About Serife
Serife Dent is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She works in a warm, respectful way and aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable. She adapts conversations and plans to fit each person's situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach.
Sessions are practical and grounded. Clients can expect straightforward talk, goal setting and techniques they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Her background includes four years of professional practice and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, or BACP. That experience has involved supporting people through family conflict, relationship strain and the emotional aftermath of trauma and abuse. Serife combines different approaches to match what a person needs.
She uses client-centred methods to build trust, cognitive behavioural ideas to address anxious thinking, and psychodynamic listening to notice patterns that repeat over time. Motivational interviewing and Imago relationship work also inform how she helps with communication and change. She supports a wide range of concerns including self-esteem, grief, intimacy and career questions.
Practical coping strategies are offered alongside space to talk about painful feelings. Serife aims to make therapy a steady, collaborative process that fits everyday life.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the centre of sessions. In practice that means listening carefully and reflecting back what matters to the client so trust can build and people can choose their next steps. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small changes in behaviour. It is often used for anxiety, stress and low mood because it gives concrete tools to try between meetings.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try different methods and agree on a plan that suits the client's needs and preferences. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is reviewed.
Online formats used include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed. Phone sessions can be lighter on bandwidth and useful for check-ins. Live chat and messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, reflective notes and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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