Yvon Yagbazia

Yvon Yagbazia is a counsellor who supports people dealing with trauma, depression, anxiety, stress, low self-esteem and compassion fatigue. He works in English and French and practises from a reflective, relational perspective. His approach is aimed at people who want to make sense of painful patterns and find more ease in day-to-day life.

Yvon invites clients to talk about their life and history to better understand current struggles. Sessions focus on building a steady working relationship where difficult feelings can be named without judgement. He describes therapy as a personal process of reaching out to yourself and looking closely at recurring issues.

He uses client-centred ways of working alongside psychodynamic ideas. Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions and aims to follow what matters most to them. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how past relationships and unconscious patterns shape present reactions and relationships.

Yvon also works in a mental health and counselling service in North London and brings four years of practice to his private work. He emphasises a careful, thoughtful pace and a space to reflect rather than rushed solutions. Sessions are intended to help reduce the hold of old patterns and bring clearer choices.

People often come for help with abuse, attachment and relationship problems, ongoing stress, long-term illness or caregiving strain. He can also support issues linked to identity, sexuality and neurodiversity, and he welcomes conversations about practical next steps for change.

To begin, Yvon suggests describing what feels hardest right now and what you hope to change. That first step is treated as the start of an ongoing, collaborative process rather than a quick fix.

Approaches that guide online counselling

Yvon uses Client-Centred Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy as core approaches in his work. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises the person’s own perspective, offering a listening space where the client's priorities lead the session and emotional experience is named. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how early relationships and repeated patterns shape current feelings and behaviour, helping people understand why they react in certain ways.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will discuss how each method fits your situation and help you decide what to try first, so therapy reflects your goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process that can change over time as needs evolve.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available online options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow more flexible scheduling around work or caregiving. It can also make some check-ins shorter or quieter when that is helpful. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists using these approaches, often find remote sessions an effective way to continue steady, reflective work without needing to be in the same room.