About Me
Mia Sarosi: Certified IFS Therapist, Counsellor and Coach
I’m a Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapist, a BACP-accredited counsellor and an EMCC-accredited coach at Senior Practitioner level. I’ve been practising since 2013, in private practice, NHS GP practices, mental health charities and educational settings. I have also assisted on IFS trainings, and I offer clinical supervision to other practitioners.
How I work
My approach is rooted in humanistic values: I see you as a person of inherent worth, not defined by your difficulties. I believe everyone has a natural capacity to heal, and my role is to create the conditions for that to happen, with warmth, steadiness and curiosity.
IFS has been profoundly transformative in my own healing, and that’s a big part of why I’m so passionate about it. I continue to do my own IFS work, which I believe is essential to doing this work well.
Who I work with
I’ve worked with people of all ages and backgrounds, including students, academics, working professionals, creatives, and people navigating change, health challenges and life transitions.
I have a highly sensitive, neurodivergent system myself, so I have a particular interest in, and understanding of, working with neurodivergent clients.
I also spent many years volunteering with survivors of sexual abuse and violence, and I have a deep commitment to supporting people who have experienced significant trauma, including complex and relational trauma.
The wider view
I have a particular interest in the spiritual and transpersonal dimensions of IFS, and my work is enriched by training in ecotherapy, psychosynthesis and psychospiritual practice. If this is meaningful to you, there’s room for it in our work. If not, it simply won’t be part of it.
Outside the therapy room
I love swimming, walking and time in nature. Before becoming a therapist, I was a studio ceramic artist and was honoured to be a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) Scholar in Ceramics. I also hold an MA in Illustration, and I’m a keen reader of graphic novels and wordless books.
Qualifications
Counselling, psychology and IFS
• Certified IFS Therapist (IFS Levels 1–3, 2022–2024)
• Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision, including online and telephone working (2025)
• Certificate in Online Counselling (2024)
• Diploma in Transformative Coaching (2022)
• Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (2009–2013)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology (2007–2011)
Continuing professional development
• Programme Assistant on IFS Level 1 and 2 trainings (IFS UK)
• Advanced Pathway in Ecotherapy: Deepening Therapeutic Practice with Nature and the Natural Self (The Natural Academy), in progress
• Integrating Somatic Techniques in Therapy (Life Architect)
• Autism and neurodiversity, including the Neurodiversity in Coaching specialist programme (Animas)
• Nonviolent Communication
• Polyvagal Theory and its applications
• Compassionate Inquiry (Gabor Maté)
• Motivational Interviewing
• Existential Coaching
• Psychosynthesis Certificate (Aleph Trust)
• Emotional Freedom Technique, breathing techniques (Patrick McKeown) and other somatic approaches
• Pre-trial Therapy
• Transformational Process Hypnotherapy
Transpersonal and spiritual practice
• IPHM Accredited Certificate in Psychospiritual and Therapeutic Shamanism (Christa Mackinnon)
• Training in shamanic practice, shamanic teaching and spiritual IFS, including with Robert FalconerMy intuitive and shamanic work is offered separately through Under Any Sky (website coming soon).
Other qualifications
• MA in Illustration (2019–2021)
• PGCE, Postgraduate Certificate in Education (1994–1995)
• BA (Hons) Mathematics and Philosophy (1989–1991)
Professional memberships
• Accredited Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
• Accredited Senior Practitioner, European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC)