About Despina
Despina Andreou is a counsellor who helps people facing worry and daily strain. She speaks English and Greek and offers support for anxiety, stress and related concerns. Many come because they feel overwhelmed, stuck in their relationships, or unsure how to move through loss and big life changes.
She uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. Conversations focus on what feels hardest right now and on small steps that can ease symptoms.
Background and approach
Sessions can include breathing and mindfulness exercises, learning new ways to notice thinking patterns, and practising coping skills for panic or intrusive thoughts. Despina draws on approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to structure sessions. She also brings trauma-focused ideas when past hurt affects day-to-day life.
With three years of professional experience and BACP accreditation, she keeps work clear and focused. People often come for help with grief, addiction-related concerns, intimacy issues, anger, or self-esteem. Other areas she supports include obsessive thoughts, phobias, post-traumatic stress and the stresses around pregnancy and childbirth.
Conversations also cover money worries, career pressure and family-of-origin matters. Sessions are offered in several formats, including video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy around work or family life. International clients are accepted and subscription plans are used for booking and payment.
Approaches that suit online sessions
CBT - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. It breaks problems into clear steps and teaches practical techniques for anxiety, panic and compulsive behaviours.DBT - Dialectical Behaviour Therapy focuses on emotion regulation and communication skills. It can be helpful for managing intense feelings, anger and relationship difficulties through structured skills practice.
Finding the right fit is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, past experiences and personal preferences to decide which approaches to use. That choice is made together and can change as progress is made.
Online formats make regular work easier to keep up. Video calls let people use visual cues and build rapport, phone sessions can be better when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit into busy days and different lifestyles.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Greek
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