KAWTHAR ALI

MA COUNSELLING, GOLDSMITHS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

Kawthar Alli is currently a doctoral student at the University of Manchester as a trainee counselling psychologist. She is currently conducting research on how Islamic psychotherapy can be used when working with children.

Kawthar has worked in various roles in the mental health sector, she is currently working for Ihsaan, an organisation that provides therapy for Muslims using an Islamic approach. She is also co-founder of the Alafia project that focuses on the intersectionality between Black African Muslim identity within mental health.

She also was recently recruited as a co-therapist in Manchester mental health trust within the culturally adapted family intervention research project providing therapy to Black families.