Serife Dent

• Stress and anxiety
• Family conflicts
• CBT and psychodynamic

About Serife

Serife Dent helps people work on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns using a conversational approach. She works with issues such as trauma and abuse, grief, self‑esteem, intimacy and career struggles. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has four years' professional experience.

Serife uses a mix of talking approaches to match what each person needs. She draws on Client‑Centred Therapy to keep sessions focused on the client’s concerns and pace. She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thinking and coping patterns.

Sessions give space to look at how family history and early relationships shape current difficulties. Serife uses psychodynamic ideas to help people make links between past and present behaviours. She may introduce Motivational Interviewing techniques when someone wants focused help to change habits or make decisions.

Her work covers many specific concerns including LGBT issues, compassion fatigue, divorce and separation, body image and parenting strains such as fatherhood issues. She also supports people facing ageing and geriatric challenges, avoidant or dependent personality patterns, and problems with commitment or control.

People meet Serife to talk through feelings of anger, emptiness or guilt and shame, and to work on practical coping strategies for life changes. She explains options and agrees a way forward with each person, aiming for clear steps rather than jargon.

How her approaches guide remote counselling

Serife combines Client‑Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in her work. Client‑Centred Therapy focuses on listening carefully and following the client’s pace so they can explain what matters most. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and helps people try practical changes for stress, anxiety or depression.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what has helped in the past, and will suggest using different methods as needed. Decisions about methods are made together rather than imposed.

Please confirm which session formats are offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work, reduce travel time and allow shorter check‑in meetings when needed. Some people prefer audio calls because they use less bandwidth, while others choose video when visual contact helps the conversation. Registered or accredited professionals can explain practical options and help match the format to day‑to‑day life.

Topics Serife lists

• Stress and 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 and 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

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Imago Relationship Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Psychodynamic Therapy

Questions about Serife

What concerns does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, plus trauma, grief, self‑esteem and career issues.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses Client‑Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy alongside psychodynamic ideas and Motivational Interviewing.

How much experience does she have?

She has four years of professional experience working with these issues.

Is she registered with a professional body?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English only.

Does she work with international clients?

She does not take clients outside the United Kingdom.

How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?

Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.