Edgars Semenovs , BACP

Edgars Semenovs is a trauma-informed counsellor based in the United Kingdom with six years of professional experience and registration with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. He creates a compassionate, paced environment in which people can explore difficult memories, emotions, behaviours and relationships without pressure. His work is informed by both clinical training and lived experience, including recovery from trauma and addictions, which he cites as shaping his conviction that everyone has an innate capacity for healing when the right conditions are available.

He uses an integrative approach, drawing on Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Compassion Focused techniques, Solution-Focused methods, Trauma-Informed Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Focusing, Clean Language Inquiry and Existential psychotherapy. His formal training includes a Level 5 integrative counselling qualification awarded with first-class honours, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Levels 1 and 2, and training in Embodied Clean Language Coaching. He has worked with organisations specialising in alcohol, drug and pornography addictions, served as an NHS staff counsellor and has extensive experience in mental health recovery services, mental health hospitals and crisis teams.

Daily practices of yoga, meditation and Qigong inform his therapeutic stance and underpin an emphasis on acceptance and self-compassion. He believes that true healing involves recognising one’s inherent worth and developing the capacity to pause and attend to present experience. Some of the feedback he has received includes: "I feel like I can accept myself and I feel more positive about the future"; "I feel like I am now kinder to myself"; "No matter what happens, I've always got me"; and "I feel more empowered knowing that I can always take a pause and attend to my feelings with compassion." He invites people to get in touch to explore practical and emotional solutions together.

Therapeutic Approaches Adapted for Online Work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape patterns of connection and trust. Online sessions using this approach help people explore attachment wounds and build more secure ways of relating, which can aid work on relationship difficulties, abandonment issues and intimacy-related concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers structured techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. Delivered remotely, CBT supports people managing anxiety, depression, stress and many day-to-day coping challenges through practical tools and collaborative goal-setting.

Mindfulness Therapy encourages gentle attention to present-moment experience and self-compassion. Mindfulness practices can be used alongside other approaches to reduce reactivity, support emotional regulation and cultivate a kinder relationship to difficult thoughts and feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to clarify needs, goals and preferences, and will adapt methods over time so the work fits the individual. This shared exploration helps identify which combination of techniques will be most helpful.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to fit therapy into busy lives and to connect across distances. For many people, remote work increases accessibility, allowing consistent engagement with licensed professionals and therapists regardless of location.