- Years in practice
- 11
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Persian
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Sarvin
Sarvin Afarinesh offers a calm, down-to-earth space for parents who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure what to do next. She writes plainly and listens carefully to help people reconnect with their own needs and values. Sessions are aimed at helping parents find clearer ways to cope and make decisions that fit their life.
She draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat across relationships and life stages. Client-Centred Therapy guides the pace so the person leads the work, while Somatic Therapy brings attention to how the body holds stress and emotion.
Background and approach
Conversations may include creative ways of working, such as drawing or writing, to help people notice things they haven't been able to name. Sarvin has around 11 years' experience working with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, grief and parenting issues. She also supports people dealing with identity, culture and difference.
She works in both English and Persian and sees international clients as well as people in the United Kingdom. Her training includes a Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and other counselling and arts-based qualifications. She is a BACP member which indicates professional membership with that body.
Her style is warm, curious and practical; she helps people notice patterns and experiment with small changes. Sessions are offered online by video or voice, phone calls, live chat or text messaging. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and arranges sessions through the Start Therapy process.
What Sarvin works with
Everything Sarvin lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sarvin helps people with.
- 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 lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online practice
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on following the person's own pace and priorities, offering empathic listening that helps people feel understood and make their own choices. It suits issues where someone needs space to clarify values, parenting decisions or personal goals.Psychodynamic work looks at recurring patterns in relationships and life, helping people see how past experiences shape present behaviour. This approach can be useful for understanding attachment, abandonment concerns and why certain reactions keep repeating.
Somatic Therapy brings attention to bodily sensations and how stress shows up in the body, offering practical ways to ease tension and reduce overwhelm. It can help with anxiety, trauma responses and emotional regulation.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work collaboratively to pick methods that match a person's needs, goals and preferences, and will adjust the approach as those needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text messaging to make therapy fit around daily life. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual connection, phone calls suit people who prefer to be off-camera or who have limited bandwidth, and chat or messaging can support brief check-ins or flexible contact between sessions. These options help people access therapy from different places and schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
Questions people ask about Sarvin
What kinds of problems does Sarvin help with?
Sarvin works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and parenting-related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and client-led, combining reflective conversation with body-focused work and creative tasks when useful.
How much experience does she have?
She has around 11 years of clinical experience supporting people with diverse challenges and life changes.
Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?
She works from the United Kingdom and is a BACP member; she also holds postgraduate and diploma-level counselling and psychotherapy qualifications.
Can I work with her in my language?
Sessions are offered in English and Persian, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is available by video call, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start therapy with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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