Clinical Director

Counselling, Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Coaching, Couples Therapy, REWIND Therapy.

Dr Waseem, retired Consultant Psychologist has more than 33 years NHS & University experience and numerous 5 star recommendations.

Published author, international workshop presenter.

Narrative Coaching & Trauma Psychologist.

Dr Waseem is a psychologist and psychotherapist, helping thousands of clients overcome and manage life's problems, spanning more than a quarter of a century! He is the Founding Editor in Chief of ‘Counselling Psychology Quarterly: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice’ and an Empowerment Psychology coaching psychologist. He is therefore in touch with the latest developments in health and wellbeing. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Empsy® (Empowerment Psychology) Network, Cambridge. He is proud to be a Founder Member of the Empsy® Psychology Network.

Originally from Malaysia, he was also a member of the Institute of Directors (IoD) for many years, with wide experience of occupational stress. He has been consulted by personnel from international and multi-national companies, and by the legal profession in cases of breakdown following work stress induced trauma.

He is the author of learned papers, book chapters including Cognitive Behavioural Group Therapy in UK and is co-editor of the critically acclaimed book 'Bridging East-West Psychology and Counselling', Sage 2010. He is an invited author of a chapter of death and bereavement in the world class best seller 'Death & Bereavement Across Cultures', Routledge, 2015.

He has promoted the Existential Model of Helplessness and Hopelessness at conferences and workshops, reducing self-harm and preventing suicide by transforming helpless and hopeless narratives into empowering, more healthy and hopeful narratives. In his view, it is often a mistake to regard all self-harm and suicide attempts as medical or psychiatric problems. In his decades of experience, the problems of living and meaning of life often respond better to Narrative Coaching by changing the story of your life.

He is a leader in transforming Post Traumatic Stress ‘Disorder’ into Post Traumatic Growth, having been the Co-Guest Editor of 'Post Traumatic Growth & Spirituality' for the Transpersonal Psychology Review (2016). He has been the promoter of the holistic ethno-biopsychosocial model which has attracted interest across the world and at the United Nations.

He is the originator of The Fourth Wave Perceptual Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (PCBT) which, he discovered produces faster and more permanent results. It is more user friendly. It starts with the client’s perspective and does not impose a deficit or medical model but teases out their problematic or 'stuck’ narrative, and is solution focused, unlike traditional CBT which is still stuck with medical model narratives. For decades, he has successfully applied PCBT to a range of clients including those who are Autistic, with ADD and ADHD.

Dr Waseem has a current portable enhanced DBS clearance and Professional Indemnity Insurance (2024-2025).