Sarvin Afarinesh, BACP
11 years in practice
Sarvin Afarinesh offers a calm, straightforward space for people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure about next steps.
License and registration
- BACP
- 340704 · expires October 2026
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English, Persian
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Sarvin
Sarvin Afarinesh offers a calm, straightforward space for people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure about next steps. She listens for what matters to each person and helps them reconnect with their needs and values. Sessions aim to make difficult feelings easier to understand and act on, not to rush or fix things instantly.
Sarvin uses an integrative style that brings several approaches together. Conversations look at thoughts, feelings, body sensations and behaviours.
Background and approach
Creative methods such as drawing or guided imagination may be used when that helps someone express or clarify an issue. Her work often focuses on identity, culture and difference, and on the everyday problems that follow from those themes. She also addresses stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship pain, grief, self-esteem and mood difficulties like depression and bipolar mood swings.
Practical concerns such as sleep, eating, career and parenting are included as part of the work. Sarvin trained in psychology and integrative psychotherapy, and she is a BACP member. She has around eleven years of professional experience and sees people in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Conversations are offered in English and Persian. Online sessions are available by video or voice call, and other formats can be arranged. Therapy begins with a short intake to identify goals and how best to work together.
The focus is on helping people recognise patterns, try small changes, and build confidence in daily life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sarvin lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sarvin names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Existential therapy in her work focuses on meaning, choice and responsibility. It helps people facing big life questions, identity struggles or a sense of being stuck by examining values and how they want to live. Client-centred work places the person's experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist follows the client's pace and reflects what arises to help build self-understanding and confidence. Psychodynamic elements look at repeated patterns and past relationships that shape current feelings and reactions, helping people notice and change unhelpful cycles.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Sarvin will discuss different ways of working and help decide what fits best for the client's needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and can shift over time as priorities change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls give a face-to-face feeling for deeper conversation, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, reflection between sessions or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare or travel and to continue the work from different locations.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Sarvin usually help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, mood fluctuations including bipolar, addictions, trauma and relationship difficulties. Practical life problems such as sleep, eating, career and parenting are also part of her practice.
What is her therapeutic style like in sessions?
Her sessions are integrative and person-centred, combining conversation with body awareness and creative tasks when useful. The aim is to understand patterns and try small, workable changes.
How much experience does she have?
Sarvin has around eleven years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns and cultural backgrounds.
Which credentials and location apply?
She is a BACP member and practises from the United Kingdom while also seeing international clients.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Persian.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
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