About me
You may have been coping well for a long time — capable on the outside, and quietly far from yourself underneath. You may be able to describe the difficulty precisely, or you may only know that something is wrong, or that you are tired in a way rest does not touch. Both are good places to begin. You can manage a life without inhabiting it — and you do not need to know why before you get in touch.
I am Debbra Winton, a UKCP-registered integrative transpersonal psychotherapist and a registered member of the BACP (MBACP). My practice, Rewilding Therapy, is in Archway, North London, with sessions also available online by Zoom. The work is relational, psychodynamic and imaginal, with a strong Jungian thread. Transpersonal simply means that the bigger questions — meaning, soul, what a life is for — are welcome here when they matter to you.
Therapy with me is an active relationship, not a weekly report. I ask real questions and speak plainly about what I notice. You can disagree with me. We may pay attention not only to what has happened during the week, but to what begins to happen between us — perhaps you go quiet when you are angry, make yourself easy, brace for rejection, or begin taking care of me instead of yourself. This gives us a chance to meet a pattern as it happens, rather than only explaining it afterwards.
Some people remain above their experience, explaining it; others feel swept up and lost inside it. Therapy can offer enough room to stand alongside what is happening — close enough to feel it, without being overtaken by it.
Alongside words, we may work with the body, dreams, images, memory and what you feel before you can say it. These are not techniques imposed on you, but different ways of listening when ordinary language reaches its edge. No feeling is turned away.
I worked for two years as a counsellor in a low-cost clinic, seeing clients from a wide range of backgrounds who brought many different difficulties.
We begin with a short call — around fifteen minutes, with no charge. You do not need to be sure yet; wanting something to change is reason enough.
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Training, qualifications & experience
I hold an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Transpersonal Psychotherapy from Re-Vision and a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling. Before training at Re-Vision, I spent several years studying Psychosynthesis at both the Psychosynthesis Trust and the Institute of Psychosynthesis. That foundation remains important to my work, while my later training deepened it relationally, psychodynamically and imaginatively.
I am registered with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). My work is supported by regular clinical supervision and continuing professional development.
Alongside my private practice, I have facilitated groups and trainings exploring burnout, embodiment, ecology, conflict, power and collective care. I was interviewed in BACP's Therapy Today (March 2020) about collective care and the emotional life of climate action.
Long before any of this, I ran a bookshop for many years. Looking back, it feels like my first education in listening to what people carry, what they long for, and the stories they are trying to live.
Member organisations
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£75.00 - £95.00
Additional information
My fee is £75–£95 per session, on a sliding scale. Rather than my deciding where you sit on the scale, I ask you to choose the amount within that range that you can consistently afford — you do not need to explain or justify your choice. That amount becomes your regular weekly fee, and we can revisit it together if your circumstances change. The initial call is free.
When I work
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Further information
My therapy room is in Archway, North London, a short walk from the Underground station. I also work online by Zoom.
Esmeralda, my dog, is usually curled up somewhere in the room. Clients often find her steadying — a bit of living company while the harder things are being said. Banjo, my cat, wanders in now and then, entirely on his own schedule. If you have allergies, are wary of dogs, or would simply rather have the room without animals, just say so beforehand.
The work can be serious without becoming solemn. There is room for humour too.
Therapy with me happens in conversation — but the work itself is a relationship, and not everything arrives in words. Alongside talking, we may sometimes work with dreams, image, memory, myth, poetry or bodily experience. These are never techniques imposed on you; they are simply different ways of listening when ordinary language begins to reach its edge.
The name Rewilding Therapy points to how I see change: less about fixing yourself, and more about making room for the parts of you that went quiet in order to cope — so that more feeling, colour and aliveness become available.
The first session is also how we both find out whether we are a good match. Occasionally I may feel that another therapist or service would suit what you need better. If so, I will say so plainly and, wherever possible, help point you in the right direction.
