Sepideh Cheraghi, BACP

Sepideh Cheraghi is a psychodynamic counsellor who helps people understand repeating patterns that cause pain. She offers one-to-one work in English and Persian and draws on broad cultural experience across Europe and the Middle East.

Her practice focuses on helping people get clearer about where painful feelings come from. She supports those struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief and issues around identity and sexuality. She also addresses eating and sleeping problems, ADHD-related concerns, and parenthood stresses.

Sepideh uses psychodynamic ideas to help people spot hidden drivers behind their choices. Sessions often look at early relationships, attachment wounds and how past experiences shape present reactions. The aim is greater self-understanding so people can make different choices in everyday life.

She has four years of clinical experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Her background includes cross-cultural work in Europe and the Middle East, which informs her sensitivity to cultural and migration-related issues.

People meet Sepideh to talk through sources of shame, abandonment fears, family of origin problems, codependency and intimacy-related difficulties. Practical focus areas include communication problems, commitment worries, caregiver stress and supporting those affected by domestic violence. Her sessions combine attention to feeling with reflection on life patterns.

How psychodynamic work translates to online therapy

Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to early relationships and recurring emotional patterns. In practice this means talking about memories, feelings and repeated reactions to life events to understand why certain problems keep happening. It can help with relationship struggles, attachment worries, shame and long-standing moods such as depression.

Sepideh emphasises reflection and understanding as a way to change how people respond day to day. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process; she will help clients weigh options and decide what feels most useful for their goals and preferences. Together they explore whether psychodynamic work or a different focus might suit the issue at hand.

The practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into busy schedules and avoiding travel time, which can make regular work on issues more achievable. Online work can also allow sessions from another location when that simply suits someone better. Please confirm the specific session formats offered before booking so arrangements match your needs.