Serife Dent
Person-centred counselling for life and relationships
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About Serife
Serife Dent offers a warm, person-focused approach to counselling. She uses a mix of talking therapies to help people handle stress, anxiety and relationship or family strains. Serife aims to make sessions straightforward and respectful so people feel heard from the first meeting.
She draws on Client-Centred Therapy to follow each person's pace and priorities in sessions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used when people want practical ways to change anxious thinking or low mood.
Background and approach
Serife also blends psychodynamic ideas to look at recurring patterns that affect current relationships. With four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom, Serife supports people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns and intimacy-related issues. She also addresses career stress, anger, compassion fatigue and the emotional effects of life changes.
Additional areas she works with include body image, blended family issues and family of origin concerns. Sessions are tailored to the individual's needs, so plans are shaped around what the person wants to achieve. She emphasises respect, sensitivity and compassion in every conversation.
Serife aims to make the therapy process clear and practical, with steps people can try between sessions. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she acknowledges the courage that requires. To begin, a person uses the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules according to the therapist's availability.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 4
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 396207
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Imago Relationship Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Serife's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Serife works with
Everything Serife lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Serife lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Serife works online
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. In an online setting CBT can include homework, worksheets and short skill-building practices to use between meetings, which is helpful for anxiety and mood concerns.
Psychodynamic ideas look at repeated patterns and how past experiences affect current feelings. Through regular conversations online, these patterns can emerge and be talked through to support long-term change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and the therapist will collaborate with each person to choose what fits best. She will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, adapting the style over time if needed.
Please confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow short check-ins when schedules are tight. Many people find remote sessions help them maintain consistency while working on the issues that matter most.
Questions and answers
What issues does this counsellor help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, as well as trauma, grief and self-esteem issues.
What style of therapy does she use?
She combines Client-Centred Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and psychodynamic ideas to meet different needs and goals.
How long has she been practising?
The therapist has four years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom.
What are her credentials and where does she practise?
She holds BACP and works from within the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK book sessions?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start therapy with this counsellor?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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