About Deena
Deena Ramkhelawon is a counsellor with 17 years of experience in the United Kingdom. She meets people who are dealing with anxiety, stress, depression and relationship strain. She offers a calm and accepting space where people can talk about what is worrying them and begin to make sense of difficult emotions.
Her approach draws on several therapies to match each person's needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people learn new ways of responding to anxious thoughts.
Background and approach
She also uses psychodynamic ideas and attachment-based thinking to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Sessions focus on practical steps as well as understanding. Deena helps people build coping strategies, practise new reactions and set small goals they can manage between meetings.
She encourages clear communication and problem solving around family and relationship issues. People who are caring for others, coping with chronic illness, or facing life changes can find support for the stress and compassion fatigue that sometimes follows. Deena also works with concerns such as panic attacks, phobias, obsessive-compulsive problems and low self-esteem.
Her style is warm, non-judgemental and collaborative. She works with each person to create a plan they feel comfortable with and to move at a pace that suits them.
How therapy approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting ruled by them and then choose actions that match their values; it is useful for anxiety and life-direction concerns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical skills to reduce panic, phobias and worry. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships affect current patterns and can help with abandonment and relationship difficulties.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The counsellor will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. That means trying things out, reviewing what helps, and adjusting the plan together as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by registered or accredited professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is good for shorter check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and fit around work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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