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WORKING WITH ME

Therapeutic Work - Online

I work with a wide range of presenting issues, including anxiety, attachment issues, depression, trauma, relational patterns, burnout, identity questions, and long-standing inner conflict. Much of the work involves complexity, cumulative strain, or the pressures that accompany emotional and psychological challenges and is for those seeking depth rather than quick solutions.

 

Strong emotional states, including anger, shame, despair, and intense feelings that feel difficult to manage, are not treated as problems to be contained but as meaningful communications that can be worked with safely over time.

 

An initial consultation provides space to explore what brings you here now, how you’ve arrived at this point, and whether working together feels right. There is no expectation that you know what you need in advance. This work is held with respect. I work thoughtfully, with close attention to boundaries and autonomy.

 

If we decide to proceed, we will agree on a cadence (typically weekly) and review together as the work progresses.

 

My approach integrates embodied awareness, contemplative practice, and relational depth, creating a space where your own organising intelligence can emerge. Working with me is often described as calm, thoughtful, and quietly transformative. My background as a clinician, service leader, and teacher informs how I listen and respond, but at its heart, the work is human and relational.

 

Alongside my clinical training, I am also trained as a yoga and meditation teacher. These traditions inform my appreciation of the relationship among mind, body, and emotional life, and quietly shape how I think about psychological healing and integration.

 

I work in a steady rather than an urgent way, beyond explicit technique. I pay close attention to the relational field of what is implicit and unspoken, including sensitivity to pace, proximity, and the ways safety and trust can be built over time. We work with what is already here, allowing meaning and change to unfold without pressure.

 

Whether in therapy or supervision, I offer a space that feels safe enough for reflection and for change to emerge over time. I work in both longer-term psychotherapy and focused short-term work, where even a brief period of exploration can lead to meaningful insight and change.

 

At times, patterns or relational dynamics may be named that feel unfamiliar or challenging, always with care and respect.

EQUINE-INFORMED WORK

Equine-Informed and Nature-Based Sensibilities

Alongside clinical psychotherapy, my work is informed by many years of sustained immersion in equine relational fields. I have spent extensive periods living and working alongside horses, not as a technique, but as a long apprenticeship in presence, regulation, and non-coercive contact. I have learned how quickly relational pressure can constrict a nervous system, and how deeply a spacious, non-demanding presence can allow it to reorganise.

 

This was not simply professional development. It was relational formation and this experience has profoundly shaped my clinical stance.

 

Horses organise relational space through attunement rather than language. They respond immediately to shifts in breath, posture, intention, and nervous system tone. They do not submit to performance or conceptual explanation. They meet what is present and withdraw from what is intrusive.

 

Ecopsychology, somatic and polyvagal-informed frameworks articulate what experience has long shown that environments characterised by rhythmic coherence and sensory stability support regulation. The natural world offers affective cues of safety. In that safety, emotions can emerge and become more present, and new meanings can emerge.

Details of equine-informed work are discussed in response to your enquiry. I currently have no availability for in-person equine-informed psychotherapy sessions with the herd.

About Dr Saira Razzaq

Chartered Psychologist (HCPC Registered) 
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society 

Registered Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Doctorate in Psychotherapy by Professional Studies (DPsych)

Masters Degree in Integrative Psychotherapy

Masters Degree in Psychiatry and Philosophy

Meditation and Yoga Teacher Trainings

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