Dafiny Alves
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Are you struggling with anxiety, intrusive thoughts, overthinking, panic attacks, insomnia and worry? Or perhaps you have been feeling that you don’t like or trust yourself always second-guessing yourself; It has been a struggle to start conversations and or to go out and meet new people.
I can help you with that.
Do you wonder if there’s something wrong with you, as you always think you upset people because of your behaviour? Do you have thoughts that keep going on and on …. in an exhausting loop? 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.
If you are feeling isolated, believe you don’t belong, confused, zoning out or feeling like you are disconnected from others, you have been avoiding friends and family. Perhaps even avoiding any kind of social interaction or desperately needing to reconnect again.
Get in touch for a free introduction.
I believe through counselling, clients can recover motivation, perspective, and hope, strengthen problem-solving skills, build resilience and learn how to tolerate anxiety; they also can overcome unwanted memories and sadness not only but also experience joy again.
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
- HSC Oxford Home Study Centre - Diploma in Child Psychology Level 5
- 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
Member organisations
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The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
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In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£75.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Please send me an email and I will contact you as soon as possible to book an initial informal chat.
Online sessions available, please note my online sessions cost less than my face-to-face sessions. Please see my fees at my website.
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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.
