Edgars Semenovs

Edgars Semenovs is a counsellor who helps people manage strong feelings like anger, stress and anxiety. He offers a calm, patient space where clients can move at their own pace and talk through hard memories, behaviours and relationships. He works in English, Latvian and Russian and practises in the United Kingdom. Edgars combines talking work with body-aware methods and mindfulness. He uses cognitive behavioural ideas to look at thought and behaviour patterns, and attachment-based thinking to understand how early relationships affect current reactions. He also draws on existential ideas about meaning and choices, and encourages self-compassion as part of healing. He describes his own recovery from trauma and addiction as part of what led him to counselling, and says those experiences shaped his belief in people’s capacity to change. His training includes an integrative counselling qualification at Level 5 and he is a BACP member. He has also trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and embodied Clean Language coaching. Edgars has worked in NHS staff counselling, mental health recovery services, hospitals and crisis teams. He has experience supporting people affected by alcohol, drug and pornography addiction through specialist organisations. His daily personal practice of yoga, meditation and Qigong informs the way he works with emotional regulation. He invites people to explore solutions together, focusing on acceptance, self-compassion and practical steps to manage feelings that interfere with life. To begin, follow the site’s process to match and schedule a session with him.

How his approaches translate to online counselling

Edgars draws on attachment-based ideas that look at how early relationships shape responses now. This helps when anger or relationship problems repeat over time, by identifying patterns and offering ways to try different responses. He also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and actions to reduce unhelpful reactions and build clearer coping steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. He aims to collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they will try techniques, check what helps, and adjust the plan as needed rather than sticking to one fixed model.

If you are considering online therapy, please confirm the exact session options before booking because the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a break. It can also let someone use sessions while living in another country, which is useful given his ability to work with international clients. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists commonly adapt mindfulness, attachment and CBT tools for online sessions to help manage anger, stress and related concerns.