Aisha Ali, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Aisha Ali

LONDON N6
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Aisha Ali, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Aisha Ali

LONDON N6
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My Approach

My approach is integrative, humanistic and relational-embodied. I pay attention to what is spoken, what is communicated through the body, and what takes shape between us. Together, we may explore how present difficulties are connected with attachment, earlier experience, trauma, sexuality, culture and the conditions surrounding your life.

With couples, I work with the pattern that has formed between partners rather than locating the difficulty in one person. We attend to conflict, protection, power, intimacy and the places where each person may struggle to remain present without abandoning themselves.

The work may include conversation, somatic awareness, imagination, meditation and other embodied practices where these are appropriate. I do not use a single method for everyone. The pace and form of the work develop in relation to your needs, history and circumstances.

About Me

I am a consultant psychotherapist, couples and psychosexual therapist, clinical supervisor and writer with more than 25 years’ experience. I work with individuals, couples, families and groups in London and internationally.

My work explores how people and relationships are shaped by personal history, attachment and the body, as well as by power, culture and the wider circumstances in which we live. I work with people facing relationship conflict, trauma, loss, sexual or emotional disconnection, life transitions, and patterns that have become difficult to change alone.

Alongside ongoing psychotherapy, I offer focused Couples Intensives and retreats, and clinical supervision for therapists and practitioners. My work is available in person in London UK and online worldwide.

I work with

  • Companies
  • Couples
  • Families
  • Groups
  • Individuals
  • Private healthcare referrals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

I work with couples experiencing persistent conflict, emotional or sexual disconnection, betrayal, loss of trust, or a significant turning point in their relationship. Rather than locating the problem in one partner, we explore the pattern that has formed between you, what each person is protecting, and what may make greater honesty, understanding and repair possible.
I work with people across cultures and with couples and families whose relationships hold different cultural, racial, religious or migratory histories. We may explore belonging, identity, inherited expectations, power and what happens when different worlds meet within a relationship. Cultural difference is not treated as background, nor assumed to explain the person in advance.
I offer psychosexual therapy to individuals and couples exploring desire, sexual disconnection, differing needs, shame, identity, changes in intimacy, or difficulties affecting their sexual relationship. The work attends to emotional and physical experience, relationship history, consent, culture and trauma, without assuming that there is one right way to experience sexuality or intimacy.
I offer clinical supervision to psychotherapists, counsellors and practitioners working with individuals, couples and psychosexual concerns. My approach is integrative, relational and embodied, attending to the client, the practitioner’s use of self, and what develops between them. Supervision also makes room for power, culture, ethics, organisational pressures and the wider conditions entering the work.
I work with the ways trauma may be carried in the body, emotional life and relationships. This can include earlier relational trauma, overwhelming events, loss, abuse or experiences that continue to shape safety, trust and intimacy. The work proceeds carefully, attending to pace, consent and the conditions needed for difficult experience to be approached without overwhelming the person.

Types of Therapies Offered

  • Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counsellor
  • Humanistic Psychotherapist

What I can help with

  • Abuse
  • Addiction
  • Anxiety
  • Bereavement
  • Chronic Illness
  • Couple Issues
  • Cultural Issues
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Eating Disorders
  • Gender
  • Online Counselling
  • Post-Traumatic Stress
  • Private Practice Issues
  • Race Issues
  • Relationships
  • Separation
  • Sex Problems
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexuality
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Supervision
  • Training
  • Trauma
  • Workplace Counselling

Types of sessions

  • Face to Face - Long Term
  • Face to Face - Short Term
  • Online Therapy
  • Telephone Therapy

LONDON Office


Highgate
LONDON N6
UK

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London Office


London WC1
United Kingdom (UK)

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UKCP College

  • Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College (HIPC)
Aisha Ali

Aisha Ali

LONDON N6

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