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Specialises in

• Counselling

• Short Term Psychodynamic Therapy

• Solution Focused Brief Therapy

Offers

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

About me

Hello and welcome to my counselling practice. My name is Danusia and I am a warm and calm counsellor practicing in Sevenoaks, offering both face-to-face and online sessions if preferred.

I started my private practice as I saw many people struggling with grief, loss, and endings in a culture that not only encourages us to stay silent about and get over grief but expects us to navigate change without any impact. People may be expected to feel joyful when becoming new parents and not be allowed to feel other feelings such as loss or anger. Those who lose someone by suicide or substance use may face judgment or stigma that leaves them isolated and ashamed. We may be encouraged not to overthink difficult feelings when, in reality, we need to make sense of them so we aren't constricted by them. I have seen many clients who, when navigating change and loss, feeling unsupported and silenced were left pushing their feelings away until they experienced acute anxiety or severe depression.

I don't believe in closing people down or judging them. I listen to you; I think with you and help you explore what is difficult in a compassionate, warm, and non-judgmental space. I believe you deserve that support. I believe that with a gentle and thoughtful counselling experience, you can start to understand yourself better, make sense of your difficulties and think about how this may affect how you are responding now. You deserve the space and time to be thought about and through counselling, you can find a way forward that feels authentic and welcome for you.

Areas of interest

Bereavement; anxiety; depression; difficulties with parenting and family relationships; relationship problems; estrangement; loss; ambiguous loss; bereavement through addiction; suicide bereavement; grief; neurodiversity; divorce; social anxiety; loneliness; low self esteem; high sensitivity; childhood bereavement; discrimination; burnout; autism; ADHD/ADD; work issues; pre- and post-natal depression; worries about being a parent; childhood neglect and trauma; parenting a child on the autism spectrum.

Medical secretaries

• Danusia Atkinson
• 16 Wealden Place Sevenoaks TN13 3QQ
• 07402 440580
• danusiaatkinson.counselling@outlook.com