Team Profiles
Nurul Husna
Licensed Counsellor, MindNexis
Qualifications & Professional Registration
Nurul Husna Zaharuddin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education, majoring in Guidance and Counselling, from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and is a registered counsellor with the Lembaga Kaunselor Malaysia. She has also completed professional training in peer support and is trained in the SPELL framework, a neurodiversity-affirming approach to understanding and supporting autistic individuals.
About Me
Husna is a counsellor who is passionate about supporting individuals in developing greater self-understanding, emotional awareness and meaningful ways of navigating life’s challenges. Her approach is grounded in person-centred and strengths-based counselling, with a neurodiversity-affirming perspective. She values creating a safe, respectful and non-judgemental therapeutic space where clients can explore their experiences at their own pace.
Husna takes a collaborative approach to counselling, recognising each client’s individual strengths, needs, communication preferences and goals. With a background in education and guidance and counselling, she is mindful of how developmental, learning, communication and environmental factors may influence emotional wellbeing. She is committed to ongoing professional development and collaborative work with families and multidisciplinary professionals.
Client Groups & Clinical Experience
Husna’s professional experience has primarily focused on supporting children and adolescents within educational and learning-support settings. She has worked with individuals with diverse learning, communication and emotional needs, providing individualised support and collaborating with teachers, families and other professionals to promote their wellbeing and development.
Her experience includes supporting emotional awareness and regulation, social-emotional development, behavioural and adjustment-related concerns, and the development of individualised strategies to support participation and wellbeing. She adapts her approach according to each individual’s developmental stage and communication preferences, incorporating creative, visual and developmentally appropriate methods where beneficial.
Husna’s areas of professional interest include emotional wellbeing, self-esteem, emotional regulation, adjustment, interpersonal relationships, neurodiversity, and developmental and life transitions. She is also interested in supporting adolescents and adults within a multidisciplinary mental health setting.