Semeyra Sarwar

Hello, I'm Semeyra - a BACP accredited counsellor/ therapist with 15 years clinical experience in helping individuals affected by the full spectrum of relationship, mental health and life challenges. Do you find yourself continuously repeating problematic patterns in your relationships and life? Have you had a recent breakup or problems finding/maintaining relationships? Maybe you are struggling to communicate with your partner or family, perhaps past trauma is contributing towards your problems? If you would like help to start understanding yourself and others better, improve your relationships and begin living the kind of life you would like - please email me to arrange an appointment. I have spent my therapy career helping people overcome these and many other problems and I look forward to working together with you to achieve the same. As an experienced therapist, I will be able to work with you to understand your current situation in greater depth, which includes understanding what has led you to where you are, your motivations and behaviour.   We will explore and work through what has caused your current difficulties, what might be keeping them going (both internally in the mind and externally) and what and how you might change or adapt.  My special interests/ particular expertise is in working with individual people who have experienced historical trauma (in childhood and family) as well as a wide range of relationship and attachment-related difficulties ( including repetitive relationship patterns, communication issues, sexual problems, break-ups ). Having worked for 15 years with individual clients,  I am also now in-training to work with couples alongside my individual work, allowing me to offer online couples sessions at a much lower fee. While my couples training is ongoing, I bring significant experience to couples work, having spent 15 years working with individual therapy clients, including those attending with relationship issues. I have attended many trainings in topics relevant to couples, I also have experience in facilitating groups.   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, work problems and stress, bereavement, cultural issues. I also have significant experience in supporting people with disabilities and neuro-developmental conditions - including Autism, ADHD and learning disabilities. I speak Pahari/Pothwari (Mirpuri) at a conversational level. It can sometimes be difficult to admit to ourselves that we are struggling and need help. I understand this both personally as well as professionally. However, I also know and have witnessed many times that therapy is life-changing for many people, once they are able to take those first steps.