Specialist support at every stage of recovery — combining clinical psychotherapy with practical, real-world coaching.
There is a version of addiction treatment that focuses entirely on stopping — the substance, the behaviour, the visible problem. And while stopping matters enormously, it is rarely sufficient on its own. The question that sustainable recovery demands is not just what you are using, but why.
In my experience — clinical and personal — addiction is almost always a response to something. Pain that has no other outlet, anxiety that has never been properly addressed, trauma that was never processed, or simply a need for relief that the substance provides. Until that underlying layer is understood, recovery remains fragile.
My approach combines the depth of psychotherapeutic work — exploring the roots, the patterns, the history — with the practical tools and structure of high-level coaching. We don't just talk about what's happening. We build, session by session, the real-world skills and frameworks that support lasting change.
I draw on CBT, DBT, Psychodynamic therapy, and 12-step frameworks — not rigidly, but as a toolkit, selecting what each person needs at each stage of their recovery.
I work with people at every stage — from those still in active addiction who are beginning to consider change, to those in early recovery who need support and accountability, to those further along who want to understand their patterns more deeply. I support people through alcohol dependence, cocaine and stimulant use, opiate addiction, cannabis dependency, and polydrug use. I also work with people whose substance use sits alongside anxiety, depression, trauma, or neurodiversity.
My understanding of addiction goes beyond the clinical. I have a personal journey through recovery of my own — something I keep private, but which gives me a quality of presence and understanding in this work that my clients consistently describe as different. I know what it feels like to be in it, and I know what it takes to get out.
Available online, by phone, face to face in London, or as an intensive 24/7 live-in arrangement. Sessions in English and Arabic.