Arif Moghal
Counselling & Therapy
Are you struggling with anxieties or depression, feeling stuck; has life become difficult or confusing? Are you having relationship or family issues? Have you had bad experiences in the past that you need to talk about? Or are things just not working out the way you want or the way you hoped?
We all sometimes need another person to hear us, and to help us make sense of things.
I’m glad you found your way here.
Issues I Work With
I work with people with many issues, including but not limited to anxieties; depression; relationships with partners and family; relationships with food; relationships with body image; low self-worth; loss; procrastination; stress; panic attacks; addiction recovery; OCD; early attachment issues; grief and bereavement; loneliness; separation; anger; insecurity. And I work with clients who have a diagnosis of ADHD.
It may also be though that you are generally dissatisfied and unhappy with your life and want to work out how to free yourself up and live a happier and better life, or find a way to live a completely different life that is more in line with your wishes and hopes.
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I work one-to-one with individuals and with groups.
Cannot recommend Arif highly enough; he helped guide me to a place of understanding myself better and in turn, understanding the complexities of relationships. He set me on a life changing journey, at the heart of which is a new found connection with self.
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Thank you Arif.
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-- Keiron
Arif listened, listened with genuine concern, and empathy. Whatever little or large I said he LISTENED. It was only through this display of genuine behaviour, compassion and concern towards what I had to say that I was able to deeply open up. For the first time in my life the weight on my chest was lifted.
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-- Yunus
About Counselling & Therapy
Each week we’ll spend time together, in a safe and non-judgemental space. Together, and at your pace, we will unfold and untangle the problems and difficulties in your life. In this process alone there is often a great relief and unburdening.​
It will never be about what’s wrong with you. It will be about what happened to you: about how you developed ways of living and being that made it possible for you to cope with the relationships and circumstances in your life, and how those patterns may have become stuck in you, getting in the way of letting you be who you are or who you want to be.​
The aim is to bring awareness and release within the safety of our relationship that will free you from the continuing effect of the seen and unseen shadows, patterns and negative emotional dynamics of the past.​
All your experiences, feelings, thoughts, curiosities and stories will be welcome.​
And there is no obstacle in how young or old you are, what your background or your past is, or what has brought you here in this moment.
How I Work
I occasionally taken on shorter term work. But I engage in mainly long term, open-ended, deeper and relational work with a psychodynamic focus, understanding how the unconscious, the unspoken, the past and early relationships are affecting us in ways we are not fully aware of.​
My work is also strongly informed by humanistic approaches where the core values are meeting you where you are, being non-judgemental and authentic.​
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I’ll help you recognise and connect with how the unconscious and the past continue to shape your life today. Our conversations often uncover emotions and relational patterns that have remained unresolved — ones that may still affect your sense of self, challenge your relationships, and limit your ability to fully engage with life.
We will explore who you are and how you have arrived where you are, explore the defence and coping mechanisms that may have served you will at earlier times in your life but are now a barrier to your ability to enjoy life, relationships and yourself. We will aim to understand and process anxieties of the future; find and let go of the pain, heaviness, baggage and traumas born in the past; meaningfully returning to and keeping touch with the present
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At times, we’ll just explore your everyday experience of life. In doing so, you may find it becomes easier to put your thoughts and feelings into words — and over time, to feel more at ease with yourself and more at home in who you are.​​​
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As they may be needed I may call on aspects of modalities such as active imagination, here-and-now existential approaches and trauma-informed work.
We are a small charity that supports individuals who have developed an addiction to drugs and or alcohol. Arif volunteered to give his time to work with our service users. He conducted weekly group therapy sessions. Most of our service users have some sort of trauma that they are dealing with. Though Arif was an outsider to the group within a short period of time he managed to gain their trust and they opened up some very personal aspects of their past. This is testimony to his skill as a therapist but also his genuine concern for those he worked with. We hope we are in a position in the future to be able to recruit his services again.
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-- Spinney Hill - Drugs, Alcohol & Addiction Support​
Professional Memberships
Registered Member of the BACP
(British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists)
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Accredited Registered Member of the NCPS
(National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society)
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Associate Member of the IGA
(Institute of Group Analysis)​​​​​
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Qualifications​
Master of Arts Degree
Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice
Diploma
Psychodynamic Counselling​
Diploma
Foundation in Group Analysis
How To Begin
The next step is to get in touch through one of the contacts below.
We begin with a free initial call to meet and start to talk about what’s happening; or contact me by email to arrange the call.​ From this we can arrange an initial assessment meeting. — I’m currently taking on new clients online. ​
If we continue, sessions will be at a mutually agreed regular time for fifty minutes, once a week. I currently offer a free assessment. Sessions are charged at £60 per weekly session.