Sarvin Afarinesh , BACP

Sarvin Afarinesh is an integrative, multicultural psychotherapist who creates a warm and engaging space to explore the sources of emotional pain and stuck patterns. She works to help people re-connect with themselves, clarify values and needs, and build the personal resources needed for a more fulfilling life.

Her practice blends psychodynamic and client-centered ideas with existential thinking and body-focused work, alongside creative and intuitive methods. This means Sarvin pays attention to thoughts, emotions, bodily experience, and behaviour, noticing how these parts relate to one another and to relationships with others. She approaches that exploration with curiosity and compassionate inquiry to identify what keeps a person stuck and what can support change.

Sarvin welcomes creative expression in therapy - drawing, writing, working with objects, and using imagination - as ways to access feelings and fresh perspectives. She has a particular interest in identity and difference, including cultural aspects of experience, and has worked with a wide range of people over 11 years in practice.

She is a BACP registered member and is accredited by the UKCP - the British professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Her training includes a Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy from the Minster Centre, a Diploma in Integrative Counselling, a Graduate Diploma in Psychology (BPS), a BA in Psychology, and certificates in counselling skills, art therapy, integrative arts, and couples counselling. Sarvin aims to help people understand themselves more fully and feel empowered to live the life they want.

Integrative therapeutic approaches for online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating an accepting and non-directive environment where the client leads the pace and direction of exploration. It helps people build self-awareness, self-acceptance, and clearer decision-making when dealing with issues like low self-esteem, relationship struggles, or life transitions.

Psychodynamic Therapy explores patterns that arise from past relationships and internal conflicts, bringing them into awareness so they can be understood and changed. This approach can be helpful for understanding repetitive relationship difficulties, attachment challenges, and entrenched emotional responses.

Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily sensations and how trauma or stress shows up in the body, using mindful awareness and body-oriented techniques to support emotional regulation and release. It can assist people coping with trauma, anxiety, chronic stress, or the physical impact of difficult experiences.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Sarvin works collaboratively with clients to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts interventions over time so therapy feels practical and relevant to each person.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video call or phone, and options for live chat or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to connect from different locations. These formats allow therapists and licensed professionals to maintain continuity of work and support, while offering accessible ways to engage in therapeutic change.