Debbie Lavinchi
About me
I am a fully trained counsellor and bereavement therapist. I provide services for Individuals and Couples within the United Kingdom over the age of 18.
Are you struggling with depression or anxiety? This is exhausting and can affect you in many ways. Are you tired, angry, snapping at friends/family or people who you work with? If we let life carry on it can develop into stress and you start to have panic attacks. Feeling sad all the time brings other issues to our bodies, our bone joints start to hurt, eating and sleeping patterns change, we have break outs with our skin or our hair thins or falls out. Any of this rings a bell?
Has Coronavirus affected your life or routine? Have you lost a friend or a loved one and couldn't say goodbye? Have you lost your job or you are frightened about returning to work? Are you in a relationship and its falling apart or in an abusive relationship and thanks to coronavirus, you have no periods where you can relax and be alone without fear of being hit or screamed at? I understand how these emotions can be strong or the depths of such pain.
My name is Debbie, Why choose me? Because I know I can help you. I keep things simple and I want you to understand our weekly sessions and ask me questions. We are equal and I am no better than you, without you there would be no me. There is nothing about you which will stop me wanting to work with you. There are no secrets you have a voice and you are free to talk to me at all times. Life is hard and at times it can be so crappy. There are some people who you can talk to and others you are able to trust. But there is always something that stops you from reaching out and being honest. I promise you I will not judge you, I will accept you and I will hold all of you. Sometimes in life things happen, things which we didn't want to happen but it did and it worked out well. Secretly we are happy, as life got better. That happiness brings guilt or a shameful silence. Let me be the person who you can share those guilty feelings with. Be free to admit you are relieved that a certain situation has ended and for you there is closure. Whatever your thoughts or emotions remember they are real they are valid, and they are YOURS. You are safe with me, I offer you space to be free and be you. You are free from fear guilt and any judgements.
Each session you control the pace and what gets said. If you need to slow the pace - apply the brakes, take five minutes and make a cup of tea. You are paying for a service. A service which costs you £30 per session. Let me have one hour out of your week, let me show you I am here for you.
Sometimes in therapy with you talking and with me listening, there's the magic right there.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am passionate about building our therapeutic relationship a relationship which gives you autonomy and gives you the chance to talk and feel heard. Maybe you are seeking forgiveness for yourself from others. You will learn it's OK to accept who you are and love yourself. There will be times when you might feel overwhelmed or be gently challenged, stay with the process. When you reach your finishing line all your sessions and self-reflections will bring a change within and you will see just how far those tiny steps have moved you forward with your life.
Problems and pain go together like boxes and wrapping paper, some are bigger than others and each will use a different wrapping paper to cover. The bottom line is, it doesn't matter to me what size the box or the paper you use for the wrapping. It's "what's inside the box" that matters and that is where I work best.
Level 4: Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Level 3: Certificate in Counselling Studies.
Level 2: Certificate in Counselling Skills
Level 1: Intro into Counselling
Member organisations
Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
National Counselling Society
The National Counselling Society
This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations.
In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Young persons who's families are working on the front line to save lives
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Fees
Reduced rate for all key workers who are helping the country fight the Coronavirus is £25 per session.
Reduced rate for young persons of the key workers as set out above, for 8 sessions at £20 per sixty minute session.
Sessions starts from £30.00 per sixty minute session.
Home visits include the charge of 45p per mile to cover fuel.
Payments via Bank transfer or with PayPal.
Concessions offered for
Further information
I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and being a member of the BACP, I adhere to Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy. In accordance with BACP guidelines, I will honour the trust placed in me by the client. I will respect the client's right to be self-governing, I will commit to promoting the client's well-being, avoiding harm to the client and will strive to treat all clients fairly and impartially without discrimination or judgement.
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I am also an accredited member of The National Counselling Society. In May 2013, the National Counselling Society was one of the first organisations to gain Accredited Register Status with the Professional Standards Authority Accredited register programme. A programme which was set up by the Department of Health and administered by an independent body, accountable to Parliament. The accreditation is a bench mark for professional standards in Counselling.
