Dafiny Alves

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Counsellor | Clinical Supervisor MBACP, MNCPS
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About me

Are you struggling with:

  1. Anxiety
  2. intrusive thoughts
  3. Overthinking
  4. Panic attacks
  5. insomnia and worry
  6. You don’t like or trust yourself constantly second-guessing yourself
  7. It has been a struggle to start conversations or go out and meet new people?
  8. Do you wonder if there’s something wrong with you, as you always think you upset people because of your behaviour?
  9. Do you have thoughts that keep going on and on …. in an exhausting loop in your head?
  10. Do you think you have ADHD or autism, and you do not know how to make sense of this? 

I can help you with that.

Hello, my name is Dafiny Alves. I am a mixed-race, Brazilian, and neurodivergent Integrative counsellor, Clinical Supervisor, and Life coach. I am also a certified anxiety—and trauma-informed practitioner and a member of the BACP and NCPS. I have vast experience counselling young neurodivergent young people and young adults who are coming to terms with their neurodivergence or struggling with anxiety and depression. 

 I love what I do and find it extremely gratifying to work with young adults, as I learn so much from them. I don’t believe therapy is magic, but it is powerful and somewhat magical when I see my clients starting to change in the sessions and slowly getting to see for themselves the changes they were looking for when they began therapy.

I have shared that I am neurodivergent. What that means for you is that if you are neurodivergent yourself, we will likely click, as I have seen this happening with all my past and present clients. 

Things to know about me: Others experience me as quirky or peculiar, and  I have a funny way of speaking (I was also told I  have an accent). I am easy to talk with, and I don’t judge. Ah! And I am absolutely useless with numbers because of my dyscalculia, but I get there eventually. 

Problems I work with:

Anxiety 
Intrusive thoughts 
Negative thoughts 
OCD 
Worries, overthinking, rumination 
Suicidal thoughts 
Self-harm
Depression 
Low -self-esteem
Neurodivergent clients 

Training, qualifications & experience

  • CPACB - Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body - Diploma in Integrative Counselling 
  • Counsellor Tutor - Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision Including Online and Telephone Working Level 6
  • HSC Oxford Home Study Centre - CPC accredited - Diploma in Life Coaching Level 7
  • Counsellor Tutor - Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling 
  • PESI UK - Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP) Training Course: Applied Neuroscience for Treating Anxiety, Panic, and Worry
  • PESI UK - Anxiety, Trauma & Self­Harm in Children and Adolescents ­- Essential Regulation and Restorative Practices
  • PESI UK - Advanced Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents: A Certified Child and Adolescent Trauma Professional Training Course
  • PESI UK - CBT Training for Anxiety and OCD
  • Hillingdon  SCP - Initial Working Together to Safeguard Children (level 3)
  • Mindful Society Global Institute - Neurodiversity - Informed Mindfulness
  • Mental Health First Aid 

I have been counselling a diverse range of people from different cultural backgrounds, including neurodivergent people like me; since 2018, when I first started counselling, most of my experience has been devoted to counselling young people and young adults experiencing anxiety, depression, self-harm, and low self-esteem, also struggling to understand and or navigate the world as neurodivergent. Because of my diversity, I promote inclusion and positive affirmation in all my professional roles. 

 My experience has been in school settings, private practice, and independent mental health charities; I have experience working with Global majority communities providing culturally sensitive therapy. In the past, I offered short-term therapy to Portuguese and Italian speakers’ clients via the IAPT service in South London, work that resonated with me as I am Brazilian, and I lived in Italy for a few years; I believe that it is empowering for people to be able to express themselves in their mother tongue.
 
I also have experience managing counsellors as a coordinator of a counselling service in a women’s only charity in Harrow, where I recruited and trained counsellor volunteers and assessed clients' suitability for counselling.
I am a clinical 1-to-1 and group supervisor at Need to Talk. I run my private practice, and I'm a school counsellor at Child in Time. I also write and deliver workshops on Anxiety, bereavement, and well-being to the public. I also deliver workshops for counsellors, and I am currently having a go as a blog writer.

 


Member organisations

school Registered / Accredited

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NCPS
National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)

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BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.

Accredited register membership

National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
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National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

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Fees

£65.00 - £80.00

Concessions offered for

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Additional information

Please email me, and I will contact you as soon as possible to book an initial informal chat. 

Online sessions are available, and my online sessions cost £65

When I work

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Further information

People often ask me how my sessions look like and if I verbalise my thoughts in the sessions or just sit in silence nodding , if you are wondering this as well the answer is : Yes! I will be honest, reflective, open and curious in our work.

As I am a creative person In my sessions we can use a range of techniques such as: grounding, mindfulness, breathing exercises, psychoeducation, solution focus exercises (CBT), with my younger clients we can play games, do some role play, drawing, crafts, use blobs/ feelings cards, videos or music; etc as long as you are comfortable to use them, as the base of my work is client -centred - I strongly believe that You know what is best for you even if right now you do not feel that you do.

Rooms For Therapists (Chiswick) Ltd, 1A Belmont Road, London, Greater London, W4 5UL

Rooms For Therapists, 2-4 Kenway Road, London, Greater London, SW5 0RR

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young people (13-17)
Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Groups

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Additional languages

Italian
Portuguese

Online platforms

Zoom

Supervision

Online
Phone

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