Yasmine Shirazi-Sommers
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About me
I’m an experienced UKCP accredited and MBACP Psychotherapist. My practice is grounded in my commitment to create a safe, confidential, secure, and non-judgemental environment where you are able to freely explore your behaviours, thoughts and feelings at a pace that feels right for you.
I am an integrative psychotherapist which means I combine various schools of psychotherapy to address a clients specific needs and invite them to consider new perspectives and a potentially new ways of being. I believe that the therapeutic relationship is a key element of the process and that creating space for inner experience enables you to trust in your own inner guidance, promoting self-awareness and self-acceptance - These are essential elements for growth and any transformative healing process.
I frequently employ Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Therapy (AEDT) in my work. This approach distils the most effective elements of psychodynamic therapy into a more targeted strategy to promote transformation, it emphasises our conscious and unconscious interactions with ourselves and others with an emphasis on the experiential – because just talking about things is not enough: there must be deeper embodiment of change that comes through feeling differently. This is a relatively directive approach, which means the therapist does not take a passive role and is actively engaged and collaborates in the process. My approach though is integrative, and I often employ other modalities such as Internal Family Systems (IFS) working with clients distinct ‘parts’, as well as sensorimotor practices, ACT, Mindfulness, and Gestalt chair work.
I specialise in helping individuals and couples navigate a wide range of concerns, including: Depression, anxiety, stress, burnout; trauma; relationship issues; family dynamics and attachment issues; as well as ADHD and Autism (ASD) - I have a particular interest in collaborating with clients who are neurodiverse and offer support to individuals facing challenges such as workplace struggles, relationship difficulties and the grief associated with late diagnosis.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Advanced PostGrad - PGCIP - Regents University London. Systemic & Psycho-sexual / Gestalt / Jung / Transpersonal
- MA Psychotherapy & Counselling - Regents University London. Psychoanalytic / Existential / Humanistic / CBT
- Post Graduate Diploma (PGDip) Psychotherapy & Counselling - Regents University London
- Transitions Cert - Re-vision: Counselling & Psychology with a soulful perspective.
- MA Theatre Directing (Distinction) – E15
- PostGrad Diploma Meisner Technique – Joanne Baron & D.W. Brown Studios Los Angeles.
- PostGrad Acting – LAMDA.
- BA Economics – University College London (UCL).
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£95.00 - £110.00
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Individual online 50 min session: £95
Individual in-person 50 min session: £110
Couples in person 60min session: £135
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Please email any queries - I do have some limited availability as per the above calendar, subject to change.
Further information
I am an integrative psychotherapist, which means I combine various therapeutic tools and approaches to serve the needs and goals of my clients, and to help them identify their core emotional difficulty. My approach is thus tailor-made for each client as I tune into their unique lived experience.
I possess a wealth of life experience and a strong desire to assist others. I have a background in the financial and creative industries; thus, I have an in-depth understanding of the specific challenges faced by individuals working in those fields. My ability to empathise, think creatively, collaborate effectively, and maintain self-awareness allows me to attune to the needs of my clients by exhibiting a non-judgemental attitude informed by a comprehensive understanding of intersectionality.
I have a particular interest in collaborating with clients who are neurodiverse.
