissioned by NHS England to support delivery of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and the NHS Long Term Plan. It is a resource to support commissioners and providers to tackle mental health...

We are currently accepting applications from trainee counsellors and trainee therapists for placement. To be considered, you must be in at least your second year of training. The therapy modalities that we consider are psychodynamic and integrative, which includes a psychodynamic component. We are particularly interested in applications from people who are able to speak any of the following...

Delivered by Baffour Ababio and Sega Habtom. The workshop will draw on clinical examples and work as well as the intercultural experience to put forward the processes involved in working at the juncture of the client’s inner and outer experiences. The evocation of shame and avoidance in the dyadic or group encounter of intersecting differences and sameness will also be explored. “Any clinical...

Nafsiyat is incredibly pleased to have been chosen as one of the charities that will receives support from the new Mayor of Islington, Rakhia Ismail. Last Thursday, Councillor Rakhia Ismail became the UK’s first Muslim, Somali-born, hijab wearing Mayor. We look forward to working with her, and her other chosen charity, Centre 404, to raise much needed funds and increase awareness about...