About the Founder
Meet Sahalnazi
Consultant Psychologist. Listener. Builder of Safe Emotional Spaces.
For Sahalnazi, psychology was never just about understanding the mind — it was about
understanding
people.
As a consultant psychologist, Sahal spent years listening to individuals speak about anxiety,
loneliness, heartbreak, identity, and emotional exhaustion. Over time, a pattern became
impossible
to ignore:
Many people didn’t feel unheard because help didn’t exist —
they felt unheard because
listening
had become rare.
Sessions often began not with symptoms, but with relief. Relief that someone was finally paying
attention. Someone wasn’t interrupting, diagnosing too quickly, or rushing toward solutions.
That
insight changed everything.
Questioning the Traditional Model
While clinical therapy plays an essential role, Sahal noticed that for many, the setting itself
felt
intimidating. The formality. The labels. The fear of being judged or “analyzed.”
He began asking a simple but radical question:
What if emotional support felt safer, more human, and less
clinical — without losing ethics or structure?
That question became the foundation of Silenced Emotions.
From Psychology to Public Spaces
To explore this idea, Sahal stepped outside traditional therapy rooms and into public spaces —
parks,
campuses, open community areas.
This led to the creation of Blindfold Conversations, a listening-based
initiative
where strangers spoke openly without seeing each other, without identities, and without
judgment.
What followed was unexpected.
- People shared stories they had never spoken aloud.
- Emotions surfaced that had been buried for years.
- Many said it was the first time they felt truly heard.
These experiences reaffirmed something Sahal deeply believed: Healing doesn’t always
begin
with advice. It often begins with presence.
