This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Do you feel the behaviours or substances you use to cope with everyday life are just not working for you any more?
Perhaps you feel isolated, misunderstood, unheard or that you are hiding your real self from others?
This may express itself in many ways including social anxiety, depression, substance abuse or avoiding difficult conversations with family, friends and wider society.
Therapy offers a unique safe space to process painful experiences so you can make more positive life choices. My own personal recovery journey from anxiety, depression and substance abuse means I have experienced first hand the empowering and transformative effect therapy can have by exploring how the past continues to affect the present .
As a Psychodynamic Counsellor I focus on how past learnt emotions and behaviours may still be playing an active role in your present. A better understanding of the root causes of anxieties, depression or substance misuse can enable you to make more positive life choices. I also understand the kinds of issues and stumbling blocks that can come up when starting to explore deep rooted beliefs about yourself and others.
The benefits of therapy can be empowering and transformative leading to:
• An understanding and reframing of negative feelings
• A reduction or ending of unhealthy coping mechanisms.
• More confidence in yourself
• Better relationships and increased enjoyment in life
Please contact me above or e mail me directly at depreytherapy@gmail.com to arrange a free introductory call.
This call normally lasts around 15 minutes and allows you the space to ask any questions you may have and to find more about how we could work.
Training, qualifications & experience
Counselling can offer you a safe space to be seen and heard and to start exploring the behaviours that may be negatively affecting your life . There is no “one solution” and so I tailor my sessions on an individual basis.
I work in a collaborative, open and empathetic way offering a non judgemental space to help you make sense of your behaviours and relationships. By working together to uncover the roots of repetitive emotions, feelings and behaviours the journey of reframing and healing can start. In our first session we will complete an assessment that focuses on gaining an overview of the most important relationships and events in your life as well as your current situation. This is in order to give us a good framework for our future work together and provide context for us to explore your current struggles.
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). I hold a postgraduate diploma in Psychodynamic Therapeutic Counselling. I have worked for many years in support roles in Brighton and Hove. In the last 7 years I have worked with those affected by from anxiety, depression, trauma and substance abuse as a private counseller in Hove, at the Women's Centre, as well as a hostels for adults in active addiction.
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
Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
When I work
I will always try to find a time that suits you. I work mainly at lunchtimes and in the evenings.
Further information
Please let me know if you have any mobility issues before we book in your first session.
