Dafiny Alves
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Supervision details
I know that finding the right supervisor for you is essential, especially if you are looking for a supervisor who will support your professional development and encourage you to challenge your blind spots also, welcome your knowledge and life experience and work collaboratively with you while being non-judgemental and understanding of your unique needs as a person.
We may be a good fit if that is what you are looking for.
Are you looking for:
Someone who works creatively.
To offer you a safe space that takes care of your emotional well-being and support you to consider how to balance best the challenges of being a counsellor with the demands of our day-to-day.
A supervisor who helps nurture your internal supervisor and encourages you to take ownership of your client's work confidently.
I invite you to reach out to me.
Hello, my name is Dafiny Alves. I am an Integrative Counsellor | Clinical Supervisor and Life coach. I am also a Certified Anxiety and Trauma-Informed practitioner and a member of the BACP and NCPS. I am trained in Online and Telephone Working; the modalities I use in my supervision sessions are The Seven Eye and The Integrative Model.
My Supervision also focuses on your professional relationships, which will include a balance of normative (ETHICAL/LEGAL ASPECTS), formative (LEARNING TOGETHER ABOUT YOUR WAY OF WORKING) and restorative elements (THE EFFECTS OF COUNSELLING UPON YOU) intended to foster your wellbeing and ensure that the needs of your clients are being addressed and to monitor the effectiveness of your client interventions.
Clinical theories underpinning my approach are Humanistic, Psychodynamic, Compassion-based approach, and CBT; I also power the sessions with creative techniques, Mindfulness and Neuroscience.
A blurb about me:
I have been working with a diverse range of people from different cultural backgrounds, including neurodivergent people like me, since 2018, when I first started counselling. I have over two thousand hours of client work experience under my belt. My experience has been in school settings, private practice, and independent mental health charities, and I have experience working with Global majority communities providing culturally sensitive therapy. In the past, I offered short-term therapy to Portuguese and Italian-speaking clients via the IAPT service in South London. This work resonated with me as I am Brazilian and have lived in Italy for a few years.
I also have experience managing counsellors as a coordinator of a counselling service in a women’s only charity in Harrow, where I recruited and trained counsellor volunteers and assessed clients' suitability for counselling.
I am a clinical 1-to-1 and group supervisor at Need to Talk. I run my private practice and am a school counsellor at Child in Time. Also, I write and deliver workshops on Anxiety, Grief and Well-being to the public and provide workshops for Counsellors in short-term therapy. Currently, I am working on two new workshops in self-care to help professionals and another about how to support clients with OCD. In addition, I am having a go as a blog writer.
You can read my article in the Counselling Matters Magazine here:
https://online.fliphtml5.com/mffew/fobg/#p=21
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Accredited register membership
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This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
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.
