Deirdre Levins
Integrative therapist for stress and life change
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About Deirdre
Deirdre Levins offers help for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, low self-esteem and depression. She supports those coping with trauma, grief, compassion fatigue and intimacy or eating-related difficulties. She also works with career challenges, anger, and life changes that feel hard to manage.
Deirdre trained in integrative therapy and psychology and holds NCPS. She has eight years of experience working one-to-one with adults. Her background includes helping people deal with bereavement, loss and a range of emotional concerns.
Background and approach
She uses an integrative approach so each plan is tailored to the person in front of her. That means sessions can draw on different methods to match a client’s needs, rather than relying on a single technique. In a typical session she aims to create a steady, listening space where people can talk through what is happening for them.
Practical tools and thinking skills are offered alongside opportunities to reflect on deeper patterns and life stories. Deirdre pays attention to attachment, adoption or foster-care issues, blended family and communication problems, and complex situations like co-morbidity and codependency. She also works with body image, caregiver stress and difficulties arising from domestic violence or separation.
Her style tends to be collaborative and down-to-earth. People who want both practical steps and time to make sense of painful feelings may find this approach helpful.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 8
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Registration number
- NCS18-07079
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Deirdre's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Deirdre works with
Everything Deirdre lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Deirdre lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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How Deirdre works online
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals, needs and preferences, and may combine techniques when that seems helpful. This is a joint process rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow regular check-ins from wherever someone is based. It can also accommodate shorter catch-ups or longer sessions depending on what works best. Confirm the current session options with the therapist before booking so you know which formats are offered.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, addiction, depression and self-esteem issues, plus grief, trauma, compassion fatigue and eating-related concerns.
What is the therapeutic style in sessions?
The approach is integrative and collaborative, mixing practical skills with reflective work to suit each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
Deirdre has eight years of experience working in one-to-one adult counselling and therapy.
What credentials and country are listed?
The profile lists NCPS as a credential and the therapist is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options with the therapist before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
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