Denise Ela Maley
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About me
If you need help with anxiety, stress, depression and/or perhaps are struggling in relationships - contact me today.
The client issues I typically work with include;
- Anxiety
- Stress and Work-Related Stress
- Work Performance Anxiety
- Depression
- Career Transitions
- Relationship Issues
- Couple Therapy
- Low Self-Esteem
- Child-Free Status and Decision-Making
- Redundancy
- Feeling Sad
- Feeling Lonely
- Self Identity
- Working Through Parental Relationships
- Young Adult/Student Issues
- Adapting to Mid-Life
- Lost meaning in life
I work with a broad range of people including (but not limited to), those from the LGBTQ+ community and those with a diverse cultural background. I myself have a middle eastern, eastern European and British heritage.
My 20+ years experience as a people-oriented HR professional and personal therapeutic journey broaden my insight and therapeutic capability in the areas of career transition, changing jobs, redundancy, work-related anxiety, work-related stress, performance anxiety, maternity return to work, relationship issues at work and management pressures impacting on life outside the workplace.
Why work with me? - Clients often describe me as extremely warm, understanding, open and easy to talk to, and able to challenge when helpful to do so. At the same time, I am pragmatic, clear, and work with where you find yourself today in order to agree realistic goals for our work together.
I take great care to balance the practical active work with the need to explore your story with you so that any outcomes are meaningful as well as sustainable for you.
Your ‘feel’ for your therapist is such an important part of your ability to ‘go there’ and work together so bear that in mind when seeking a match. I have a few testimonials on my website if you'd like to take a look?
Our sessions together
These are your private space where you can explore what's coming up for you and your uncomfortable feelings in a way that is rarely possible with friends, partners or family. For those of you new to therapy, I am not there to judge or to give advice but to capture and hold up a mirror so we can then understand and begin to remedy your difficulties. We'll have regular reviews of our work together returning to your best hopes and agreed goals for the work.
I am happy to offer an initial one-off session for online for - especially for those who are unsure if it will feel comfortable. I am a real advocate for the flexibility and effectiveness of this medium as long as you have a private space and good enough internet connection of course!
You can learn more about my approach if you'd like to on my website.
Possible outcomes of therapy - Relief, reduced tension, coping strategies, increased ability to balance your thoughts/emotions, increased self-awareness, confidence, feeling centered, becoming grounded, clear purpose, enhanced problem-solving capacity, increase in resilience (mental and/or emotional), more energy, improved sleep quality, self-compassion, acceptance, increased presence, helpful habit formation.......
Free no-obligation discovery call offered
I am based in High Wycombe, North Buckinghamshire offering online sessions to clients across the UK.
Training, qualifications & experience
As a commitment to the psychological significance of 'relationship', I have a Post-Qualification Diploma in Transpersonal Couples Counselling and Psychotherapy. This area of therapy is not regulated yet and so not all therapists offering couples therapy have undertaken a robust couple therapy training.
- Former BACP Workplace Divisional Executive Board Member & contributing writer to BACP Workplace Journal
- Master Practitioner Training in Eating Disorders and Obesity (in progress)
- Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT) (in progress)
- Rewind Trauma Technique
- M.A. Psychotherapy & Healing Practice
- PG.Dip Transpersonal Couples Counselling and Psychotherapy
- B.A.
- Fully Accredited & Registered Member BACP
- I abide by the BACP Code of Ethics
Clinical experience
I currently work as a Counsellor at Oxford University as well as in my private online practice. I have clinical experience in workplace counselling, student counselling, women’s issues counselling and play therapy.
I worked for 3 years as a Senior Associate Psychotherapist at The Health Matters Group in Central London in a multidisciplinary team offering support for general psychological health issues, eating disorders & obesity and nutritional coaching.
You can learn more about my background and approach on my website.
Member organisations
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Redundancy support and career transitions
Therapies offered
Fees
£75.00 - £95.00
Free initial telephone or online session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Individual sessions are £75 per session
Couple therapy sessions are £95 per session (the equivalent of £47.50 each for 2 people)
When I work
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My private practice runs weekly on Mondays from 0900 - 1800
Further information
Registered Associate Psychotherapist with Cigna Health Insurance
