Welcome to Nuur Counselling
Islamic Counselling Services
Lancashire / Manchester
Helping Light the Path Towards Guidance, Clarity and Understanding
Providing Counselling with an Islamic perspective to clients all over the world.
Face to Face| Online | Telephone
A fascinating journey begins here . . .
Looking for a Muslim counsellor with an Islamic perspective?....you've come to the right place!
You may not know it but you've already taken the first step. Seeing a therapist is not a passive act; it isn’t like visiting the doctor to be measured, assessed and treated. You don’t come away after one appointment with a pill to take and the responsibility ends there. Counselling and therapy are journeys with a guide through a familiar but somehow unusual land; they can be rewarding, sometimes confusing and often revelatory… what they aren’t is passive!
At Nuur Counselling we understand that finding a Muslim counsellor who can incorporate an islamic perspective and understand cultural values without implementing judgment, is highly valued. But finding the right counsellor who connects with you can be a daunting task.....so let us find them for you! Our Muslim counsellors are highly trained in providing therapy in a warm and empathetic environment where each individual client is understood and accepted unconditionally.
At Nuur Counselling we understand the significant role of Islam being part of a Muslim person's identity and the consideration this needs in one's day to day life decisions. Be it mental health issues or relationship dynamics, our counsellors aim to provide a combination of the western counselling approaches with an Islamic perspective, aiming to strengthen individuals, couples and families as they face life challenges.
Making the decision to see a counsellor is a big step to take - but it can be a positive one. Please read on to find out more about how Nuur Counselling could help you.
Services
We all experience times of difficulty in our lives, when events or relationships feel overwhelming, or we can feel a loss of direction or purpose. Talking to a trained professional who understands islamic values, can help us make sense of those challenging times and offers a way through them, moving towards a better understanding of ourselves and our feelings.
At Nuur Counselling we work with people from all walks of life and backgrounds, from within the Uk and worldwide, coming to us with a diverse range of issues. Therapy offers a chance to reflect on the difficulties or problems you are experiencing in a safe and confidential environment, with someone from outside your day-to-day life. Together with our Muslim counsellors, you can explore your situation in a way that leads to fresh perspectives – and perhaps a new understanding of yourself. Counselling isn’t about giving you solutions or advice, but empowering you to make your own changes.
Counselling - Short term / Long term / Single Session Therapy
Marriage Counselling
Coaching
Mentoring
Student placements
Our counsellors are highly-qualified and experienced Muslim professionals, registered with governing bodies, and abide by their code of ethics. Our counsellors implement an Integrative approach with an islamic counselling perspective - providing an in depth understanding of religious and cultural factors, allowing each client to have an individually tailored therapeutic plan dependant on their individual needs.
We provide sessions within a non-judgmental, confidential and safe environment, where the counsellor creates the right conditions to help someone increase their self-awareness; to move towards – and reach – their goals and their fullest potential.
What issues can counselling help with?
People come to us for help a wide range of issues. Here are a few of the more common difficulties that can be supported through counselling:
Feelings of stress or anxiety
Panic attacks
Relationship problems
Grief, loss or bereavement
Problems with addiction
Trauma and post-traumatic stress
Abuse
Marriage counselling
Problems with confidence or self-esteem
Anger management
Issues relating to sexuality
Difficulties at work or in retirement
Problems with family or school life
Location
Our Face to Face sessions are available in Manchester/Lancashire.
Our virtual / online Counselling Services are available through Skype and Zoom.
Our Telephone service allows you to receive counselling over the phone.
In reality it’s what your prefer and what is convenient for you.
Sessions
At Nuur Counselling we aim to be as flexible as possible to offer clients the support they need in the way convenient
for them. This is why our services are available through Face to Face, Virtual and Telephone. Online and Telephone counselling offer individuals an effective level of support and confidentiality as that of meeting face to face with a qualified counsellor or psychotherapist.
Get in touch
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about how counselling works, or to arrange an initial assessment appointment. This enables us to discuss the reasons you are thinking of coming to counselling, whether it could be helpful for you and whether we can help.
We are happy to discuss any queries or questions you may have prior to arranging an initial appointment. Please feel free to contact us through our website enquiry form.
All enquires are usually answered within 24 hours, and all contact is strictly confidential and uses secure phone and email services.
Frequently asked questions
Many therapists tend to view Counselling as ‘short-term’ work; when someone has a problem that can be looked at and discussed in a clearly-resolvable way. This work often requires undertaking sessions for a certain number of weeks, to explore, discover and clarify a way forward. Therapy is a word used more to describe ‘long-term’ work; discussion that tends towards substantial issues and things that might be life-changing on a deeper level.
Whether counselling or therapy work best as a short- or long-term option depends on the client though, and the difficulties they are facing. In some cases counselling can prove helpful as a continuing, longer-term option, or therapy can help resolve an issue in just a few sessions.
There’s no fixed or ideal length of time for the counselling process; it varies from person to person and will often depend on the depth of the issues they are facing. While I can work on an open-ended basis with clients, I find it is helpful for us to both agree before we start on undertaking a certian nunebr of sessions and reviewing where we are at once we reach that point. You are able to decide how long your therapy willl last, and in return my aim is to make sure therapy continues for only as long as it is of benefit to you.
This depends on what your needs are. Some people find that after only a very few sessions they have some clarity and focus and are ready to end the therapy. Other people value the ongoing support and relationship with me and will continue to come for weeks, months, or even years. There is no 'one-size-fits-all' when it comes to therapy.
My aim is to offer you a first appointment, known as an assessment session within 1-2 weeks, this is once we receive your completed client pack back. However, waiting times will vary according to pressure on our resources, your own availability and the service you seek.
An appointment to our short term counselling, which is not subsidised, can be offered within about one week.
Confidentiality is one of the main ways in which therapy differs from many other forms of helping - for example, talking to friends or family can rarely offer the same degree of confidentiality as talking to a counsellor. Because of this confidentiality, you will find that - as you get used to coming for therapy - you are freer to talk about whatever you wish to.
No therapist can offer 100% confidentiality: there are some situations where the law requires disclosure of risk (e.g. certain child protection issues) and in common with most other therapists, there are some situations where I may not be able to keep total confidentiality. In particular, if someone tells me that they are thinking of harming themselves in a way that I believe puts them at serious risk, or if someone tells me that they are doing something that could put others at risk, I may not be able to keep such information confidential. However, breaking confidentiality is rare, and only happens after talking to the person concerned.
When you come for counselling it's important that you feel free to talk about whatever is important to you. Sometimes, you may not be clear what those issues are. Having a friend or family member with you is not usually helpful because they may have their own agenda for you. Even if this is just that they want to be supportive, or want you to 'get better', this agenda can prevent us opening issues up. When you come for therapy, you may need to explore thoughts or behaviours about which you feel ashamed or embarrassed and you may censor yourself so as not to hurt someone, or you may find that what they want you to talk about is not really what you need to discuss.
Sometimes, family/friends can even be part of an underlying issue which needs to be aired and discussed. Usually, people who ask this question are nervous about coming for a session alone, or they are anxious for the person who is thinking about arranging sessions. This anxiety is quite normal, and you will not be forced to talk about anything you feel uncomfortable about - but you do need to be able to talk about whatever is important. For this reason, I do not see clients accompanied by friends or family
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