Soraya Hind

Soraya Hind is a qualified counsellor who believes counselling should be accessible to everyone. She has worked with people facing a range of complex difficulties, including depression and experiences of domestic abuse.

She is a disabled, mixed-race mother and draws on her own lived experience when supporting others. Soraya recognises that race and disability are protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010, yet inequality, discrimination and hate crime remain too common, and the psychological impact of such incidents often receives insufficient attention.

She offers a calm, non-judgmental space to explore the mental health effects of racism and disability-related hate crime, and supports clients in examining both external stereotypes and the beliefs they may have internalised. Soraya aims to work in an empowering way that acknowledges personal, social and intergenerational effects of racial harm.

As a mixed-race woman of dual heritage, she understands how navigating cultural identity can feel complex. Her approach is integrative with a person-centred foundation, providing an empathetic framework to reflect on cultural influences and psychological patterns taken on consciously and subconsciously throughout life. The goal is to help clients address cultural and identity concerns sensitively and to support the changes they want to make.