Sarvin Afarinesh, BACP

Sarvin Afarinesh offers a calm, down-to-earth space for people coping with stress, anxiety, depression and the strain of health challenges. She helps people reconnect with their needs and values so they can make choices that feel more manageable. Sessions are aimed at understanding what keeps someone stuck and finding small, practical ways forward.

Sarvin works in a multi-cultural, integrative way that blends psychodynamic and client-centred thinking with somatic ideas. This means conversations will look at thoughts and feelings, and also pay attention to bodily responses and patterns that show up in daily life. She often invites creative expression such as drawing, writing or using objects when that helps someone say what words alone cannot.

In session the focus is on curiosity and clear listening. Sarvin pays attention to relationships - the one a person has with themself and with others - to trace where old patterns started and how they continue now. She aims to build understanding rather than rush to solutions, while also finding practical steps to try between meetings.

Sarvin has a Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy from the Minster Centre and holds a BACP registration, which is listed as BACP. She has around 11 years of professional experience and has worked across cultural differences and identity-related concerns.

She offers therapy in English and Persian and sees international clients. Sessions are available online by video or voice call. To begin a course of work clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule according to therapist availability.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Sarvin commonly draws on client-centred and psychodynamic ideas, plus somatic work, when working online. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so a person feels heard and understood; it suits issues like low self-esteem and relationship worries. Psychodynamic work looks at patterns and past relationships to see how they influence present life, which can help with attachment, abandonment and long-standing emotional patterns. Somatic work pays attention to bodily sensations and movement to uncover stress held in the body and can support chronic pain, trauma responses and anxiety.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy itself. Sarvin aims to work collaboratively to identify what feels most helpful for each person. She will discuss goals, preferences and what to try, and adapt methods over time as needs change.

She offers online sessions by video or voice call according to her biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Before booking it is a good idea to confirm current session options and scheduling details so arrangements suit everyday life.