About Me
*Due to the recent Covid 19 outbreak I am currently able to offer online counselling via Zoom which is encrypted.
Face to face counselling will resume when government restrictions have ceased .
My name is Theresa Derbyshire. I am a highly trained and experienced counsellor who provides a professional, safe and sensitive counselling service offering both short term counselling and longer term psychotherapy.
I am a senior accredited counsellor with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and adhere to there code of ethics. I have over 30 years experience of working as a counsellor within the NHS, private and voluntary sector. I have a current CRB check certificate.
I am a compassionate, caring counsellor who is experienced in working with people from all walks of life backgrounds and cultures who are struggling with how they are feeling emotionally.
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Qualifications
M.A in Counselling , The University of Manchester.
Diploma in Counselling, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Cert in PCAT (Person centred art therapy skills, Person Centred Art Therapy Association
IAPT compliant counsellor/counselling supervisor, Keele University
BACP senior accredited counsellor/psychotherapist
One year course in group analysis. Group Analysis North
Advanced Psychodrama course British Association for Psychodrama
EMDR therapy training parts 1, 2, and 3
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I also originally trained as a Registered Mental Nurse with the ENB at Cheadle Royal Hospital.
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Who I work with
I have extensive experience in working with people from a vast array of backgrounds and cultures who are suffering from various levels of difficulty.
I work with clients who are struggling with the impact of often extreme difficult emotional experiences whether they be current or in the past
I am highly experienced in working with people who have suffered trauma, though sexual /physical/emotional abuse and domestic violence.
I am extremely familiar with working with loss and all its forms and its impact e.g. bereavement, separation, divorce, miscarriage, termination , loss of health, loss of job etc.
I am exceptionally experienced in working with people who have difficulties in relationships with other people.
Often people I see have lack of confidence, very low self esteem and difficulties with trusting others.
I work with people who struggle with a lack of identity or sense of self. I am very familiar with working with people who are suffering from depression and anxiety.
Due to my long term practice I am competent and experienced in dealing with many different problems . See below list for more details.
Areas of counselling I deal with
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Abuse
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Affairs and betrayals
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Anger
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Anxiety
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Attachment disorder
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Bereavement
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Bullying
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Cancer
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Career problems
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Carer support
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Childhood related issues
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Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
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Depression
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Dissociation
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Domestic violence
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Eating disorders
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Emotional abuse
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Family issues
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Feeling sad
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HIV
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Infertility
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loneliness
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Low self confidence
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Low self-esteem
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Miscarriage
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Passive aggressive behaviour
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Pet bereavement
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Physical abuse
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Phobias
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Post natal depression
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Post traumatic stress disorder
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Pregnancy and birth
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Redundancy
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Relationship issues
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Self Harm
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Separation and divorce
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Sexual abuse
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Sexuality
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Spirituality
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Stress
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Suicidal thoughts
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Trauma
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Work related stress
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Young carers
How I work
I am an integrative therapist, meanining that I am skilled in several models of counselling\psychotherapy in which I have trained in over the years to meet clients specific needs. Each person is different , therefore no one therapy suits every individual .My underlying philosophy is person centred, offering a warm non-judgemental, empathic and honest relationship which encourages clients to explore and make sense of difficult feelings and experiences. This then helps them develop greater insight into the issues they bring and discover new ways of dealing with them.
My aim is to listen and work in such a way that offers understanding support and integrity and goes at the clients pace. At the beginning of therapy we explore your needs and the ways we could work together that you may find of most benefit and our approach is mutually agreed.
The therapeutic models I draw from are:
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Person centred.
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Psychodynamic
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Transactional analysis
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Solution focused.
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Humanistic
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Relational
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Person centred art therapy skills
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CFD (counselling for depression) recommended by the Department of Health's NICE guidelines as evidence based treatment for depression
Clients I have seen have experienced improvements in their relationships with others and have been able to understand their feelings better. They have gained more self confidence and self esteem. It can be quite difficult to talk about feelings to those closest to us . Some clients have spoken about things in sessions that they have never shared with anyone else.
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