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Finding Your Path To Healing & Growth With The Care You Deserve.

Life's challenges don't always come with clear answers. Whether you're navigating anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, or the impact of trauma and discrimination, you deserve support that truly understands your experience.

I am Dr Shirin Mustafa, a Clinical Psychologist offering therapy that honours your whole self—your culture, faith, identity, and lived experiences. With expertise in working with diverse communities and a deep understanding of how systemic inequalities affect mental health, I create a safe space where you can explore, heal, and grow.

Compassionate, Faith & Culturally-Informed Support

About Me

I believe that true healing happens when therapy meets you where you are—acknowledging not just your symptoms, but your story, your strengths, and the context of your life.

My Journey

As a Bangladeshi-Muslim woman working in East London's diverse communities, I understand the intersection of identity, culture, and mental health. My work bridges faith and psychology, tradition and modernity, individual wellbeing and community connection.

Since completing my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, I've dedicated my career to making psychological support accessible and genuinely helpful for communities historically underserved by mainstream mental health services.

My Approach

I draw on evidence-based approaches, including:

  • Trauma-focused therapies – EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) and NET (Narrative Exposure Therapy) for processing traumatic experiences

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) – Adapted to fit your cultural and spiritual framework

  • Narrative Therapy – Honouring your story and separating you from the problem

  • Systemic approaches – Understanding how relationships and wider systems shape our experiences

  • Trauma-informed practice – Recognising how past experiences affect present wellbeing

But more than any single approach, I believe in the power of a genuine therapeutic relationship. I work collaboratively, meaning we explore together what makes sense for you, drawing on your values, strengths, and hopes for the future.

Professional Credentials

  • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy), University of Hertfordshire

  • Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

  • Member of the British Psychological Society

  • Specialist training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing)

  • Specialist training in NET (Narrative Exposure Therapy)

  • Advanced training in trauma-informed practice and cultural adaptation of psychological interventions

Learn more

Get In Touch

To schedule a free 20 minute consultation for therapy, please click here

Alternatively, please use the contact form on the right to send me an email. I aim to reply to all enquiries within two working days.

You can also get in touch with me via email or phone at:

drshirinmustafa@outlook.com

0203 667 9713

"All enquiries are treated with complete confidentiality"

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