Deborah Ann Lee, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Deborah Ann Lee


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Deborah Ann Lee, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Deborah Ann Lee

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My Approach

Hello, thanks for looking at my profile! I'm a calm and gentle therapist, committed to social justice. I see therapy as creative and intellectual, a powerful journey of becoming yourself.

Counselling and psychotherapy is a space for you. You can bring anything you want to explore from any part of your life.

While one issue might initially prompt you to come for therapy, we are all complex beings with so many aspects to our past, present and future. Life also unfolds unexpectedly while you’re in therapy.

What you bring doesn’t need to be something new each time – it’s often helpful to hear yourself talking about the same material multiple times, incrementally seeing it differently, feeling differently.

The type of therapy I offer is called person-centred psychotherapy and counselling. This is therapy that offers a radical challenge to medicalised ways of working and simplistic ways of seeing the world; and social justice is at its heart.

It’s therapy that’s led by you: you’ll know best what’s arising for you each time we meet.

We’ll gently explore together, at your own pace, respectfully, with curiosity.

With each person the therapy relationship works differently and develops differently. You’re always welcome to give feedback so we can refine how we are working.

Therapy can be a painful process at times, and it can prompt excitement and growth (sometimes all in/after the same session). When we take part in seeking to free ourselves, who knows where we will go?

I’m always seeking to develop my intersectional lens, to be anti-oppressive. I welcome cis-gender, heterosexual, LGBTQAI+, trans and non-binary clients and I work with awareness of relationship diversity. I seek to offer a neuro-affirmative space.

About Me

Person-centred therapy. *NEW CLIENTS WELCOME*

I work with

  • Individuals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

A specialism I offer is psychotherapy/counselling focused on: Interpersonal violence and abuse and coping/survival strategies, before, during and after these experiences Domestic violence Intimate partner violence Sexual violence and abuse Trauma Coping/survival strategies before, during and after these experiences With a focus on the individual, therapy can sometimes individualise, trying to see your part in an experience you had. I don’t collude with society’s stereotypical view that what someone else did was in some way your fault. You’re welcome to come and experience this very different way of seeing. Whatever your coping/survival strategies are/were, I will not judge you.
I have a specialism in working with employment difficulties in higher education - psychotherapy/counselling for academic, professional services and third space staff in higher education. Higher education is so pressurised - all the KPIs and metrics, the huge workload, the uncertainty and risk – especially now, with the crisis in the sector. There will be impacts on you, your work-life balance, your feelings about your work and the future - alongside all of the positives of work that so often becomes part of our identity. You might be experiencing: Bullying and/or harassment Overwhelm Work-related stress Sickness absence procedures Disciplinary or grievance (in whatever capacity) Redundancy Job-hunting If you’d like a space for exploration that that is separate from your employment - not an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), not HR, not your line manager or colleagues - you are welcome to be in touch. I get the context in which you’re working: I am a seasoned academic, having worked as a lecturer, senior lecturer, line manager and senior manager for over 25 years. I was also a UCU branch representative for several years. I’ve always worked closely with professional services colleagues. My most recent management post was third sector. You're also welcome to be in touch if you would like to talk about employment difficulties in another field of employment.
Are you a counselling/psychotherapy student looking for weekly therapy with a UKCP-registered psychotherapist as part of your course requirements? From retraining as a therapist myself - juggling the academic work and clinical obligations alongside doing a full-time job - and having taught on and led counselling training courses, I’m familiar with the intense demands this training makes. It’s unlike anything else in the world. I am the author, with Pete Sanders, of the 4th edition of the textbook: Step in to Study Counselling and Psychotherapy, PCCS Books, 2022. Step in to study counselling and psychotherapy (4th edition) 9781915220141 (pccs-books.co.uk)

Types of Therapies Offered

  • Person Centred Psychotherapist

What I can help with

  • Abuse
  • Addiction
  • Age-related Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Bereavement
  • Bullying
  • Cancer
  • Chronic Illness
  • Cultural Issues
  • Depression
  • Disability
  • Domestic Violence
  • Employment Difficulties
  • Family
  • Gender
  • Health-related Issues
  • Identity Problems
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Physical Abuse
  • Post-Traumatic Stress
  • Race Issues
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexuality
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Terminal Illness
  • Training
  • Transgender
  • Trauma

Types of sessions

  • Online Therapy
  • Telephone Therapy

Office

Zoom

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Cost:

£90 for 50 minutes

Concession:

Some concessions available, but no free places.

UKCP College

  • Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College (HIPC)
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