Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre

General information

Our vision is to see all mental health services become sensitive to and appropriate for the diverse cultural, racial, ethnic population who live in the UK. To that end, we offer inter-cultural psychotherapy, an innovative form of individual and group therapy, free to Black, Asian, minority, ethnic and refugee (BAMER) clients. Our work has led to major improvements in services for people with complex needs and set the standards for UK practice.

Nafsiyat has been providing intercultural therapy and counselling for over 30 years. In 1983, leading Indian psychotherapist Jafar Kareem founded the charity. Jafar recognised that many from BAMER communities with acute mental health problems, struggled to access appropriate help. Nafsiyat pioneered an accessible form of multi-disciplinary psychotherapy and remains the leading intercultural centre offering psychotherapy to these communities in London. We began in Islington and our practice has now grown to offer support to clients from Camden, Haringey and Enfield.