Devi Maybanks
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
*I currently have a limited number of spaces for new adult CBT clients*
Talking therapy is undoubtedly a unique source of support for whole range of psychological issues, including anxiety, anger, and low mood. However, talking therapy is not just for mental health problems, it is also helpful for things like working through relational problems - with partners, friends or family, work stress, difficult life events and challenges that might affect your daily functioning.
Speaking your thoughts and feelings aloud can help you gain insight and perspective, helping you cope better with the challenges of everyday life. I can offer you a warm, supportive and encouraging therapeutic space to help you articulate and work through your issues. I can work with you to help you explore unhelpful thinking and behavioural patterns that may be contributing to your difficulties, and support you with creating positive changes so that you can move forward and get on with living your life.
I work with adults and young people (14+) at my private practice based in the centre of Thame offering short-term and long-term counselling, psychotherapy and CBT. I also work in secondary education as a school counsellor, working with students and staff, alongside my private practice.
I strongly believe that building a strong, trusting collaborative relationship between therapist and client is the key to successful therapeutic outcomes. However, it is useful to know what kind of therapy you might be offered to help you reach your goals. As an integrative practitioner I am able to draw on a range of talking therapy techniques and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
Psychodynamic talking therapies involve exploring your early and past experiences and relationships to seek out thoughts, feelings, and memories that may be influencing your current difficulties in the here and now. CBT focuses more on the present and teaches you coping skills for dealing with different problems. It focuses on how your interconnected thoughts, beliefs and attitudes might affect your feelings and actions. We can work together to determine which particular therapeutic model might work best for you.
If you’re not sure if I’m the right practitioner for you or your young person, I can offer you a free 30 minute telephone consultation where we can talk about what you hope to get out of talking therapy and you can ask me any questions you may have before you commit to booking a session.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
- Currently completing L5 in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy through CPTA (CPCAB approved)
- L7 Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People (University of Northampton)
- Diploma in Adlerian Counselling (2014)
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
Fees
£65.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£65
Free initial 30 minute video or telephone consultation
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Please email me to arrange an initial telephone consultation.
