Dom Alvarez (Online)

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Online Therapy

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

I have experience providing both short- and long-term therapy to couples and individuals, supporting clients from diverse backgrounds and with a wide range of issues and circumstances.

In addition to my specialisation in Couple’s and Relationship therapy, I have done further professional development in the areas of: Working with Sex & Shame, Gender, Sexual, and Relationship Diversity (GSRD). I also have a special interest in working with addiction issues

I offer a free 25-minute Zoom call. This gives us a chance to connect, explore your needs, my approach and see if this feels like the right fit for you.

Sexual identity:

Bi- | Pansexual
Gay

Gender identity: Male

Gender history: As assigned at birth

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: No

Personal pronouns: he/him

Qualifications - Links to websites:

CPCAB Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling

CPCAB Accredited L5 Diploma in Couples & Relationship Therapy (a COSRT Thematic Accreditation)

Registered membership of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP): 405459

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Award	Awarding body	Year of award

Experience and approach:

I offer a flexible approach tailored to your needs. We can work in a Person-Centred way, focusing on the here and now, or take a Psychodynamic perspective to explore how past experiences shape current behaviours, thoughts, and emotions. These approaches can also be combined.

Together, we’ll focus on your goals while you experience empathy, acceptance, and understanding.

A deeper exploration into unconscious relationship patterns can be valuable. A psychodynamic approach helps uncover how early childhood experiences shape our ways of relating, shedding light on why we are drawn to certain partners and how past dynamics influence our present relationships

For couples, we can also explore unconscious patterns of attraction rooted in early parental models—why we are drawn to certain people and how these dynamics play out in relationships. This concept is central to the IMAGO model, which helps couples recognize and transform these deep-seated patterns to foster deeper understanding and connection.

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