Sabine Kermani

What drew me to study psychology as an adolescent was a need for self understanding and to be at ease with life just how it was.

I discovered the powerful effect listening to others had on their ability to be seen; often at the core of interdependence and connection.

I have been developing my psychotherapeutic practice for almost 20 years orbiting around the belief that with a combination of curiosity, holding and actively bringing choice into conscious awareness, my clients often rise to an existence they desire.

Therapeutic Perspective

The meaning of Friedrich Nietzsche’s term ‘amor fati’ is a love of fate and the embracing of circumstances that we did not necessarily chose for our selves. Nietzsche prided himself on living courageously and creatively despite the hardships he himself faced. He believed the challenges inherent in existence are to be overcome as an expression of freedom and as a means of orientating oneself to a sense of purpose.

Amor Fati Psychotherapy adopts an Existential-phenomenological lens focusing on concepts of authenticity and responsibility as a method of discovery, helping clients make sense of their personal trajectory.

I have over a decade of professional psychological and therapeutic experience working internationally. I have assessed and supported children as young as five years old and worked with families, adolescents and adults in private, community and in-patient settings. I mainly practice pluralistically drawing on a range of modalities to best suit the client's preferences: 

  • Existential-phenomenological 

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

  • Psychodynamic 

  • Compassion Focused Therapy

  • Art Therapy

I help people discover meaning

I am registered to practice counselling psychology and psychotherapy with the following professional bodies:

  • British Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling (BACP)

  • UK Council of Psychotherapy (UKCP)

  • British Psychological Society (BPS)

  • Society of Existential Analysis (SEA)