My Approach

The transpersonal integrative school of psychotherapy is at the core of my practice. The idea that there is much more meaning and depth to existence than the eye can see, and than our minds can comprehend. The transpersonal (beyond-personality) part means that our work is not limited to only working through your personality traits and psychological processes. It will go beyond that into working with you on a soul-level to discover your soul's purpose in this life. In the spirit of this optimistic and positive approach, there is a trust that a higher purpose, an invitation for growth can be identified even in the midst of the darkest and most painful experiences of life. The belief that symptoms are symbols, looking at pain with curiosity, and wondering what particular quality or change this particular challenge is calling forth in my client. The pain might be mandatory but the suffering can be optional.

Forming a genuine connection to you, I seek to provide an accurate mirroring of your mental, physical, emotional and spiritual state. I attend and work with your body, mind, and spirit treating them as inseparable aspects of your being and that's the integrative part of my practice. This wholesome approach will in time foster a sense of wholeness and integration in your experience of life.

The belief that each person is as unique as their finger-prints is central to my practice. I work with you to discover and retrieve your own individual and unique purpose. The work usually starts with identifying and breaking free from the layers of conditioning that are veiling your true self. Holding a genuine love and interest in the soul sitting behind the layers of wounding, and scripts, I facilitate a process of truce and becoming at peace with yourself. This will gradually establish a more secure and accepting base within you from which you are able to explore and enhance your connection to others.

Creativity is very present in my therapy work. I specially enjoy working with dreams, drawing, facilitating imagery through body work, creative imagination, and expressions through breath and sound. These interventions work as a bridge to bypass the limitations of the mind, opening up to infinite possibilities held in the realm of imagery and symbolism.

Above all, I work in a relational way. In my view, the foundation of any successful therapeutic work is in the trusting alliance and connection between me and my clients. This trust and ease in relationship is attained through a consistent experience of my reliability, empathic listening, full presence, and a genuine interest, care and love I hold for my clients.

If you are interested in working with me, get in touch and we will arrange a brief initial chat (not longer than 20 minutes). If we both feel there is potential that we are a suitable match, we will then book an initial assessment session. The assessment session will be an opportunity for both of us to get a sense of one another and to see if we are the right match to embark on this work together. This meeting will last 50 minutes (like any other sessions) and is charged at the same rate as any other sessions. After the first session, if we decided to carry on, we will review the work after 6 sessions and decide if we want to enter into long-term open-ended therapy.

Please note, I offer therapy both in English and Farsi (Persian).

Thank you for taking the time to read my page and I wish you really well on your ride of life.

with love and gratitude
Yassi

About Me

Hello and a warm welcome to my page. You are probably here because you are finding some aspects of life challenging. First of all, let's take a moment to acknowledge and honor the loving part inside which is nudging you to reach out for help, the inner light which is pulling you towards healing. I am passionate about my work and I truly respect and believe in the approach I take in therapy. I believe doing this job is in line with my soul's calling and purpose and I find it deeply fulfilling and meaningful. I continue to work on my own process of psycho-spiritual growth and discovery and that's a source of joy and pleasure for me. I do this through different practices including creative writing, prayer and meditation.

Things I enjoy doing include but are far from limited to cooking (specially Iranian food), playing with my children (aged 3 and 8), walks in the nature, reading books and poems, spending quality time with my partner memorizing poems, dancing, singing, have a good laughter socializing with friends.

I work with

• Individuals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Transpersonal Psychotherapist