Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre
Rabeya Khatun is an experienced mental health professional currently serving as a Counsellor at Whittington Health NHS Trust since November 2021, and as a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist at Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre since January 2016. Rabeya holds a Master of Science in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy from Birkbeck, University of London, complemented by a Certificate in Psychotraumatology from ESTSS. Educational qualifications also include a Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling from City and Islington College and a Bachelor of Science in Youth Studies and Social Policy from London Metropolitan University.
Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre
Nafsiyat exists to reach those who are systematically failed elsewhere in society, isolated by skewed power dynamics which underly, and/ or intensify, the experience of mental ill health. Nafsiyat was established in 1983 by psychotherapist Jafar Kareem as a grassroots, community-based response to the need in North London-based BAME communities. We were the first therapy centre in the UK to take account of the cultural background of the patient and therapist and recognise its importance in therapy. We exist to ensure that the diverse religious, cultural, and ethnic communities in London can access culturally sensitive psychotherapy and counselling services; we also provide therapy in over twenty languages. Our staff and volunteers come from diverse cultural backgrounds.