Sarvin Afarinesh , BACP

Sarvin Afarinesh is a multicultural, integrative and intuitive psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people reconnect with themselves in order to discover what they need to live a more fulfilling life, approaching each person with warmth and engagement.

Her practice combines psychodynamic, client-centered, existential and body-oriented approaches along with creative and intuitive methods. In sessions she explores thoughts, feelings, bodily experience and behaviours with curiosity and compassion, attending to how a person relates to themselves and to others, and identifying the patterns that contribute to feeling stuck.

Sarvin welcomes creative expression as part of the therapeutic process, using drawing, writing, working with objects, imagination and intuition when these resources suit a client. Her aim is to support a fuller sense of self-understanding and to help people feel empowered to make changes that reflect their values and needs.

She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, LGBT issues, family and blended family challenges, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting, anger, career matters, bipolar and depression, ADHD, and coping with life changes. She also has additional focus on attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, domestic violence, substance addiction and chronic illness and pain.

Sarvin holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy from the Minster Centre, a Diploma in Integrative Counselling, a Graduate Diploma in Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), a BA in Psychology, and certificates in counselling skills, art therapy, integrative arts and couples counselling. She is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She offers online sessions via video and voice call and works in both English and Persian.

Therapeutic approaches and online care with Sarvin Afarinesh

Sarvin draws on client-centered therapy, psychodynamic therapy and somatic-informed methods. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a supportive, non-directive relationship where the therapist helps clients explore their own goals and values - this approach is useful for building self-understanding, confidence and improving relationships. Psychodynamic therapy examines how past relationships and unconscious patterns shape present feelings and behaviors, helping people make sense of repeated difficulties, attachment struggles and long-standing emotional conflicts. Somatic-informed work attends to bodily sensations and the ways trauma and stress are held in the body, using awareness of sensation to support emotional regulation and healing from trauma or chronic stress.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Sarvin works collaboratively with each person to identify what fits best based on their needs, goals and preferences, adjusting methods as therapy progresses so the work remains relevant and practical.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility for clients with busy schedules, mobility limitations or those living remotely. Sessions can take place by video call, phone session, live chat or text-based messaging, allowing clients to choose the format that suits them while maintaining continuity of care and collaborative therapeutic work.