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If you or your child or teenager are struggling with anxiety, low self-esteem, anger, or emotional difficulties, you don’t have to face it alone. Finding a safe and understanding space with a qualified child and adolescent psychotherapist can make all the difference.

Many parents and young people come to me after trying their best to cope on their own. You may have read books, offered reassurance, or sought advice — yet things still feel stuck. I understand how exhausting and worrying that can be.

My role is to support children, teenagers, and parents through these challenges with empathy and care. Together, we’ll explore the roots of the difficulties and work toward building confidence, resilience, and emotional wellbeing.

At Build a Bridge Therapy, I provide a warm and inclusive space where every individual — regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity — feels heard and understood.

If you’d like to find out whether my approach is right for you or your child, please book a free 20-minute online consultation via email. This gives us a chance to meet, discuss your needs, and answer any questions. There’s no commitment to begin therapy afterwards — just an opportunity to connect and see how I can help.

About Me

Hello, I’m Javaneh, a British-Iranian Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist based in London, UK. I provide integrative therapy for children, teenagers, and families, both online and in person across North and North-West London.

I hold a Master’s degree in Integrative Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and a Level 1 Diploma in Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS). My integrative approach allows me to tailor therapy to each young person’s unique emotional world, helping them make sense of anxiety, low self-esteem, perfectionism, trauma, or other emotional challenges.

With over 10 years of experience supporting children and families in schools, therapy organisations, and private practice, I feel privileged to walk alongside young people as they find new ways of coping and growing.

I am a registered member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and a trained online therapist, holding a certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling accredited by the Association for Counselling and Therapy Online (ACTO). I follow their professional Code of Ethics, maintain strict confidentiality, and adhere to safeguarding procedures where necessary.

My work is supported through regular clinical supervision, and I hold professional liability insurance as well as an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) certificate, ensuring safe and ethical practice at all times.

I also accept Bupa and AXA insurance for therapy sessions.

Treatment

Treatments

Child

Therapy

Adolescent Therapy

Reflective Parenting Sessions

Children's main mode of communication is through play. In individual therapy sessions with children, We use creative mediums such as painting and drawing, story telling, sand play and games. We engage in a therapeutic process that is more than simple play. It is play with a purpose to resolve an issue. Often the child leads the sessions and sometimes I lead the child's direction of play.

I aim to provide a non intrusive, non judgmental space for the young person where they can explore and communicate their troubling feelings and worries based on a strong trusting relationship. I aim to support them toward developing healthy emotional lives and joyful bonds with others.

My therapy sessions with adolescents focus on providing an accepting and engaging environment for teens where they are enabled to explore and work on their disturbing feelings and thoughts. Adolescents might be more inclined to talking rather than engaging in art or play. However, a number of teens find arts and craft a safer and less intrusive way of communication in therapy. The young person is free to bring any concerns or troubling feelings into the session and discuss them openly in a non judgmental environment.

Psycho education is also an important part of therapy with adolescents. It gives them an insight into their mind and body and helps them to resolve issues around shame and self blame.

These sessions with parents are tailored to help them talk openly about their everyday struggles in regard to parenting and discuss the challenging issues they face in relation to their child.

They also provide an opportunity for the parents to reflect on their parenting styles and their own experiences of being parented, in a judgment free environment.

When parents feel heard and get more insight about the underlying roots of the issues, they more readily work toward building healthy family dynamics.

Therapy with Third Culture Kids (TCKs)

Having lived the challenges of an expat life, I have gained a deep understanding of the extra dynamics that come into play both for children and their families during relocations. Dealing with loss and grief, adapting to new cultural norms and dealing with identity related and existential questions such as "where is home and where do I belong". This is the reason why I wrote my MA dissertation on : "The nature of loss and grief as a result of high mobility among Adolescent Third Culture Kids and the psychotherapeutic implications for practice.".

I have a special interest to help TCKs and their families on their journey to overcome the emotional disturbances that expatriation brings along.