About Desta
Desta "Dee" Davies-Boothe is a counsellor who uses a blend of client-centred and cognitive approaches to help people manage anxiety and stress. She works in a straightforward, respectful way and focuses on practical steps that fit each person’s life. Dee has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation.
Dee listens first to understand what matters most to the client. Conversations are shaped around the person in front of her, not a one-size-fits-all plan.
Background and approach
She helps people notice thought patterns, try new behaviours, and build small, steady changes. Her work covers relationship difficulties and anger as well as self-esteem and motivation. Dee also supports people facing major life changes and those dealing with issues linked to adoption, attachment and caregiving stress.
She is familiar with a wide range of concerns, including body image, communication problems and coping after disasters. Sessions use evidence-informed tools such as cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness practices alongside narrative and existential ideas. These methods are explained in plain language and applied at a pace the client is comfortable with.
Dee aims to make each session clear, practical and relevant. Clients can expect a compassionate, non-judgemental space where goals are set together. Dee tailors conversation and plans to each person's needs.
She frames progress as small steps that add up to meaningful change.
Approaches that suit online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's experience and builds a trusting, non-judgemental relationship. It helps when someone needs space to be heard and to clarify what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical tools to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful patterns. It suits people who want structured steps and homework to try between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and increase calm, and it pairs well with both talking and practical skill work.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals and preferences and you will decide together what to try first. That collaborative process means methods can be adjusted over time to match how well they fit your needs.
Online sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules. Video calls let you see facial cues and use screen-sharing for exercises. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier for brief check-ins. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing or need short, frequent contact. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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