Summar Ali , BACP

Summar Ali is a compassionate therapist based in the United Kingdom who brings over 11 years of clinical experience to her practice. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can explore difficult emotions, make sense of hurtful experiences, and work toward practical change. Summar values human connection and sees healing as a collaborative process that honours each person’s story and strengths.

Her background spans a range of settings including CAMHS within the NHS, school counselling, drug and alcohol services, bereavement support, and work as a sexual trauma therapist for a local charity. She has lectured at the University of Southampton and the Anna Freud Centre, teaching trainees who work in NHS services. When not working online she also practises animal-assisted therapy, bringing an additional relational element to her work.

Summar holds a BA in Counselling and Psychotherapy, postgraduate certificates in evidence-based interventions for children and young people and in supervisory skills, and a Higher Education Certificate in Academic Practice with Fellowship status. She has completed continuing professional development in the neurobiology of trauma and holds a BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy membership that reflects professional standards. Her practice integrates a holistic view of mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing to support people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, addiction, relationship and family challenges, grief, mood difficulties, neurodiversity, and a wide range of life transitions.