Therapist profile
Hi, I'm Safiullah (Safi)
I offer a safe, empathetic and non-judgmental space to discuss your struggles and challenges. Together we can gain insights into yourself, understand better the difficulties you face, and forge a way forward to enhance your life, improve your wellbeing and heal oneself.
I currently work as a Integrative Therapist at Birmingham Health & Healing Centre and worked as a Bereavement Counsellor at CRUSE. I have had the unique opportunity of working with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures globally through my work with the United Nations and an international development bank.
I bring to therapy decades of experience and insights from my own life's journey and path to well-being. I am trained in meditation and have several publications in the field of well-being and spirituality. I am an Individual Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) — Membership ID: 01000942.
Ph.D. People-Centred Development
UNIVERSITY OF READING, UK
1998 - 2003
Ph.D. Well-Being & Spirituality
UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, MALAYSIA
2013 - 2018
PG Cert. Counselling
WPF THERAPY, LONDON
2021 - 2022
PG Dip. Psychotheraputic Counselling
METANOIA INSTITUTE, LONDON
2022 - 2025
Education
Post Grad. Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
(2024-2025)
(2024-2025)
MSc (Year 1) in Humanistic Psychotherapy Level 5
Person-Centred, Gestalt & Transactional Analysis
(2022-2025)
Person-Centred, Gestalt & Transactional Analysis
(2022-2025)
620 hours of Core Training
50 hours Clinical Supervision
100 hours Personal Therapy
Mental Health Familisation Programme.
Metanoia Institute
London, UK
50 hours Clinical Supervision
100 hours Personal Therapy
Mental Health Familisation Programme.
Metanoia Institute
London, UK
Foundational Certificate in Counselling & Psychotherapy
(2021-2022)
(2021-2022)
45 hours theory & skills training / 45 hours with experiential group - Level 4
WPF Therapy
London, UK
WPF Therapy
London, UK
Specialised Training
- Treating Trauma & Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model (2025), Academy of Therapy Wisdom, US.
- Embodied Understanding: Introduction into Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Complex Trauma (2025),Academy of Wisdom Therapy, US.
- Embodied Integration: Mapping Parts and Fostering Somatic Safety in Complex Trauma (2025),Academy of Wisdom Therapy, US.
- Trauma Informed Stabilisation Treatments (TIST), with a world renowned expert Dr. Janina Fisher, Levels 1,2 & 3. Working towards becoming a certified practitioner.
- Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID); Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD); Post-Trauma Stress Disorder (PTSD) & Self Destructive Behaviour (self harm, addiction, suicidality). (2025-2027)
Master Practioner in Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) & Neuro-Semantics (NS)
- Practitioner of Hypnosis and Time-lines (2013)
- Master Practitioner of Hypnosis and Meta-Trance (2014)
Clinical experience
Counselling Integrative Therapist:
St. Martin's Health & Healing Centre, Birmingham
September 2022 – Present
September 2022 – Present
- Completed 282 clinical hours including 252 client hours face to face clinical hours and 30 via video.
- Weekly supervision and personal therapy.
- Managing a diverse caseload with people seeking help for: anxiety, depression, anxiety, attachment, trauma, bereavement, and relationship issues.
- Integrative approach with emphasis on working within the framework of person-centred therapy.
Counselling Integrative Therapist:
Ethnic Minority Support Team, Wrexham
August 2025 upto date
August 2025 upto date
- Counselling with Asylum seekers/Refugees: Have completed 28 client hours face-to-face
Bereavement Support Counsellor:
CRUSE | May 2022–February 2023
Oxfordshire, UK
Oxfordshire, UK
- Coordinated several clients and currently working with 1 client – Completed 136 clinical hours.
- Weekly supervision and personal therapy.
- Managing a range of loss and relationship deaths with some complex cases.
- Regular CPD and reflective group supervision.
- Attendance Professional Development Training.
My publications
Wellbeing and the Worshipper: An Islamic and Neuro-Science Perspective,
Together with Dr. Hannah S Munsoor
International Journal of Humanomics (Systems and Ethics), Vol. 33, Issue 2 (2017)
International Journal of Humanomics (Systems and Ethics), Vol. 33, Issue 2 (2017)
Knowledge and Islam on the heart-brain inter-connection: A classical Islamic Scholarly Perspective,
Journal of Usuluddin 45 2017
The Soul & Its Attributes: An Islamic Perspective with reference to Self in Western Psychology,
Journal of Aqida & Islamic Thought, AFKAR 16 (2015)
Contemplative Framework and Practices: An Islamic Perspective,
Journal of Usuluddin 45 (2017)
Post-Modernistic Challenges on Islamic Epistemology,
Journal of Usuluddin 44 (2016)
Book | Peer reviewed
Insights into an Islamic
Spiritual order, Neuroscience,
Spirituality, and consciousness senses,
Switzerland, Springer International, (2021)
Spiritual order, Neuroscience,
Spirituality, and consciousness senses,
Switzerland, Springer International, (2021)
Membership & Affiliations
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP). Registration number: 01000942;- Editorial Board Member of Journal Al-Musyrih: Journal of Guidance & Counselling, International Islamic University, East Java, Indonesia.
- Peer Reviewer Journal of Psychology & Spirituality & Journal of Leadership Studies.