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Glasgow based counsellor (NCPS Acr) offering a space for you to talk through any difficulties

28/10/2025

So many of us learn early on that staying quiet keeps us safe - that avoiding conflict keeps the peace.

But over time, that silence starts to cost us; our needs, our authenticity or our sense of self.

Learning to use your voice isn’t about becoming loud or confrontational - it’s about becoming honest. It’s about trusting that your truth is worth hearing even if others don’t always like it.

And when that moment happens in therapy, when someone who’s spent years people-pleasing finally speaks from their core.....everything shifts.

If you’ve been the peacekeeper for too long and you’re ready to start speaking up for yourself, I have availability for single sessions to help you take that first step toward finding your voice. You can book directly (link in bio).

22/10/2025

You didn’t become that way by accident.

You learned early that being “the good one” meant absorbing everyone else’s moods, fixing their messes and keeping it all together.

And it worked......kind of.

You became dependable, strong, the one everyone turns to.

But it also left you tired. Resentful. Lonely.

You struggle to rest without guilt, to say no without anxiety or to let others take care of YOU.

You’re brilliant at understanding everyone else’s feelings…......except your own.

Here’s the thing - you were never meant to carry that much emotional weight.

You just grew up in a family and culture that didn’t know what to do with feelings so they handed them all to you.

This space is where you finally get to put them down.
Where we unlearn guilt, heal from hyper-responsibility and stop calling exhaustion “strength.”

Where you can laugh, exhale and remember what it’s like to belong to yourself again.

If you’re ready to unpack this, I have availability for single sessions designed for South Asian women like you - the women who’ve spent a lifetime holding everyone else but now learning how to hold themselves.

The coffee's on - welcome to my page.

20/10/2025

Sometimes, the conversation you’ve spent years preparing for, the one where you finally speak about childhood never happens.

Not because you didn’t try.
Not because you weren’t clear.
But because your parents’ defensiveness builds a wall made of their own unhealed pain.

For many South Asian parents, hearing their child’s truth can stir deep shame, guilt or fear - emotions they were never allowed to feel safely. Their defensiveness often says, “I can’t bear to face what I couldn’t give you and I can't hear this"

And that’s heartbreaking.
Because it means that sometimes, you have to heal without the apology, without the understanding and without the closure you hoped for.

Healing then becomes something quieter:

🤍 Learning to soothe the parts of you that still crave validation.
🤍 Grieving the version of the relationship you wished existed.
🤍 Giving yourself the compassion you once waited for from them.
🤍 Creating emotional safety within yourself - the kind you never had.

You CAN heal, even without that conversation.
You CAN create peace without their participation.

✨ If you’re ready to start that process, I have single therapy sessions available to help you begin - link in bio.

Follow me for more reflections on South Asian family dynamics, healing from generational trauma and learning to feel emotionally safe again.

10/10/2025

When the therapist forgets to therapise.....

But if it made you laugh then we'll probably vibe. I have availability for single sessions which you can book directly from my website (link in bio)

09/10/2025

✨ Things I wish South Asian women knew....

Your feelings are valid. Your body speaks your pain. Your childhood wounds matter. And no, just because it’s “common” in our communities doesn’t make it okay.

I work with culturally aware therapy that gets your world. I currently have availability for single sessions so if you want a safe space to unpack your story, book a session (link in bio). Follow for more support, reminders and gentle truths for South Asian women navigating life, family and relationships.

01/10/2025

Healing with our parents rarely looks like the picture-perfect moment we imagined.

Sometimes it means sitting with grief, sometimes it’s celebrating the tiniest wins that only you can see. And sometimes, it’s just allowing yourself to feel the heaviness and the relief that comes with setting new boundaries.

If you’ve ever felt like your healing is messy, slow or not “good enough,” I want you to know: this is exactly what healing looks like. You’re doing better than you think!

✨ For more reminders like this (and gentle truths about family, boundaries and relationships for South Asian women) follow along here - you don’t have to figure it out alone.

17/09/2025

It’s not always easy to know whether to share your struggles with family or seek a professional’s support. For many South Asian women, this choice can feel heavy especially when cultural expectations, generational trauma and family dynamics are all intertwined.

This guide will help you tell the difference:
✔️ When family can hold space for you
✔️ When therapy may be the safer option

Remember, you don’t have to choose one or the other forever. What matters most is finding support that truly helps you heal.

If this resonates with you, you’re not alone! This space is here so we can navigate these struggles together.

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Address

Spiersbridge
Glasgow
G468NG

Telephone

+447432128670

Website

http://www.faiyousaf.co.uk/

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