Hi, I’m really glad you’re here.
If you’ve found your way to this page, you might be considering therapy — perhaps for yourself, or for someone in your life. Reaching this point often comes after a lot of thinking, feeling, and uncertainty, and whatever has brought you here is welcome.
I’m Arushi, a person-centred therapist. I completed my training at the University of Nottingham and have been practising since 2023. My approach is grounded in empathy, authenticity, and unconditional positive regard. In practice, this means offering a space where you don’t need to explain yourself perfectly, have everything figured out, or worry about being judged.
I work across schools and colleges in Cambridge as part of a charitable organisation, supporting young people within educational settings. This work continues to inform and deepen how I think about emotional wellbeing and the wider world each person moves through.
The name Rafu Therapy holds a great deal of meaning for me. Rafu is an Urdu word meaning “to mend” — to repair a tear in fabric by gently interweaving it with its own threads. I see therapy in much the same way. We don’t replace parts of ourselves or force change; instead, we work carefully with what is already there. I believe that, given the right conditions, every person has the capacity to mend, strengthen, and reconnect with their own inner fabric. My role is not to lead you, but to walk alongside you as you do that work in your own way and at your own pace.
At Rafu therapy, I work with individuals, couples, and families from a wide range of backgrounds and life stages, and I believe that therapy should be inclusive, respectful, and adaptable. There is no right way to show up — only your way.
I also offer supervision for trainee therapists, and one-to-one career mentoring sessions for those finding their way toward a career in therapy — both shaped by the same ethos that runs through everything I do here: walking alongside, not leading.
I offer sessions online, as well as in-person in Cambridge, and I work with clients from around the world. If you’re unsure whether therapy is right for you, or whether I’m the right therapist, that’s completely okay. I offer a free 15-minute introductory call — a no pressure, no obligation space to ask questions, get a sense of how I work, and decide whether you’d like to take the next step.
