_‍Welcome to My Life Counselling Practice.
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The first step to start moving forward today.

Deshara and her associates are committed to your bespoke therapy journey to encourage growth, change and clarity.

Depression can be characterised by a range of mental health problems that can be distinguished by mood changes and the degree of depression. Depression is a mental state that causes low mood, lack of motivation The severity of depression can change and fluctuate – there is no specifics for ‘significant’ and ‘normal’ depression as this varies for everyone.

PTSD can be triggered through prolonged frightening experiences, or a single traumatic event. It can be hard for a person to move past these difficult events, as there may be triggers in everyday life that bring back unhelpful thoughts, images and emotions which can make life difficult.

Body Dysmorphia Disorder, the individual has a preoccupation with a minor physical defect that others cannot see.
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This can lead to rituals or behaviours that include constantly checking, analysing, or critiquing a part of their body which can affect their functioning. Common areas people may focus on is a body part, such as their stomach, breasts, nose, skin, body weight and hair.

Losing someone can bring a wealth of emotions that can be difficult to process. Someone can experience a type of grief from the death of someone close to them, this is bereavement. There are many emotions that come with this type of loss that is not limited to sadness, this can include anger, guilt, regret or even relief.

Self-Esteem is the opinion we have on ourselves. If this is negative, it can impact us and how we view the world, this can become negative. Overtime this can affect how you interact with people and the world as you may not be valuing yourself.
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This in turn can reduce confidence leading to self-sabotaging behaviours such as avoiding situations or people due to potentially ‘not feeling good enough’.

An eating disorder is a preoccupation with food, weight, and body image. People may consider this as a lifestyle choice; however, they are serious illnesses that must be treated.

There are different types of eating disorders that vary due to behaviour. This can be diagnosed in an initial assessment for a tailored therapy treatment plan for each individual patient.

Relationship counselling for couples and individuals provides a safe mediated space to talk through issues, obstacles and communication difficulties.

People often leave couples therapy until things get bad, however no matter how trivial it may be, we are here to support you whether you require a few sessions to a course pf therapy, it is normal.

Almost everyone at some point experiences stress in their lives. This could be at work, studying, or a circumstantial situation. However, high pressure and prolonged stress to the body can lead to physical sensations such as headaches, pains and overall has a negative impact on health.

The use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy can develop coping strategies and tailored plans to overcoming and reducing stress.

Addiction is an urge that can become uncontrollable to engage in a behaviour that can be harmful. This could be substance misuse (alcohol and drugs), sex, gambling, food, self-harm, shopping, exercise.

If  this results in a compulsion and uncontrollable urge to repeat the behaviour despite its consequential impact, then this is an addiction.

Deshara works with cosmetic surgery companies and surgeons to ensure that the patient is safe, there are no underlying mental health difficulties that could cause mental health repercussions and the patient has the best cosmetic surgery experience.