Yasmeen Desnavi, BACP

Yasmeen Desnavi is a counsellor who supports people coping with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She offers calm, practical sessions where people can talk through immediate worries and longer-term patterns. Yasmeen speaks English and Urdu and aims to make clients feel understood in the language they prefer.

She trained with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and holds a Bachelor of Psychology with honours. Yasmeen has three years' experience working across multinational organisations and community services. That background informs a straightforward, down-to-earth way of working in sessions.

Her approach is integrative. She draws on Client-Centred Therapy to build a trusting relationship and on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to look at patterns of thinking and behaviour. Solution-Focused techniques are used to set practical goals and Trauma-Focused methods are available when people need to process painful experiences.

Yasmeen has worked in cancer support settings, including roles with Macmillan Cancer Support and with NHS GP referral projects. Those roles involved supporting patients and their loved ones through difficult transitions and decisions. She brings that experience to other areas such as coping with loss, caregiving stress and major life changes.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Yasmeen encourages small, manageable steps and reviews progress regularly. Prospective clients are invited to start by matching and arranging a session so they can see how the working style fits their needs.

How Yasmeen’s approaches fit online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on building a trusting relationship and being heard. Online sessions let people talk in the language they prefer and feel understood across distance. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. That method works well for anxiety, low mood and stress when adapted for remote sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Yasmeen will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their needs and goals. She reviews how each approach is working and adjusts plans together with the client as therapy progresses.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, remove travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. They also let people join from different locations, which can help those living abroad or who need flexibility around work and family commitments.