Designed in Mind has been the dream and vision of its Founder and Managing Director Mr Farhan Bhatti since 2007 when initial plans were implemented for its creation. With over 10 years of experience in this field, psychology truly is a passion for Farhan and utilizing its applications and benefits for others has been his focus and goal for many years.

From a very young age Farhan took interest in Sigmund Freud, particularly in areas such as dream analysis. To him this demonstrated the mind was the most fascinating puzzle that was waiting to be solved, and more importantly, could be solved! Whilst his roots may lie in the psychodynamic paradigm, his school of thought shifted, much like the natural shift that psychology took within its own lifetime.

During the early part of his education Farhan adopted more of the cognitive behavioral approach to psychology. This is because it gave a more comprehensive and relevant explanation to the clients state and concerns. Although, Farhan maintains his appreciation for the psychodynamic approach, the cognitive behavioural approach offered a more effective therapeutic understanding of the psychological factors at play within an individual.

What Farhan observed particularly through his education is that too many psychologists had great understanding of the theories in psychology as well being able to explain what psychological factors are present. However, it is no good being understand psychology without actually being able to apply it. Through his own experience of psychologists Farhan noticed their ability to do change work with clients was their weakest point, whereas it should have been their strongest.

It is at this point Farhan got involved with Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) as this is a purely technique based form of psychology and focuses purely on the individuals’ relationship with themselves, their belief systems and how to influence them. This had a massive impact on Farhan and the work he does with clients.

Currently Farhan uses a hybrid method of psychology which utilizes attributes from several schools of psychology which he engineers specifically to the client and their needs. He has not limited himself to particular method as he firmly believes there is no one way to assist his clients as no one client is the same as another. Farhan does not apply a psychology to the client; he simply assists the client applying their psychology to their world.