Mrs Alexandra Dencheva : Psychology

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Mrs Alexandra Dencheva

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Overview

Specialises in

Behaviour Therapy
CBT with Exposure and Response Prevention (CBT with ERP)
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Counselling

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.