Zahraa Scott is a first year DProf candidate in Existential Psychotherapy at the NSPC. She has an academic background in Classical Studies and Philosophy, having completed her undergraduate degree on both subjects at the University of Exeter in 2014, where she explored the relationship between language and consciousness. Since, she has further developed literary analysis and theoretical skills at King’s College London, where she wrote her MA dissertation in Comparative Literature comparing the narratives of the ‘Harry Potter’ book series and ‘The Matrix’ film trilogy under a psychoanalytic lens. She has a personal interest in analytic psychology, attachment theory, Sufism, postcolonial narratives and the function of role play in the formation of identity.