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

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Our Process

How we can help you

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Daily support

Reduce stress, anxiety and solve general difficulties with our certified therapists and access 24/7 resources.

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Evidence-based therapy

Match with the right therapist to create your tailored plan to move forward therapeutically and meet your wellbeing needs.

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Manage your own mental health

Learn lasting tools and strategies for change and create your discoveries to unlock emotional and mental obstacles.

Conditions

What we can help with

Structured and solution focused
Anxiety is a normal human emotion that we all have at some point in our life. However, anxiety can become overwhelming when it starts to impact other areas of functioning in our daily lives.. There are different types of anxiety which differs for each person as everyone responds to situations in different ways.
How does anxiety affect you?
Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Social Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder
Health Anxiety
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Separation Anxiety
Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling)
Excoriation (Skin Picking)
Agoraphobia
Who can help?
Change thoughts and behaviours. Solution-focused
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.
How does depression affect you?
Feelings Of Sadness
Lack Of Motivation
Low Mood
Difficulty Sleeping
Hypersomnia
Irritability
Loss of Interest and Pleasure
Reduced Appetite
Increased Appetite
Binge Eating
Tiredness
Lack of Energy
Anxiety
Agitation
Restlessness
Who can help?
Memories can be tough, but healing's on the way.
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.
How does PTSD affect you?
Flashbacks
Low Mood
Difficulty Sleeping
Repetitive Distressing Images
Physical Sensations
Panic
Feelings
Intrusive Thoughts
Nightmares
Avoidance
Anxiety
Inability to Recall Information of the Event
Who can help?
Struggling with how you see yourself? You're not alone, and self-love is possible.
Body Dysmorphia Disorder, the individual has a preoccupation with a minor physical defect that others cannot see.

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.
How does body dysmorphia affect you?
Excessive Mirror Checking
Critiquing
Reassurance Measuring
Self-Consciousness
Anxiety
Low Self Esteem
Low Mood
Repeated Consultations to Improve Look with Cosmetic Surgeons/Doctors
Avoidance Behaviours
Who can help?
Acceptance and processing. Adjustment.
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.
How does loss affect you?
Sadness
Emotional Pain
Preoccupation with person and/or deceased
Avoidance
Detatchment
Isolation
Depression
Emptiness
Hopelessness
Who can help?
Feeling anxious? You're stronger than you know, and support is here.
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.

This in turn can reduce confidence leading to self-sabotaging behaviours such as avoiding situations or people due to potentially ‘not feeling good enough’.
How does low self-esteem affect you?
Social Withdrawal
Hostility
Lack of Confidence
Physical Senstations
Lack of Boundaries
People Pleasing
Difficulty Saying No
Not Liking Yourself
Not Liking How You Look
Self Critical Thoughts
Neglecting Wellbeing
Unhelpful Emotions
Avoidance
Discount Successes
Who can help?
Feeling overwhelmed with food? Recovery is within reach.
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.
How do eating disorders affect you?
Binge-Eating
Purging
Eating Alone
Feelings of Distress and Guilt
Eating Alone to Avoid Embarrassment
Vomiting
Use of Laxatives
Excessive Exercise
Fasting
Restricted & Controlled Eating
Intense Fear of Gaining Weight
Distorted Body Image
Who can help?
Improve communication, solution-focused.
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.
How it affects you
Arguing
Conflict
Affairs
Communication
Dissatisfaction
Money
Trust
Being Single
LGBT
Marriage
Children
Sex
Divorce
Dating
Breaking Up
Who can help?
Managing time. Solution focused.
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.
How stress affects you
Aches and Pains
Anger
Exhaustion
Chest Pain
Muscle Pain or Tense Jaw
Irritability
Panic Attacks
Low Mood
Organisation
Weak Immune System
Who can help?
Eliminate impulsive behaviours. Change thoughts and behaviours.
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.
How does addiction affect you?
Impulsive Behaviour
Paranoia
Agitation
Withdrawal
Repeated Attempts to Quit
Restlessness
Neglect of Major Roles
Who can help?
Cosmetic Surgery Wellbeing
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.

Conditions

What we can help with

Anxiety
Post -Traumatic Stress Disorder
Body Dysmorphia Disorder
Depression
Loss & Bereavement
Panic Disorder & Low Self-Esteem
Eating Disorder
Relationships
Stress
Addiction
Cosmetic Surgery Wellbeing

Why choose us?

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a solution-focused therapy that targets mental health problems and makes lasting changes cognitively or behaviourally. Counselling techniques are also used to making discoveries, find answers and processing your uncensored thoughts openly.

CBT and counselling are evidence-based therapies used privately and in the NHS.
Therapy has proven to be effective as an adjunctive treatment to medication.
CBT and counselling provides the tools for patients to make long-lasting changes to their wellbeing.

CBT and counselling are evidence-based therapies used privately and in the NHS.

Therapy has proven to be effective as an adjunctive treatment to medication.

CBT and counselling provides the tools for patients to make long-lasting changes to their wellbeing.

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