Noosheen Lotfi

Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Pluralistic Counsellor, Neurodiversity-affirming Assessor & Counselling Psychology Doctorate Candidate

Noosheen Lotfi is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Mental Health and Pluralistic Counsellor currently completing her Doctorate in Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton. She brings over a decade of clinical experience across NHS crisis, CAMHS, and community mental health settings, alongside specialist expertise in neurodevelopmental assessment.

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Noosheen's background spans inpatient and community work with children, young people, and adults experiencing a wide range of mental health difficulties, from acute crisis presentations to complex, longer-term needs. She has a particular interest in the intersections of culture, identity, and psychological wellbeing, and is committed to offering therapy that is genuinely tailored to the whole person, not just their presenting difficulties.

She works in a collaborative, trauma-informed, and culturally sensitive way, drawing on a rich and varied therapeutic toolkit to meet clients where they are.

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Therapeutic Approach:​

Noosheen works pluralistically, integrating approaches to best fit each individual client. Her core therapeutic modalities include Person-Centred Therapy (PCT), Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), DBT-informed interventions, Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), and Mindfulness-Based Interventions. ​

Specialisms:​

• Living with and Recovering from Mental Illness

  • Depression

  • Anxiety

  • Psychosis and unusual beliefs and experiences

  • PTSD and trauma-related difficulties

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• Immigration, Displacement and Cultural Identity

  • Migration and relocation

  • Bicultural and multicultural identities

  • Belonging and identity

  • Intergenerational experiences

• Neurodevelopmental Assessment and Neurodiversity support

  • Autism assessments

  • ADHD assessments

  • Neurodivergent identity and self-understanding

  • Post-diagnostic support

• Religious Trauma and Moral Injury

  • Religious shunning and exclusion

  • Leaving high-control faith communities

  • Shame, guilt and loss of belonging

  • Identity reconstruction following faith transitions

• Identity, Meaning and Self-Understanding

  • Gender identity

  • Cultural identity

  • Life transitions

  • Meaning, purpose and belonging

  • Understanding who you are beyond labels, diagnoses, expectations and social roles

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Qualifications:

• (in progress, 2023–present)   Doctorate in Counselling Psychology, University of Roehampton

• 2020  MSc Advanced Nurse Practice (Distinction), 2018–2020 — London South Bank University

• 2015  PGDip Mental Health Nursing — Middlesex University

• 2010  MSc Psychology — Kingston University

• 2008  BSc Medical Science (Neuroscience and Neurobiology of the Brain) — University of Birmingham

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Memberships & Registrations:​​

• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) — Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner (15F0508E)

• British Psychological Society (BPS) — Graduate Basis for Chartership

• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) — Registration pending

Availability: Noosheen offers ADHD, Autism and combined (AuDHD) assessments and therapy. She is available on Monday-Thursday with evenings available on request ​

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Fee: £110 per 50 min therapy session