About me

My name is Ayanda Dlamini-Wolff MBACP (she/her) and I am a black non-disabled cis het woman. I am a qualified Integrative Counsellor currently offering online sessions with adults in English and Zulu.

I came to counselling following a career in market research. What I brought with me from that career is a deep curiosity about people and how they understand themselves and the world around them. After my own journey of transformation, which was facilitated by therapy, I trained as counsellor in the hopes of facilitating spaces of exploration and transformation for others.

My approach

I trained at The Minster Centre and my integrative approach means I am able to tailor my practice to address your individual concerns. I draw primarily on relational, existential and embodied approaches. This means considering the role relationships have played in shaping your experience (including with yourself, within your family and wider society); exploring the meaning you make of your concerns and ways that your concerns can manifest themselves in/through your body. I have also completed specialist experiential training on:

• Family and Belonging

• Skills for Trauma

• Working with the Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse

• Death and Bereavement

• Working with Erotic Charge

• Time Limited Therapy

I also hold an MA in Psychosocial Studies which focused on the themes of culture, diaspora and ethnicity. This means I also consider the role of social identity within my practice: How this is experienced by yourself and others and how this may shape what brings you to therapy. This has also been shaped by my experience working with Headstrong in Hackney, a low cost therapy service, with a diverse range of clients.

I’m originally from South Africa and moved to the UK over 15 years ago, so I also hold an understanding of what it is to be an immigrant, living between countries/’homes’ and having to translate yourself and your experience to others. 

I hold the necessary insurance to practise, and practise according to the BACP Ethical framework. I also attend regular supervision and seek and attend seminars and trainings to keep up with my professional development.

I am a registered member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists. I am also a practitioner member of the Black and Asian Therapist Network (BAATN), whose goal is to address the inequality of access to appropriate psychological services for Black, African, Asian and Caribbean people.