Hi, I’m Halima.
I’m a practitioner working at the intersection of neuroscience, trauma, chronic stress physiology, and the mind–body connection. I help people who feel like they’ve “done the work” in therapy, yet still experience patterns they can’t think their way out of like fatigue, digestive issues, adrenal burnout, nervous-system overwhelm, chronic tension, low mood, or anxiety that feels rooted in the body as much as the mind.
My approach blends science-informed mind–body therapy with a warm, intuitive, trauma-aware way of working. Sessions are gentle, collaborative, and deeply body-aware, helping you understand how your lived experiences have shaped your physiology, and supporting you in creating safety, clarity, and emotional freedom in your system.
Why I do this work
I grew up learning how to stay quiet, how to be “good,” how to shrink myself so I didn’t take up too much space. Public speaking terrified me. Being seen felt dangerous. My nervous system learned early that visibility equalled threat.
Fast-forward through adulthood, degrees, jobs, motherhood, I could explain anxiety and trauma perfectly in academic terms, but I couldn’t feel safety in my own body.
Everything shifted when I started understanding the mind–body connection. I realised that:
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the body remembers
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the nervous system shapes how safe or unsafe we feel
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resilience isn’t mindset, it’s physiology
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transformation happens when we work with the body.
This combination of lived experience + scientific training is what shaped me into the practitioner I am today. This work is personal to me, and it’s meaningful to walk alongside others on their path back to themselves.
My approach
I don’t believe in separating the mind from the body.
Your thoughts, emotions, physical sensations and nervous-system responses are all part of one conversation, and when we work holistically, therapy becomes faster, clearer, and far more transformative.
This is why my work sits at the intersection of:
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Psychology & Counselling
(patterns, beliefs, emotional meaning, internal narratives) -
Neuroscience of the mind–body connection
(how the brain, and inflammatory systems shape mood, memory and behaviour) -
Trauma-informed practice
(safety, attachment wounds, developmental trauma, the physiology of threat) -
Somatic regulation & nervous-system healing
(patterns like fight/flight/freeze/shut-down, breath patterns, posture, interoception) -
Behaviour, attachment & emotional patterns
(why you seek certain dynamics, how early relationships shape adult responses, and how to rewire them)
Why this approach
is effective
I don’t just teach people to “cope.”
Coping is a short-term bandaid.
I want to help you understand:
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why you react the way you do
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where in your body your history is living
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what your nervous system is trying to protect you from
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how to create a new baseline of internal safety
When we address physiology and psychology together, your system stops fighting itself, and that’s when real change happens.
You can think of it as building a regulated foundation that supports:
Confidence, visibility, emotional stability, groundedness, clearer thinking, less reactivity and a life that feels easier to inhabit.
This is the difference between “understanding your problems” and actually feeling different in your body and life.
Who I work with
People come to me when they’re ready for deeper, embodied work. Some are at the very beginning of their healing journey; others have been trying to make sense of their patterns for a long time.
What they all share is a desire for change that feels real. Not abstract ideas, not endless talking that goes nowhere, but something they can actually feel in their body and in their day-to-day life.
Whether it’s their first time seeking support or they’ve been carrying questions and patterns for years. They’re looking for something real and meaningful, not just theories or techniques they forget the moment life becomes overwhelming.
They want to understand themselves in a way that actually changes how they feel, how they respond, and how they move through the world. They want to feel differently inside their own body, release what’s been holding them back, and finally experience the kind of lasting shift that makes life feel clearer, steadier, and more their own.
My Training
I’m trained in both the psychological and biological sciences, which means my work is grounded in research, clinical understanding, and a deep appreciation of how the mind and body influence one another.
• MSc — Neuroscience & Psychology of the Mind–Body Interface, King’s College London
My postgraduate work focused on how neurobiology, inflammation, trauma and emotional regulation interact.
My research examined neuroinflammation, cytokine activity and choroid plexus MRI data in depression, using both R and MRI analysis methods.
• BSc — Psychology & Counselling, The Open University
This gave me a strong foundation in psychological theory, cognitive and developmental processes, counselling approaches, mental-health presentations and therapeutic communication.
My dissertation used thematic analysis to explore emotional and behavioural patterns.
• Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (MBPsS)
This reflects recognised academic and ethical standards in psychology, research, and professional practice in the UK.
• Currently completing a Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling Practice (BACP accredited)
This qualification deepens my clinical practice in trauma-informed therapy, somatic work, emotional processing, attachment-based approaches and integrative mind–body work.
