Sevde is an Accredited Register Member (MBACP Accred) of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the Turkish Psychological Counselling and Guidance Association (TPDR DER).

Sevde Baris Sahbudak is a psychological counselor and completed her PhD degree in Guidance and Psychological Counselling at the Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Her PhD thesis is about “An Interpretative Phenomenological Research on the Mothering Experiences of Migrant Women from Turkey in the UK”.

Sevde has completed a three-year complementary education in Somatic Experiencing” which is a pyscho-biological approach for trauma resolution approved by SETI (Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute-USA) and EASE (European Association for Somatic Experiencing). Sevde is authorised to use the title “Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP)” in 2019 and to perform Somatic Experiencing trauma work according to Peter Levine Ph.D.

​Alongside her training in Somatic Experiencing, Dr. Sevde also integrates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) into her therapeutic work, blending body-based and trauma-focused approaches to support the processing of overwhelming and traumatic experiences.

She has completed EMDR Level 1 and Level 2 trainings through DBE Institute, an EMDR Europe accredited organisation, and continues to deepen her practice with further advanced EMDR trainings to enhance the effectiveness and depth of her integrative therapeutic approach.

She also qualified as a Sound Therapy Practitioner under the guidance of Simone Salvatici, with recognition from the International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine (IPHM). Her training (300 hours equivalent) encompassed the study and practice of: “Gong Therapy, Himalayan Singing Bowls, Shamanic Drumming Vocal Techniques, Grounding Practices”.