My name is Laila Al-Attar. I am a psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist working in the NHS and in private practice.

Ever since I started studying counselling and psychotherapy, I have been amazed at the care and love put into designing the perfect guidance for us as Muslims. My faith only keeps deepening and I am just in awe of the magnificence of the guidance and teachings of Islam. Truly, the best way to know God is through his signs and knowledge is one of the tools that lead to him.

“And among people and moving creatures and grazing livestock are various colors similarly. Only those fear Allah, from among His servants, who have knowledge. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Forgiving.” (Fatir, 35:28)

I would like to share with you on this blog, some of the ideas and insights I gained in this journey into the heart and mind from an Islamic psychoanalytically informed perspective.