Afsar Ali

My education and career pathway has always followed a deep love for humans and understanding them. My undergraduate degree was in Psychology and Sociology (Aston University-2012) after which I completed a PGCE in Social Sciences (University College London’s Institute of Education-2014). I taught social sciences at a secondary school and sixth form in London for 8 years before career changing and focusing on individual psychology by completing a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology course at the University of East London (2022).

I’m now a Positive Psychology Consultant for a company called Muted Healing which provides coaching services, and organizational workshops primarily. I comply with the professional guidelines of EMCC and have been awarded the Senior Practitioner Accreditation demonstrating over 400 hours of coaching and mentoring experience. My aim is to use positive psychology and wellbeing strategies to create various safe spaces for people to mute the noises that take them away from their inner, authentic voice. All my services operate from a strength-based approach, that starts with what’s already strong, instead of what’s wrong.

As a certified coach, I use positive psychology interventions, and a trauma-informed approach to create a space of non-judgement for clients to work through their feelings of being ‘stuck’ or ‘lost’. One client said:

“Afsar has given me tools, techniques and resources to deal with both immediate and medium-term challenges. Afsar pauses at the right time, gives me time and support at the right moments, completely understands me and I feel safe in his presence within our sessions, to talk about everything. Afsar is also able to keep the sessions focused on time and to agreed outputs as well as letting the sessions organically flow where required.”

Coaching is not quite the same as counselling or therapy and if you are still unsure of what you are looking for, our free chemistry call should give you an indication of whether we are the right match for each other.