Zhila Afrouz

CBT Therapist/Counsellor
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About

Zhila Afrouz works as a cognitive behavioural therapist and counsellor at Priory Wellbeing Centre Manchester. She provides therapy to children and young people with a diverse range of concerns.

Zhila has been working with Priory for over 5 years now, and has over 13 years’ experience of working therapeutically with others.

She specialises in therapy for children and young people and enjoys supporting this age group in reaching their full potential.

Training

  • Treating depression - online, 2020
  • Treating anxiety using practical techniques - online, 2020
  • Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for multiple trauma - Manchester Branch, 2020
  • Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) Europe accredited training - online, 2021
  • CBT for eating disorders - online, 2022
  • Trauma focused CBT (TF-CBT) for children and young people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - online, 2022
  • Treating obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) - online, 2022
  • Treating health anxiety - online, 2022
  • Working with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autistic clients, online, 2022
  • Applying schema therapy - online, 2023
  • Safeguarding combined adults, children and young people - online, 2023
  • Customising CBT for autistic clients - online, 2024
  • CBT for children and young people, parts 1 and 2 - online, 2024

Qualifications

  • Accredited with both the British Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapies (BABCP), and the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
  • BA (Hons) Health and Social Care
  • Diploma in ‘Counselling Children and Young people’
  • Diploma in ‘Therapeutic Counselling’
  • Diploma in the ‘Advanced Practice of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy’
  • Master’s (MA) in ‘Counselling Children and Young People’