Noareen Jafri

Cognitive Behavioural Therapist / Psychotherapist (BABCP Accredited), EMDR Accreditation Pending (EMDR Europe & UK – October 2025)

Noareen is a highly experienced BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Psychotherapist, with over 15 years of experience across educational and clinical settings. With a background in education and extensive work supporting vulnerable young people, Noareen transitioned into psychology, specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). She has worked across the NHS, charity organisations, and school-based mental health services, delivering evidence-based interventions for a wide range of mental health difficulties.

Noareen combines her CBT practice with additional modalities such as Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness. She adopts a flexible, culturally informed, and client-centred approach—tailoring treatment plans to individual needs and encouraging clients to explore and shift unhelpful cognitions and behaviours.

Fluent in working with adolescents through to adults, Noareen is known for her empathetic nature, cultural sensitivity, and ability to make clients feel at ease. Her research on culturally adapted therapy enhances her understanding of how beliefs, values, and life experiences influence mental health. Clients frequently describe their therapeutic experience with her as transformative and appreciate her warm yet structured approach.

Areas of Expertise:

Depression (including low self-esteem and assertiveness issues)
Generalised Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder
Health Anxiety
Social Anxiety
Phobias (including Emetophobia and Blood Phobia)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Binge Eating Disorder

Additionally, she has strong experience supporting neurodivergent clients, including individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Asperger’s Syndrome, and ADHD, particularly through her work in Special Educational Needs (SEND).

TESTIMONIALS

I rarely write reviews or testimonials however after my experience with Noareen I felt had a duty to offer my experience to help someone else make the decision to do something positively transformative for their life and allow them to move towards the life they want to live.

Noareen has the rare ability to meet you exactly where you are, to understand what's happening for you, but more importantly actually educate and guide you from where you are to where you want to be at the pace that is right for you. I came to Noareen with two key problems that I felt had been plaguing me for years and had been shrinking my life. After only two sessions this issue had more than halved. Furthermore I had some understanding, tools and practical things I could do to continue shrinking these problem.

In summary and a guarantee of the absence of any exaggeration, looking back I achieved more progress in my first 2 sessions with Noareen than the previous two years I spent with a previous therapist.

In short I can't recommend it enough and I hope this insight into my experience serves to help someone else. by D. D