Sarvin Afarinesh, BACP
11 years in practice
Sarvin Afarinesh offers a calm, straightforward space for people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to turn.
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 are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to turn. She listens with warmth and curiosity and helps clients reconnect with their needs and values. Sessions aim to clarify what causes pain and to identify small, practical steps forward.
Sarvin uses an integrative style that draws on systemic ideas alongside client-centred and existential thinking. That means conversation may cover thoughts, emotions, body sensations and everyday behaviours to see how they link together.
Background and approach
She often encourages creativity, such as drawing or writing, when it helps someone say what is hard to put into words. In sessions she works to map patterns - how relationships, past experiences and daily habits keep problems active. This helps clients spot what to change and where to try different ways of coping.
The work is paced to each person so it can feel manageable rather than overwhelming. Sarvin has 11 years of experience and holds a BACP credential, which is recorded as BACP. She has worked with people facing a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, identity and relationship concerns, and challenges around work or parenting.
She offers therapy in English and Persian and provides online sessions by video or voice call, phone, live chat or messaging. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions once they have been matched.
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
- Systemic Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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 systemic and person-centred ideas work online
Sarvin often draws on systemic thinking to look at the wider patterns that affect someone’s life. This approach helps identify how relationships, routines and past experiences connect to current stress or anxiety and suggests points where small changes can have an outsized effect.She also uses client-centred methods that prioritise the person’s own goals and pace. That style focuses on listening, reflecting back what is heard and supporting people to find their own solutions. Existential ideas may also appear when clients want to discuss meaning, values and life direction in a straightforward way.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sarvin will discuss different ways of working at the start and adapt her style to the client’s needs and preferences. She sees therapy as a collaborative process where goals and methods are agreed together rather than imposed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different situations. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can work for shorter check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or travel and to sustain contact between sessions when needed.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Sarvin help with?
Sarvin works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, grief and life changes. She also supports people facing identity matters and issues linked to culture.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses an integrative approach combining client-centred, existential and psychodynamic ideas with systemic thinking. Sessions tend to focus on thoughts, feelings, body sensations and everyday patterns to find practical ways forward.
How much experience does she have?
Sarvin has 11 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of people and presenting issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is recorded as BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported during sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Persian, and she accepts international clients.
What formats are available for online work?
Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on the client's preference.
How are sessions paid for and what is the cost structure?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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