Yasmin Kapadia

I currently work on Tuesdays and Fridays at 9.30, 10.30, 11.30 and 1.30 and on Wednesdays at 11am. 

I offer integrative transpersonal counselling in Brighton and online as well as Ecotherapy outdoors.

I trained as a psychotherapeutic counsellor at Re-Vision in London, and have worked in a variety of therapeutic roles in the mental health sector for the past 20 years.

My experience includes supporting people through a wide spectrum of human suffering, including intense and overwhelming mental and emotional difficulties and trauma. I have a particular interest in working with issues of difference, diversity and social injustice. I especially enjoy working therapeutically with people outdoors.

I practice integrative transpersonal counselling. 

I use many different approaches and perspectives in my work (that's the 'integrative' part). Some of these include attachment (the lasting effects of our earliest infant bonds with our caregivers), psychodynamic (how our childhood environments shape who we become), and trauma (how overwhelming experiences live on in our nervous systems and play out through the ways we live our lives today). 

I help people learn to listen to what their bodies are saying through physical symptoms and through paying attention to their bodily sensations. I help people learn to better manage intense emotions/ self-regulate and become more 'grounded' through becoming more 'at home' inside their own skin.

The 'transpersonal' part means I'm interested in working with people within their social, cultural, ecological and, where there's an interest, spiritual contexts, rather than as atomised individuals. I work with what a person may be being called towards by the future as well as what drives them from their past. I help people find depth and meaning in their inner lives through the gateway of their wounding, rather than trying to 'fix' them. Dreams, fantasies, images, art, music, stories, archetypes, and play are all welcomed into the space.

My practice is highly relational, meaning I don't hide behind a professional facade but rather see the relationship between us as very real, human and healing in itself. I acknowledge the social and cultural differences between us, and allow an exploration of these as a microcosm of the world outside the therapy space. 

Whether working indoors or outside, I make space for listening to messages from and cultivating our relationships to the more-than-human / 'natural' world within the therapy work. That's because our health as individuals is deeply intertwined with the health of our environment; I believe the healing work of therapy can be as beneficial for our planet as it is for each of us. 

The first session is a paid full length session for me to find out what's bringing you to counselling and what you're looking for, as well as for you to ask any questions about me or my practise you might have. It's a chance to see if we are a good fit for working together at this time. 

The first session also has the potential to be therapeutic in itself. If we do not decide to begin a therapy contract together I may in any case signpost you to other help available, offer some self-help strategies, or help you think about what else might be supportive for you. 

I currently have availability on Tuesdays and Fridays at 9.30, 10.30, 11.30 and 1.30 and on Wednesdays at 11am. 

I trained as a psychotherapeutic counsellor and as a supervisor at Re-Vision in London, and have worked in a variety of therapeutic roles in the mental health sector for the past 20 years.

I offer supervision to therapists working both indoors and outdoors, in person and online. 

Please refer to my BACP therapist listing for more on who I am and how I work. 

Please refer to my BACP therapist listing for more on who I am and my therapy practise. 

I come alongside supervisees in cultivating curiosity and care for their clients's process and in developing a safe, sustainable, ethical and creative practise. 

The first session is a full length paid session to see if we are a good fit for working together.