Mental Health Counselor / Therapist in Cambridge, UK

Deborah Ford, UKCP registered psychoanalytic psychotherapist

Debbie Ford

Experienced Psychotherapist

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Location

102 Millington Lane    Millington Rd.    Cambridge, UK CB3 9HA

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Practice Information

Hello! I guess if you are reading this, you are looking for someone to work with and considering whether psychotherapy or counselling might be something for you... Psychotherapy can help you to understand some of the patterns, dynamics and relationships during your life that may be affecting the way you feel and live your life now. It provides a safe, confidential place in which to explore the things that matter to you and what helps to give you a sense of meaning, hope and purpose - and the things that get in the way of this when things are difficult. It usually involves once-weekly face-to-face meetings, although sometimes more often, depending on what is needed. I have experience of working with a wide range of issues and disciplines in different settings and am open to finding a language and way of working with each person I meet which is fitting for them. If you would like to arrange a time to have a chat on the phone or to arrange a free one-off meeting to see how we get on, do please be in touch. I would be delighted to meet you.

Licenses/Certifications

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

License Info

UKCP Registered (CPJA Section)

Education

English (BA Hons) - Leeds University Social Sciences (MSoc Sci) - Birmingham University Post-graduate Diploma in Counselling - Cambridge University Diploma in Theology (with Distinction) - Bangor University Cambridge Society for Psychotherapy - UKCP accredited psychotherapy training

Bio:

Debbie has many years of experience working in a range of sectors and settings (Social Work; Child Psychological Advisory Service; Magistrate Conciliation Courts (Birmingham); Acute and Forensic Psychiatry (Cambridge); Hospital; Young People's Psychiatric Service (Cambridge); etc). She has studied a range of different subjects and disciplines (English; Social Sciences; Counselling and Psychotherapy & Theology) at different levels and enjoys thinking about interpersonal and systemic/organisational dynamics as well as individual ones. She originally trained as a counsellor and then psychotherapist through feeling and witnessing the limitations of behaviourist approaches to psychological problems. She then trained as an Anglican (C of E) priest and currently also works as a hospital chaplain- where the model of chaplaincy is generic and seeks to offer spiritual support for people however their spirituality is expressed (whether 'religious' or not). In recent years, she has developed an interest and expertise in working with those suffering from trauma - particularly Dissociative Identity Disorder. She is also the co-founder of a L'Arche- inspired initiative for those with Learning Disabilities.

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Payments Accepted

Cash; cheque; bank transfer

Hours

Currently Mondays and Fridays (daytime)

Practice Areas/Issues Treated

Therapy  Adolescents  Adoption  Anger Management  Anxiety and Panic  Arts Therapy (Expressive)  Asperger's Syndrome  Bicultural Difficulties  Body Image Issues  Caregiver Issues  Children's Counselling  Chronic Illness  Couples  Depression  Divorce  Domestic Violence  Eating Disorders  Family Conflict  Gay or Lesbian Issues  Gender Identity / Transgenderism  Gifted / Talented Issues  Grief and Loss  Group Therapy  Herpes and STD Counselling  Learning Disabilities  Life and Wellness Coaching  Life Transitions  Loneliness  Marriage & Family Therapy  Marriage Counselling  Men's Issues  Play Therapy  Pre and Postpartum Mental Health  Premarital Counselling  Problem Gambling  Psychoanalysis  Relationship Issues  Religious Counselling  Self-Esteem Issues  Seniors and Elder Care Issues  Sexual Dysfunction  Stress Management  Trauma and PTSD  Women's Issues  Work and Career Issues

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