Metropolitan Police have urged any other women to come forward if they too suffered abuse at the hands of the London-based psychotherapist at his ‘Peace of Mind’ practice
A ‘calculated’ psychotherapist has been jailed for vile abuse against his female patients under the guise of ‘medical treatment’.
Tarkan Mustafa, the North London therapist, massaged his victims’ breasts and pressed his erect penis into them at his private therapy office in Ponders End.
Mustafa, 55, of Southgate, was sentenced to a jail term of three years and nine months at Wood Green Crown Court on Tuesday (December 9). He had been found guilty of seven counts of sexual assault, including sexual touching, after a two-week trial at the same court.
The offences were committed at Mustafa’s practice, Peace of Mind. Mustafa was jailed after the case, which was closed for nine years due to a lack of evidence, was reopened due to new reports.
Detective Sergeant Myles Bossman, who led the Metropolitan Police’s investigation, said: “Mustafa is a calculated individual. He took advantage of women who were seeking his support for his own sexual gratification, under the guise of medical treatment.”
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Police originally received a report of sexual assault from a patient of the therapist in 2016. He was arrested and a police investigation revealed that Mustafa had repeatedly sexually assaulted the victim on more than 10 occasions over 10 months; however, no further action was taken by the CPS at the time.
In 2020, police received a report from a second victim who had been sexually assaulted by Mustafa when she attended counselling at his practice in 2014. According to police these incidents involved using highly sexualised language, massaging the victims’ breasts under the pretext of ‘complementary therapy’ – which traditionally includes acupressure and massage – and pressing his erect penis into the victim.
A new investigation began and Mustafa was arrested on February 26, 2021. As enquiries were being carried out, it took until January 2024 for the predator to be charged.
DS Bossman added: “I want to thank each of the victims for their support and commend their immense courage and bravery in supporting the investigation and providing evidence in court. I hope that today’s sentencing will help to provide closure and strength, knowing that by making a report against Mustafa they have helped to protect other potential patients from becoming victims.
“If you recognise Mustafa’s offending and believe you, or someone you know, may have been a victim, please contact 101 or make a report online, referencing 01/YE/10292/24.
“Today’s sentencing shows that regardless of the amount of time passed, reports will be taken seriously, victims will be supported, and those responsible for committing violence against women will be brought to justice.”
According to the Metropolitan Police, more than 120,000 crimes of violence against women and girls were reported to the Met in 2024.
“We know there is still much to do [in action on violence against women and girls],” the force said in its 2025 report on police action against violence against women and girls.
In the last reporting period, the Met Police said it has added an additional 565 officers and staff to public protection roles across the force, thus “enhancing our domestic abuse, rape and sexual offence investigation teams to enable a better service for victims.”
The Met Police has been working since 2022 on Operation Soteria – a “once in a generation” opportunity to transform police responses to rape and serious sexual assault investigations.
“Since we began the journey in 2022, the number of people arrested and charged with rape and serious sexual offences have more than doubled and currently stand at 9.4 per cent,” the Met Police said in a statement.
“We also want to ensure that women feel able to come forward and that they are well supported when they do so. That is why we have invested in enhanced ‘First Responder’ training for more than 20,000 frontline officers to improve the initial response to domestic abuse and stalking incidents.
“We are also just about to roll out further training for the specialist detectives and staff who work in our teams investigating rape and serious sexual offences. This is a key milestone in rebuilding trust and confidence.”
In a foreword for the 2025 progress report into the Met Police’s Violence Against Women and Girls action plan, former Deputy Assistant Commissioner with the Metropolitan Police Alexis Boon said: “We will continue to learn from this engagement, and do all we can to ensure women and girls feel safe wherever they are.”
Boon added that the Met continues to avail in its mission to protect “women and girls from harm, brings predators to account and work with [its] partners to combat this endemic issue.”
Boon was the Met Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner and served as the force’s lead for Violence Against Women and Girls until August 2025, when he was appointed as Chief Constable of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary.
