Semeyra Sarwar

I currently have a small number of  in- person appointments available on a Tuesday day time.

I have more online availability at the current time, for video sessions.

I currently also have a small number of low fee online/video appointments available (£55 per session) for individual clients who can attend during weekdays before 4pm. 

Hi, I'm Semeyra - a Â鶹ԭ´´ accredited therapist with 15 years experience. 

As an experienced therapist,  I work with  my clients to reflect,  gain insight and awareness into their difficulties, what caused them, what might be contributing to them continuing. 

I also work, together with my clients, over time and within the safety of the therapeutic relationship,  to identify if there might be any changes that could be helpful (this may be around working through past trauma that continues to affect them, addressing limiting long-held beliefs, or sometimes changes in behaviour) to ultimately allow them to manage and overcome their problems and move towards living the life they would like. 

 My special interests/ areas of expertise are in working long- term with individual people  who have experienced childhood/family trauma and also a wide-range of relationship problems. This includes;  attachment -related issues, family estrangement, repetitive relationship patterns, problems starting/maintaining relationships, communication issues, sexual problems, break-ups.

Alongside my 15 years' experience with individual clients, I am also now in-training to work with couples.

As well as my special interests I am also very experienced and able to work with a wide range of other issues including ( but not limited to) low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, perfectionism, work or study stress, bereavement, illness, addictive behaviour,  body image difficulties,  cultural/religious identity issues.

Once I have received your enquiry, the next step would be to arrange an assessment appointment.

While  I am no longer able to offer free initial telephone consultations ,  I do currently have some low fee online daytime appointments available. This can allow you to book a first appointment without further obligation. 

If we decide to continue to work together after the first appointment, I see clients once a week - usually at the same time, for as long as we agree to work together. 

Generally, the clients I work with in my private practice, work with me long-term -  often for a year or several years depending on their presenting issues.  

However, I can offer an initial short- term block of sessions, for clients who are interested in long term work,  to allow them to see if working with me would be the right fit.

During the first session, I generally ask more questions to find out more about you, about the issues that have brought you to therapy and also to find out what you are hoping for from the work. 

The first session is also an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have.   It is an opportunity for both of us to see if we might be able to work together.