Selim Guzel

Selim Guzel is an integrative creative psychotherapist working in the United Kingdom. He holds an MSc (Master of Science) and is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). With three years of clinical practice, he offers a therapeutic environment that aims to be safe, supportive, and grounded in genuine empathy.

His clinical stance is rooted in a humanistic, person-centred framework, blended with existential, Gestalt, and psychodynamic themes. Selim practises in a warm and non-directive way that honours client autonomy and self-agency. He rejects a directive “expert versus non-expert” dynamic and prefers to form a collaborative therapeutic alliance that meets each person where they are.

Selim has experience working with people from diverse backgrounds on a range of presenting concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, grief, and issues with self-esteem. He places particular emphasis on cross-cultural sensitivity. As a therapist of color from a multicultural background, he understands how navigating identity and belonging can shape wellbeing and the search for an authentic self.

His MSc training includes creative art approaches, and he can incorporate optional expressive methods such as music and lyrics, storytelling and writing, drawing and painting, embodiment and movement, and poetry or spoken-word. These tools are used to access feeling and meaning rather than to produce artwork.

Whether someone is seeking deeper self-understanding, relief from a difficult experience, or simply an empathic space as a preventative step, Selim supports clients through their process. He recognises the courage it takes to engage in therapy and aims to accompany people respectfully as they work toward greater wellbeing and a sense of peace.