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Specialises in

• Behaviour Therapy
• Behavioural Activation (BA)
• Counselling
• Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)

• Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
• Mindfulness based CBT
• Motivational Interviewing

• Psychotherapy
• Solution Focused Brief Therapy
• Trauma focused CBT

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

About:
I am a HCPC registered counselling psychologist and IPTuk accredited adolescent interpersonal psychotherapist. I have experience working with people of all age ranges experiencing mental health difficulties and combine various psychological evidence-based approaches to meet each individual need. I am a trained bereavement support specialist and a co-facilitator in the �Bereavement journey� programme.

About My Work
Our sessions will support you on your path to wellness and self-care. At times, people, but especially children and adolescents may find it hard to open up about their emotions to others or may need extra support to identify, understand and process their feelings. I am compassionate and non-judgemental and offer safe space where everyone can explore, express, process and manage more effectively their difficulties. Through problem solving and perspective taking we address practical difficulties when dealing with situations and managing interactions with others. My work is trauma and neurodivergence informed and led by principles of Mindfulness, Systemic and Family Therapy, ACT, CFT, DBT and NVR parent caoching. I am also a trained autism assessor.

I offer CBT to address difficulties with low mood, social, separation and generalised anxiety, as well as OCD, phobia, panic, PTSD and trauma. I adapt CBT for neurodivergent clients to address difficulties resulting in emotional dysregulation whilst utilising their strengths and interest to support therapy.

I have specific interest and extensive experience in supporting clients with Obsessive Compulsive disorder through CBT led behavioural exposure therapy.

Interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents with depression (IPTA):
- is a form of psychotherapy for young people ages 13-18 who are suffering from depression
- focuses on reducing conflict and improving quality of relationships to relieve symptoms
- structured approach of 12 sessions with the adolescent. Additional sessions with caregivers can be agreed if the young person wishes to involve them in the therapy.

My approach in therapy is:
- to offer safe and non-judgemental therapeutic space
- to help clients work through difficulties with mental health and confusing, conflicting or uncomfortable issues
- to enable clients to gain the most of therapy and rediscover their strengths
- to support clients to acknowledge what matters to them and find ways to accept and work on their vulnerabilities
- to support clients to improve their relationships and build their support network
- to promote self-care and healthy coping strategies to achieve recovery and good quality of life.

Parents are recommended to join sessions with younger children. Working with adolescents, parents are provided with resources, offered feedback when appropriate and involved with the child's consent. I do not offer support where clinical risk is present and not managed, instead I signpost families to specialist CAMHS, adult and Crisis services.

Areas of interest

Support for any type of anxiety, including phobias, separation and social anxiety- using Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT); Support for OCD - using CBT and Exposure response prevention; Support for trauma - using Trauma-Focused CBT and emotional stabalization; Support for Depression - using Behavioural activation, Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Support for neurodivergent people (with or without diagnoses) and their families - using integrative, CBT-informed and Acceptance and Commitment therapy interventions; Support for Emotional Regulation - using Dialectical behavioural informed therapy; Support with grief and loss, following bereavement - using bereavement counselling; Support with navigating changes and transitions in life - motivational interviewing and Acceptance and Commitment therapy;

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• ADHD and anxiety/low mood
• Autism and anxiety/low mood
• ADHD and emotional regulation
• ASC and emotional regulation

• Grief and depression
• Anxiety and depression
• Trauma and depression
• Autism and burn out

• Autism and OCD/phobias
• Autism and Trichotillomania
• Autism and ARFID
• Autism and trauma

Medical secretaries

• Alexandra Dencheva
• Bedford Consulting Rooms 4 Goldington Road Bedford MK40 3NF
• 07582 604983
• dench.alexandra@outlook.com

• Alexandra Dencheva
• Resolution Clinic 11 London Road St. Albans AL1 1LA
• 07582 604983
• dench.alexandra@outlook.com