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Yasmin Bajalan (Counsellor for York Therapy Clinic)
Qualifications & Training
- Doctorate in Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling (Middlesex University, ongoing)
- Level 4 ABC Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (York College and University Centre, 2023)
- SEG Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Skills (York College and University Centre, 2021)
- Level 2 Diploma in Counselling Skills (Grimsby College, 2020)
About Yasmin Bajalan (Counsellor for York Therapy Clinic)
Yasmin Bajalan is a counsellor and existential psychotherapist at York Therapy Clinic, working with adults who are navigating trauma, neurodivergence, relational difficulties, and some of life’s more complex and challenging experiences.
With over ten years of experience working in complex mental health settings, Yasmin brings considerable depth and breadth to her practice. She works with trauma, adverse childhood experiences, depression and anxiety, bereavement, eating difficulties, dissociation, anger, low self-esteem, and crises of meaning.
Yasmin also has a particular specialism in working with neurodivergent adults, and offers an affirming and knowledgeable space for those exploring queer identity and experience.
Person-Centred Psychotherapy in York
Yasmin’s practice is grounded in person-centred counselling and existential psychotherapy. She works phenomenologically, exploring how each client experiences the world and the meanings they make of those experiences.
Rather than directing the process, she seeks to enter into genuine dialogue with clients, a way of working in which both client and therapist are changed through the encounter.
Where it may be useful, Yasmin integrates ideas and approaches from Gestalt, somatic, cognitive-behavioural, dialectical, and psychodynamic therapies, always in collaboration with her client rather than as a fixed framework imposed on the work.
Experience & Background
Yasmin has spent over a decade working with complex mental health presentations across residential, supported living, and rehabilitation settings.
Her counselling experience has encompassed working with people who have experienced homelessness, altered states including psychosis and addiction, and relational difficulties that have affected their sense of safety in the world.
Alongside her clinical work, she has delivered training to large national and international employers on mental health in the workplace, neurodiversity, and disability.
She has also facilitated group psychoeducation for late-diagnosed neurodivergent adults and for caregivers of children and young people with ADHD and autism, and has undertaken extensive professional development around trauma and relational injury.
Personal Background & Journey to Therapy
Yasmin had known for a long time that she wanted to be a psychotherapist, but was determined to come to it only when she felt genuinely ready.
She has a deep understanding of how transformative the therapeutic relationship can be, and equally of how much care, humility, and respect it demands. For Yasmin, being trusted with a client’s experiences and being part of the process of change is something she considers a genuine privilege.
She is neurodivergent herself, which informs both her specialism in this area and the quality of understanding she brings to it. Outside of the therapy room, she enjoys making art, film and video games, and can usually be found on a hillside or near a waterfall at the weekend.
Registered with Professional Bodies
Yasmin Bajalan (Counsellor) is registered with the Universities Psychotherapy & Counselling Association (UPCA) and has accreditation pending with the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).
Yasmin offers face-to-face counselling in York, and telephone and online counselling using Skype, Facetime, Zoom & WhatsApp Video for York Therapy Clinic.
If you wish to discuss working with Yasmin or any of our therapists, psychologists or counsellors in York, contact us using the form below, or call us on 07788 129245.
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