Counsellor profile
Deirdre Levins, NCPS
Counsellor - Family and parenting concerns
Continue with DeirdreAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Depression and grief
- ACT and CBT
About Deirdre
Deirdre Levins is a counsellor registered with NCPS with eight years of experience working with adults in the United Kingdom. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions and problems around self-esteem and intimacy. She also supports clients facing family-related concerns and compassion fatigue.
Deirdre uses several therapy approaches rather than one fixed method. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and client-centred ways of working to help people notice patterns and try different responses. Sessions are practical and conversational. She aims to help people identify what matters to them and take small steps that fit everyday life.
She also brings elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Jungian ideas when these fit the work. That can include learning coping skills for strong emotions or using reflective exploration to make sense of repeated patterns. The focus is on tools people can use between sessions.
Deirdre has worked with adults facing adoption and foster-care questions, attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress and codependency. She helps with eating and body-image problems, anger and communication difficulties, and the emotional impacts of divorce or domestic violence.
Her style is straightforward and sensible. Sessions aim to be clear about goals and steps. People are invited to try approaches, notice what helps, and adjust as they go.
How sessions work
Approaches used and what online sessions involve
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small, values-based steps. It can help when anxiety, low mood or life transitions make it hard to move forward. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns, useful for anxiety, depression and anger. Client-Centred Therapy gives space for the person to lead the conversation with a supportive, non-directive stance, helpful when people need time to make sense of difficult experiences.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will help you decide which methods suit your goals and preferences and will adjust the approach as you progress. That collaborative process aims to match techniques to the problems you bring and the pace you want.
The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time. If you prefer shorter check-ins, not being on camera, or sessions that fit a lunchtime break, discuss this when booking. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the current options before you book. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can offer flexible ways to keep therapy manageable alongside family and work life.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which home and family issues does she help with?
She supports adults with family-related concerns such as blended family issues, adoption and foster care questions, and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Work is practical and conversational, using client-centred listening alongside techniques from ACT and CBT to try different responses to problems.
How long has she been practising?
She has eight years of experience working one-to-one with adults on a range of mental health and relationship issues.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific session formats.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.