About Ruji
Ruji is a fully qualified and experienced Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, specialist in providing evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for the treatment of Anxiety Disorders, OCD, Depression and Addictions.
Ruji has over 20 years’ experience studying and working in the field of Psychology, Mental Health, Addiction Psychiatry and CBT. She has worked for the NHS for most of her career, including the Maudsley Hospital (South London & Maudsley NHS), KCA, and North East London NHS as a CBT Psychotherapist. Ruji has experience of Primary Care and working in multiple settings such as GP surgeries, healthcare centres, hospitals and a children’s clinic, alongside highly experienced professionals and specialists in the field.
Ruji is trained in providing Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) Therapy. She provides Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for the treatment of OCD and BDD, which forms part of the behavioural approach of CBT treatment. As part of her CBT training, Ruji also trained in other modalities including Mindfulness techniques and Compassion Focussed Therapy, and often incorporates these into the therapy work where relevant. Ruji also has a background in Addiction Science and provides specialist therapy for addictions. Ruji is specialising further in Islamic Psychology and Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy, and provides Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy for anxiety disorders, OCD, depression, and addictions.
Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you
Ruji regularly attends training events and workshops to maintain her professional development and keep up to date with the field of CBT. She adheres to the code of conduct of the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) in practising ethically as a CBT Psychotherapist, and she practices in accordance with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines. As a requirement for all therapists, she has a qualified clinical supervisor with whom she can discuss her therapy work when required and ensure that she is practising ethically. Ruji’s supervisors also specialise in CBT, anxiety disorders, depression and addictions.
Ruji is continuing her professional development in the areas of Islamic Psychology and Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy through the teachings of the late Prof. Malik Badri (the Father of modern Islamic Psychology), the Khalil Center (USA) and the Cambridge Muslim College (UK). She receives regular clinical supervision from a qualified Clinical Supervisor specialising in Islamic Psychology/Psychotherapy, who oversees her work in this area. Ruji also undertakes weekly one-to-one Islamic classes with a qualified Islamic teacher and Aalimah from a UK Madrasah to further her Islamic knowledge.
The therapy that Ruji provides is UNIQUE and REAL – combining her professional knowledge and understanding of mental health with her lived experience. She provides a warm, non-judgemental, and safe environment, and individualises therapy in accordance with each client’s needs and goals. Ruji would like to encourage referrals from clients of all backgrounds.
Specialisms
- Anxiety Disorders
- Depression
- Addictions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- CBT
- Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy
- Islamic Psychology
- Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy
Conditions Ruji Treats
Addictions – Behavioural Addictions and Substance Use Disorders
Qualifications
Certificate – Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP)
Suleymaniye Madrasah, Ibn Haldun University & Khalil Center
Istanbul, Turkey
Postgraduate Diploma – Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
University of Surrey
Postgraduate Diploma – Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
University College London
MSc Clinical & Public Health Aspects of Addiction –Institute of Psychiatry
at Kings College London & the Maudsley Hospital
BSc (Hons) Psychology
City University London
