Dora Darvasi - LONDON

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

I offer a consistent, supportive, sensitively empowering relational space in which you can come to meet yourself with curiosity, navigate an on-going difficulty, recover from traumatic wounds, (un)learn patterns of relating and expand your repertoire for connecting. Through straightforward, warm and expansive conversations you can increase your capacity to outline and strengthen the contours of your sense of self (clearer boundaries, needs, wants, edges, wounds and pleasures) and develop a readiness to articulate these confidently when needed while retaining your ability to be surprised, to remain open.

I'm approachable and clear about how I work and how I think I may be able to help you. My practice is trauma-informed, anti-racist, (non)Gender and LGBTQIA+ affirmative.

Sexual identity:

Queer

Gender identity: Non-binary

Gender history: Not as assigned at birth

Non-monogamy: Yes

Intersex: No

Trans: Yes

Neurodivergent: Yes

Personal pronouns: she/they

Qualifications - Links to websites:

I’m an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I work in accordance with the BACP Ethical Framework for good practice. I attend regular clinical supervision and I'm committed to client confidentiality and continuing professional and personal development. I hold a Master's degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy (UEL) and have completed a BACP accredited Diploma in Gestalt Counselling (The Gestalt Centre, London).

W: www.being-with.co.uk

Qualifications - Additional:

Award	Awarding body	Year of award
Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy	UEL (University of East London)	2019
BACP Accredited Diploma in Gestalt Counselling	The Gestalt Centre, London	2016
Certificate in Humanistic Counselling Skills	The Gestalt Centre, London	2014

Experience and approach:

Being a trans & queer first generation immigrant I'm aware of the necessity of intersectional thinking, of power and oppression. I attend to anti-oppressive practice through being attuned to social context (recognising how the systems we live under impact us) and to the inherent power imbalance in therapy. I have a conversational style that is unlike the harmful archetype of a detached, 'neutral' clinician and I make use of immediacy and sensitive self-disclosure to elicit insights, reduce shame and deepen intimacy.

I have experience working with people whose difficulties are around their identities as well as with people whose identities are completely incidental to what they wish to seek support for. I'm passionate about seeing people becoming who they are and integrating parts of themselves they previously haven't accepted.

Alongside private practice, I'm a Visiting Tutor on GSRD and Gestalt Therapy Theory at the Gestalt Centre, London and I'm Deputy Editor of British Gestalt Journal. Outside of therapy engagements I write creatively.

Approaches:

Gestalt
Humanistic
Relational

Marginalised groups:

Ace | Asexual
BDSM | Kink
Bi- | Pansexual
Consensual non-monogamy
Cross-dresser
Gay
Intersex
Lesbian
Neurodivergent
Non-binary | Genderqueer
Queer
Questioning
Survivors of attempted conversion therapy
Trans

Relationship styles:

One to one

Access:

Partially wheelchair-adapted

Age ranges:

Adults
Seniors (60+)

Online status:

Online
In Person

An initial sessions costs £60 and there is no obligation to continue. Each session is 50 minutes long. These are held on a weekly basis at a consistent date and time we agree on. On-going sessions are £80. I hold a couple of low-cost slots that I rotate every three months. Please, enquire about availability.

49 Queen Victoria Street, City of London, Greater London EC4N 4SA, United Kingdom

Email: dora@being-with.co.uk

Website:

https://www.being-with.co.uk