Support in tough times
No one ever drops in on a therapist or coach to have a chat. As one of the UK's few dual-qualified legal-therapeutic specialists, I bring a unique perspective to complex personal challenges.
My decades in high-stakes professional environments, combined with lived experience as a neurodivergent person, allows me to understand both the external pressures and internal struggles that can feel overwhelming.
Whether you're navigating workplace challenges, relationship complexities, professional transitions, or exploring your neurodivergent identity, you'll find understanding that goes beyond traditional therapy approaches.
My therapeutic practice is informed by extensive real-world experience supporting people through their most challenging circumstances. Having spent decades in senior professional roles dealing with complex family dynamics, crisis situations, and high-pressure environments, I bring practical wisdom alongside therapeutic expertise. My years handling complex family, mental health, and child protection cases have given me extensive exposure to crisis situations and human difficulties that most therapists don't encounter.
I was an expert in family, child protection and mental health law, and a highly regarded member of both the Law Society's Children Panel and Mental Health Panel - specialist panels recognizing exceptional expertise in these complex areas of practice.
As a proudly neurodivergent, BACP-accredited therapist, I understand both the professional and personal challenges that can arise when navigating a world not always designed for difference. This extensive experience means I can offer a balanced perspective whether you're seeking therapeutic support or focused coaching to achieve your goals.
With my background running a large legal firm, I bring many years of experience in corporate environments into my practice, making me particularly well-placed to support professionals through both personal and career challenges.
Rather than focusing on a medical model of treating 'symptoms', I take a more holistic, evidence-based approach, asking not "What's wrong with you?" but rather "What has happened to you, and what do you need right now?"
Through both therapy and coaching, we'll work together to understand how past experiences have shaped your current patterns of thinking and behaviour. Drawing on modern neuroscience, I'll help you identify how these patterns may have served you in the past but might now be limiting your potential.
Working together, we'll explore ingrained responses, understand their origins, and harness your brain's natural capacity for change (neuroplasticity) to develop new perspectives and behaviours that better serve your needs. Whether you feel anxious, depressed, overwhelmed, or simply want to unlock your potential, I can help you build practical strategies for growth through therapy, coaching, or an integration of both.
If you find yourself turning to external solutions - whether through substances, compulsive behaviours, or endless scrolling - know that these symptoms often point to deeper questions awaiting your attention. Together, we can explore what lies beneath these patterns, helping you develop not just better coping strategies, but a more authentic relationship with yourself and others.
I care deeply about your wellbeing and progress. My greatest satisfaction comes from working collaboratively with you, seeing you grow, and knowing that our sessions are making a meaningful difference in your life.
Getting Started
I offer two ways to begin working together:
Free 15-minute consultation - A brief, no-pressure conversation to discuss your needs and see if my approach feels right for you.
Full introductory session - A complete one-hour assessment session where we can explore your situation in depth and determine how I might best support you.
I can usually arrange either option within 7 days, whether by phone, video call, or in person. [Email me here] or check out my [fees page] for full details.
Finding the right therapeutic fit is crucial to successful outcomes. However strong my credentials, what matters most is whether you feel understood and comfortable working with me. These initial conversations give you the space to assess whether my approach resonates with your needs, with no obligation to continue.
Feel free to send me an email via my contact page to help you decide if therapy or coaching is for you.
Let me be your guide...
Whatever is causing your inner distress, no matter who you are or what challenges you're facing, you don't need to face it alone.
I work with a range of issues especially:
Relationship Therapy & Divorce Coaching
Break ups, breakdowns, betrayal, separation or divorce.
As a former family law specialist, I am confident and competent to guide you through rough times and navigate how to manage your relationships with significant others, ex-partner/s or any issues relating to children. I deal with the most complex of cases. You'll be safe in my hands.
I offer discernment counselling, if one or both of you are ambivalent about entering couples counselling or continuing in the relationship. Alternatively, closure counselling may be what you need if you are both ready to part ways and want to do that as amicably as possible. These therapies are short term, typically taking weeks, rather than months.
Transitions & Retirement Coaching
Career crossroads, identity issues, middle life and retirement, or any major change in your life.
Are you burnt out and dreading the future? Do you ruminate on past regrets? Are you still unfulfilled, lost or stuck, despite the changes you have made?
Having had a few close shaves with burn out myself, eventually leading to a significant change to my own path, you benefit from my life experience and insight. This combination of personal experience and professional expertise can help illuminate what fears are keeping you stuck or blocked. I can mentor you with wise, client-led coaching to re-establish your self-esteem, confidence and sense of meaning and purpose.
Neurodivergency Coaching
Proudly neurodivergent myself, clients consistently tell me I connect with them in ways that other counsellors have not. I believe therapy for neurodivergent folk needs to be empowering and strengths-based.
If you are considering or waiting for an autism, ADHD or other neurodivergent assessment, I can provide a supportive space for that inquiry. I also fully respect and validate if you're not seeking a formal diagnosis at all. As an Afghani psychotherapist with my own intersectional identities, I recognize that many choose not to pursue diagnoses for valid reasons - whether that's the financial cost, time commitment, emotional labour involved, or simply because you don't believe an external assessment can capture your lived experience better than you can.
And you still deserve to understand yourself more fully.
I work with all age groups from 15+ to your 90s, including parents of neurodivergent children who may be questioning their own neurology.
At its core, neurodivergency is about having a different kind of nervous system. There's nothing inherently wrong with that or you. Together, we can explore ways to interpret your unique experiences, with or without formal labels, and navigate the mismatch between your nervous system and a modern world that is not designed for your neurotype. My goal is to help you build self-knowledge that enriches your quality of life, honouring your experiences on your own terms.
Young People & Emerging Adults
I'm a mother of three teenagers, and I know how challenging, messy, and frankly chaotic, it can be to raise children.
This lived experience, combined with my background as a children's solicitor and highly regarded member of the Law Society's Children Panel, plus specialized training in drug and addiction issues, means I understand both the family dynamics and the specific concerns that can arise during these formative years.
I work with 16+ and offer support for those in higher education or at university who are no longer under their parents' careful gaze.
Whether families are dealing with substance use concerns, risky behaviours, or the complex challenges of supporting a young person's independence, I bring professional expertise in child welfare alongside real-world parenting insight.
Walk & Talk and Outdoor Therapy
I love being outdoors and in nature. For local folk, I offer Walk & Talk or outdoor therapy subject to assessment as to its suitability.
For young people 25 and under, I offer a low cost walk and talk service - please ask me about this.
- Rozanna
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