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EMDR, Psychotherapy and Counselling
in Malvern and online

About Diana

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I am a registered and accredited member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists and an EMDR practitioner. I can help by offering a space in which you can discuss whatever it is you want to bring providing individual support to be effective in your life. Try talking and develop an awareness that enables you to consider choices and changes that are meaningful for you. I am qualified to work with individual young people and adults.

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My approach

I work integratively within a framework of person-centred, pyschodynamic and pro-active approaches. This means we work with what you bring to a session in the here and now, centring on you as a unique individual and when helpful we reflect on past experiences to see how they relate to choices today. Befriending our inner world helps us to meet ourselves where we are at but also facilitates healthy changes to discover and explore fresh solutions.

EMDR therapy is an integrative Psychotherapy which is highly effective at dealing with trauma and other issues.  Disturbing events are not just experienced through talk so we can enhance repair by working with our mind, body and emotions.  EMDR processes memories and experiences so we remember events but no longer re-experience them.  EMDR helps us link up adaptive more helpful thoughts and feelings instead of being caught in negative, charged thoughts and feelings all the time. This helps to conclude stress cycles that related to different life experiences that have been challenging and impactful for us.

I work at your pace and my intention is to develop a relationship that fosters curiosity, change and self-empowerment through supportive challenge.

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Therapies 

I can provide long and short term therapy for individuals using talking therapy and/or EMDR. I have experience working with a wide variety of issues.  Some of the areas I work with are :

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trauma, painful life events, anxiety, emotional distress, grief and loss, men's mental well-being, personal development, low self-esteem, stress, school anxieties, work related difficulties, long-term health challenges, birth trauma, pain, family and relationship problems. 

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Qualifications

  • BA (QTS) Hons First

  • Level 2 and 3 CPCAB in Counselling Studies

  • Level 4 CPCAB Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling

  • Level 5 CPCAB Certificate Counselling Children and Young People

  • Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision Including Online and Telephone Working

  • Enhanced DBS checked

  • EMDR Level 1, 2 and 3 EMDR Europe trained

  • EMDR Child and Adolescent Level 1 and 2 EMDR Europe trained

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Testimonials

I cannot recommend Diana highly enough.  When we first met I was at a complete loss with myself, finding functioning day to day very difficult, almost feeling ‘frozen’ within myself. 

It is not an exaggeration to say that Diana’s experience, knowledge, kindness, empathy and expert perspective have transformed my life and outlook, how I cope and deal with situations and people and how I now see myself. 

With Diana I feel welcomed and safe but also challenged to consider options.   I can say it like it is and know I will receive a respectful and honest response.  Diana guided me through many sessions patiently and sensitively listening.   Her thoughts, suggestions and reassurances were very comforting and being able to say things I have never dared say to anyone was also such a relief.

I also undertook a course of EMDR therapy with Diana which was very enlightening and extremely beneficial; unravelling ingrained negative beliefs of myself triggered by the past experiences I recalled during the treatment.    It is quite an emotional process, but Diana provided lots of information and guidance before we proceeded, ensuring I fully understood what was involved and each session was concluded with relaxation and breathing techniques.  Diana’s care, kindness, understanding and guidance has provided me with tools, empowering me to handle life and all it’s ‘interesting’ twists and turns (and people).  Sometimes just listening to me rant and letting me realise I do have the answer (and the courage within) – I just needed the support and belief in myself to carry through to a solution.

Being me is OK – it’s good enough.    Thank you Diana.

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