Flourish With Therapy - Counselling and Therapy - Rickmansworth

Mixa S.

I took part in an online workshop 'Creating Mental Well Being in the Home' run by Shireen Noor of 'Flourish with Therapy' in April 2020. It was a fantastic workshop, very interactive and practical and was very impressed with how Shireen drew each participant out on their individual issues and concerns and was able to help them make sense whether it be dealing with huge change and managing work/home boundaries (working from home) that was for me personally, to creating time and space for yourself, dealing with fear and anxiety regarding the whole Covid-19 situation and generally and how to maintain mental well being. Shireen is very easy to talk to and I felt very comfortable working with her. I thoroughly recommend her.

Aaron F.

I began seeing Shireen when I was 20 years old, coming to her for a myriad of reasons: struggling with the bereavement of my mother who died when I was 16, as well a life of separation from my father, issues of personal identity, anxiety and depression, problems at university and difficulties in a long term relationship. I was also afflicted with traumatic memories and half-memories which I was struggling to make sense of.

Unlike previous therapists and counsellors whose help I had enlisted over the years, my sessions with Shireen provided me for the first time in my life with a space in which I could say absolutely anything I needed to, wanted to, or happened to.

I found that the space Shireen held for me really enabled me to begin a process of healing which had been long overdue. When I think back to the person I was during my life before psychoanalysis with her, I am astounded by the degree to which I was beholden to my suffering, especially anxious and obsessive thoughts, a total lack of a sense of agency and motivation, and the repetition, in my dreams, in my words, in my interpersonal relationships, of traumatic events from my childhood.

All of this sounds pretty deep and maybe if you're reading this you'd think that my sessions with Shireen were heavy or emotionally cumbersome. This is most certainly not the case. Shireen's energy is warm, light, welcoming, and therapeutic. The only way I can describe it is her 'healing vibes'- I started to find that just as her practice allowed me to truly cry, to truly mourn, to speak the damaged and wounded parts of myself freely, it also allowed me to truly laugh, truly joke, truly dream and begin to speculate not simply about the suffering I had experienced, what had been done to me, but about what I WANTED, about what, and how, I desired, and how to dance with my desire rather than be ashamed or crushed or terrified by it.

This is all to say that I cannot recommend Shireen's practice enough. Psychoanalysis is not a quick fix, and it is also not always so easy and fun- but Shireen had a shining capacity to lighten the load of my emotional suffering and to make the daunting prospect of healing and facing one's demons actually enjoyable, actually freeing and explorative rather than onerous.

I think before I saw Shireen, the grip I had on my own life and experience of the world was deathly tight- I was holding on for dear life, muscles cramping, tears in my eyes, not much hope left..

Slowly but surely, with her, she showed me it was okay to relax my grip, that I would be safe if even only in the sessions with her, I let go. The tension in my body and mind could begin to ease- I was so afraid of falling, of free-falling into an abyss, but she was there, it was okay, I was safe (even if this feeling of safety at first felt very foreign to me, because of the life I had had.)

Only once I had practiced letting go in sessions, could I actually get a healthier hold on my life, a grip which did not cause me to cramp, and which I could relax when I wanted- free falling became falling in style, like Buzz Lightyear! haha!

Thank you from the depths of my heart Shireen- to infinity and beyond!

desdemona V.

Shireen is a kind but determined psychotherapist.
She drive me always in the right direction without push me.
I never felt judged by her.
My life in the last 5 years it's completely changed and most of my achievements has been done with her ...the most important thing I can say is :
"the best choice I've done in my life as been to start a psychotherapist journey with the right woman."
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kiran K.

I have had the opportunity to sit with Shireen who is amazing. She actually listens to you which I feel is rare. I felt safe talking to her which is so important. I’ve attended her group shares with people who are just getting their emotions out without judgement. I would definitely recommend Shireen’s sessions 🙏🏻