Tayba runs her own private practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy, organises and facilitates psycho-spiritual retreats and provides Mizan Therapy (healing techniques to address conditions of the reproductive organs, emotional health, and unresolved trauma). Her specialist skills are working with domestic abuse, trauma, conflict of identity within spirituality, culture and faith, relationships and communication, as well as issues related to womb health.

Tayba is currently training as a Clinical Supervisor. Tayba has worked in mental health, domestic abuse, and trauma for over a decade, working especially with the South Asian community, Muslim women and women living in deprived areas. Tayba uses an Islamically-informed approach in her therapies where required by her clients.

Tayba is a keen traveller who loves hugging trees and being in nature. Most of all she thrives and feels energised being a Glam-ma! She is currently learning how to ride a bicycle, in the hope of riding a motorbike one day.

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Aisha’s journey to Islam began in 2006 when she embraced the faith from Christianity as a Lithuanian British convert. This experience led her to found Aisha’s Sukoon, a safehaven for convert women overcoming toxic relationships. Passionate about interfaith understanding, she supports women in reclaiming their power and building a future filled with peace and happiness.

She holds an MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health from King’s College London. Aisha’s research focuses on the factors affecting Muslim women experiencing domestic violence, particularly spiritual abuse.

A vivid athlete and outdoors enthusiast, Aisha is now a Muslim mental health practitioner, relationship recovery coach and a public speaker. She also provides support to men, couples, and offers parenting advice. A mother of 3 and an advocate for mental health, she enjoys connecting with her community, offering guidance, and providing resources to those on their healing journeys.

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Kaysha is a social worker from London who embraced Islam on February 25th 2022 after discovering the faith at the age of 17 and spending years exploring its teachings. Her decision to become Muslim has been one of the most fulfilling experiences of her life, though not without challenges. However, with patience and a strong support system, Kaysha has gradually found her way at a pace that suits her.

Being a social worker for seven years, Kaysha has dedicated her career to supporting some of the most vulnerable members of society. She has worked in areas such as substance misuse, homelessness, adoption, and fostering, each of which demands a unique set of skills and deep understanding. Her approach is person-centred, as she believes that individuals are the experts of their own lives, having lived through their experiences.

Her hobbies are make-up, fashion, food, and travel.

Millie converted to Islam in 2023. She is a teacher, research consultant, and businesswoman. As a qualitative researcher, she specialises in arts, health and wellbeing, with her doctoral research exploring the use of arts-based interventions with women in the postnatal period. She is passionate about using empowering, collaborative approaches to support and develop individuals and communities through education and creativity. Millie believes that each of us is on our own spiritual journey, with converts needing time, space, and non-judgmental community support to feel confident stepping into their identity as Muslims.

Millie lives with her husband and is stepmum to three train-obsessed, football-loving boys. A trained dancer, she loves going to the theatre, staying active at the gym, and finding ways to stay well through movement. At home, she loves nothing more than spending an afternoon being creative in the kitchen and then sitting around the table with friends and family enjoying food from diverse cultures and cuisines and spending time with her cat “Jaffa”.

Giles converted to Islam in 2022 after many years as a practicing Catholic. He is a retired Psychotherapist, Family Therapist and Social Worker. After training at the Institute of Psychiatry, London; he has worked mainly in NHS or Local authority settings; specialising in child and adolescent mental health and family-based interventions.

Giles is especially interested in intersectionality and how converts to Islam integrate other aspects of identity leading to healing and wholeness for themselves and those closest to them. He is of dual heritage seeing himself as ‘both not half’.

Michelle converted to Islam in 2006 and understands the struggles of the journey to becoming a Muslim as well as the cultural sensitivities around big transitional changes. She has extensive life experience and is very well-travelled. She grew up with a mixed cultural upbringing – a fusion of English and European cultures (German), where religion was often a non-starter or seen as an ‘individual choice’ but not talked about proactively or openly.

She has been a fully registered member of the BACP since 2021 and runs her own private practice based in Kings Hill (Kent). She works in a holistic and somatic way, with adults (male and female) from all cultural backgrounds, religions and nationalities working face-to-face, online and via telephone counselling. She also works with young people ages 12+ and tailors her session in accordance with their needs, offering parental guidance, child counselling and coaching. She also speaks fluent German.

She loves all things art & crafty and used to run voluntary home school projects for children, she loves the great outdoors including walking, exploring, and travelling to new places and countries, everything nature-based, growing fruit and veg. She enjoys reading, spending time with her two boys and socialising with friends.

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