Zahbia Sarfraz Psychotherapy & Counselling

That of which we are not aware, owns us

— James Hollis

I'm Zahbia Sarfraz, a relational and integrative psychotherapist (BACP registered). I offer a safe, confidential space for building self-awareness and working through past or present challenges.

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Zahbia Sarfraz, psychotherapist

About

Fifteen years of relational, integrative practice

My approach is rooted in the belief that meaningful change happens through genuine connection, curiosity, and the courage to turn inward.

I work with adults, couples, and families, often those drawn to explore life more deeply during moments of change, uncertainty, transition or inner conflict. My work supports people navigating depression, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma, loss, questions around identity, gender and sexuality, spiritual longing, and existential concerns. Whether working with individuals, couples or family systems, I aim to create a reflective space where greater understanding, connection, and meaningful change can emerge.

MA Psychology in Education (Clinical Psychology), Columbia University — Fulbright Scholar · CPCAB-accredited counselling training (UK) · Registered member, BACP

Approach

Listening to the deeper movements of the psyche

"The main interest of my work is not concerned with the treatment of neurosis but rather with the approach to the numinous. But the fact is that the approach to the numinous is the real therapy, and inasmuch as you attain to the numinous experiences you are released from the curse of pathology." — C.G. Jung

My work draws from psychodynamic and humanistic traditions. At its core, therapy is about creating a space of trust, compassion, and respect — where something meaningful can unfold in relationship.

Much of what shapes us operates outside conscious awareness. A central part of the work is gently bringing those patterns into view — noticing the unconscious dynamics that show up in thoughts, emotions, dreams, bodily sensations, and relationships — with curiosity rather than judgment.

Zahbia Sarfraz
The therapeutic space — trust, compassion, respect

Dreams & the symbolic

Jungian and depth-oriented perspectives, where even distress can carry symbolic meaning.

Mind & body as one

Symptoms understood as part of a larger, interconnected whole — often speaking to something unspoken.

Crisis as threshold

A particular interest in spirituality and life-threatening illness; crisis, though painful, often carries the seed of transformation.

"In all chaos there is a cosmos,
in all disorder a secret order." — C.G. Jung

Training & Qualifications

A practice deepened through continuous study

  • MA Psychology in Education (Clinical Psychology), Columbia University, USA — Fulbright Scholarship
  • Certificate, Diploma & Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling (CPCAB, UK)
  • Supervision Diploma (CPCAB, UK)
  • Graduate Certificate, Contemporary Analytical Psychology & Neo-Jungian Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute
  • Dream Patterning Certificate, Assisi Institute: The International Center for the Study of Archetypal Patterns
  • Dream Teacher Training Level 1, The Robert Moss School of Active Dreaming
  • Gestalt Associates Training Los Angeles (GATLA), Residential Levels 1 & 2 — Ireland & Italy
  • Further Jungian study with the New York Center for Jungian Studies, Marian Dunlea (BodyDreaming), and The Guild of Analytical Psychologists
  • Relational Life Therapy Level 1, Relational Life Institute
  • Six month intensive foundation program in Systemic Family Therapy
  • Six month intensive foundational program in Jungian Studies, Bangalore Society of Analytical Psychology (ongoing)
  • Registered member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

Articles

Writing on the inner life

Essays drawn from fifteen years of relational practice — on anger, belonging, mothers, families, and the images that visit us in dreams.

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