Sepideh Cheraghi, BACP

Sepideh Cheraghi is a psychodynamic counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She speaks English and Persian and brings four years of practice to helping people notice and change repeated patterns that cause distress. Sepideh uses a reflective, relationship-focused approach to help clients make sense of their feelings and decisions.

Her work centres on uncovering the roots of emotional difficulties. Sessions explore past experiences and current relationships to understand how they shape thoughts and behaviour. This can help with stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma and abuse, and issues connected to intimacy and relationships.

She also supports people facing family and parenting strain, grief, anger, eating and sleeping problems, and career or life-change stresses. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment, body image, codependency, blended family matters, and aspects of kink and alternative sex culture.

Sepideh has worked with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and uses that experience to inform her practice. She aims to offer a calm, curious space where people can talk through painful or confusing experiences and build clearer self-understanding.

Work can include short-term problem-focused conversations or deeper, longer-term exploration as suited to each person. Sessions are offered in English and Persian and can take place over video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.

How psychodynamic therapy works online

Psychodynamic therapy focuses on how past experiences and relationship patterns shape how someone feels and acts today. In online psychodynamic sessions the counsellor and client look for recurring themes and emotional reactions to understand the root of current problems. This approach can be helpful for issues such as long-standing anxiety, depression, attachment and relationship difficulties, and patterns that keep repeating.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss what matters most to the client and agree a way of working together. This is a collaborative process that balances immediate concerns and deeper exploration, and it can change as goals and needs evolve.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit people who prefer writing or need quick access between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, care duties and different time zones, while still using psychodynamic questions and reflection to support change.