Selena Zafar, BACP

Selena Zafar encourages the view that investing in oneself is not selfish and offers steady support for each person's path to greater wellbeing and self-discovery. She works from the core principles of Person-Centred Therapy, the approach developed by Carl Rogers, and creates a warm, nonjudgmental space where individuals are invited to explore thoughts and feelings at their own pace.

Selena sees the person in therapy as the expert on their own life, and her role is to listen with empathy, respond with respect, and help foster personal growth. Together with clients she collaborates to set counselling goals and to shape the direction of sessions so that therapy aligns with individual needs and timing.

Her decision to train as a counsellor grew out of having sat in the other chair herself, and she is also a recent MSc graduate - a Master of Science level qualification that supports her clinical knowledge and understanding. As a biracial counsellor from multiple minority backgrounds and a member of a multi-faith, multicultural family, she brings lived experience to work with identity and cultural concerns. She additionally specialises in bereavement, race-related issues, and aspects of sports psychology.

Selena’s practice honours client privacy and operates within professional boundaries; discussions are kept within the therapeutic context except where there is a risk of harm or a legal obligation to share information.

Person-Centred Support Delivered Online

Selena practices using client-centred principles, a style of therapy that focuses on listening deeply, offering empathic understanding, and trusting that each person knows their own experience best. This approach helps people who are working through identity questions, grief, relationship challenges, stress, or transitions by creating an accepting space to explore feelings and make meaning.

In session she emphasises collaborative pace and goal-setting - working together to determine the topics and aims that matter most to the client. That collaborative stance helps tailor the therapeutic approach to individual needs, goals, and preferences rather than applying a fixed method.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for those seeking support. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, phone sessions suit those who prefer voice contact, and live chat or text-based messaging can be helpful for shorter check-ins or for people who find typing easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and to access a registered professional from different locations.