Tarik Dervish

I am available on Tuesdays in person at the Helios centre and my online availability is flexible. My working hours are from 12-7pm.

My in person availability will start on January 6th 2026.

I use a wide variety of techniques depending on your needs as a client. These may commonly include drawing, writing and chair work but our main mode of working will be talk therapy. As a health practitioner, I may also recommend you follow certain courses of action to help with your healing journey like using herbs, supplements or yogic tools but this will all depend on your interests and needs. Our work together will be based on building a therapeutic alliance that is constructive and purposeful. I recommend we allow up to 6 sessions to decide whether we are a good fit. If not, I will help you find someone more suited to your personality and needs. 

Our first session is all about getting to know each other. I usually make lots of notes in this session and ask lots of questions about your background and why you have decided to pursue counselling. We will also establish a working contract together to make sure expectations are set on both sides. After this, we can focus more closely on the work needed and see how it develops. 

I am available in person at my home clinic in Central Brighton from 12-4pm Wed-Fri and also in Holborn, central London on Tuesdays from 12-7pm. 

My Holborn clinic (Helios Centre) will resume in January 2026.

The best way to contact me is via email to arrange a free, no obligation 15 minute chat online via Zoom where we can meet and see if we think there is potential for working together. 

Our sessions will be 50 mins. I currently charge £60 for online sessions and £75 for in person sessions. I offer concessions for those on benefits. 

I am a qualified transpersonal counsellor trained at the Psychosynthesis Trust in London. I specialise in working with the LGBTQ+ community and those living with chronic health conditions. I have experience of working with depression, anxiety and loss of purpose and meaning as well as the sense of overwhelm and despair that life’s challenges sometimes bring. I have worked specifically as a counsellor for two years but in my broader roles I have been working with people for over 30 years. I am also an experienced natural health practitioner, astrologer and yoga teacher. If you are looking to work with someone who has a broader spiritual perspective on life, then I might be right for you.When we enter the world, we are unique souls who need to be loved, seen, and cared for unconditionally. Regardless of how good our upbringing is, many of us grow up feeling unseen and unheard and ultimately end up losing sight of who we really are.

Psychosynthesis is the process of re- integrating those lost parts of ourselves—not only the painful facets of our past, but also the potential of who we could become. use a variety of tools to help you gain insight into how you feel about your life, what you really want and what you don't want. I am there to support your world view and help you navigate the difficulties you encounter within it in ways that work best for you. 

Why choose to work with me?

I continue to work  holistically when working with clients as I believe that mind, feelings and body all work together. Therapy is rarely a quick fix. The key to lasting change is establishing a strong therapeutic relationship and to work co-creatively towards agreed goals.I have been trained in many techniques but the main goal of our work will be to build a good therapeutic relationship where we can work together to find the best way forward for you. 

Most of our work will revolve around processing through talk therapy but there may be times when we need to use other tools like Emotional Freedom Technique, free drawing or free writing to unlock what may be getting in the way.

I have worked with a variety of clients particularly from the LGBTQ+ community and people living with challenging health conditions.

I have also worked with addictive behaviour and trauma but cannot work with alcoholism or drug addiction unless you are also in recovery.

I work with eating disorders but cannot work with anorexia unless you are already under medical supervision. 

Currently I am working both online and in person at my home clinic in central Brighton.  

Once we agree to work together, I recommend a minimum of 6 sessions after which we can decide if the work is beneficial to you or not. 

Sessions may be cancelled if I am away but if you are away, the dates need to be agreed in advance or rescheduled otherwise sessions are chargeable.

I am always available for email enquiries but any personal matters need to be brought into the sessions. I am not generally available by phone. 

In our first session, we get to know each other to see if we want to work together. Sometimes it is not a good fit so I may refer you on to someone more appropriate for your needs.

We will also agree to how we will work together and what the fee will be. I have a 48 hour cancellation policy but am usually able to reschedule a session if need be. 

I will invite you to talk about what brings you to therapy and why now. In the context of your presenting problem, I will ask you about your personal history including your upbringing, parenting, socio-economic background and heritage so that I get to know you. I usually record what you tell me in a passworded document on my computer in the first session but only make notes after the sessions thereafter.