Denise Quadrucci

I currently have some availability. I work from 1pm-9pm 

Denise Quadrucci

BSc, MA Counselling

MBACP registered counsellor

Hello, I am a professional, qualified counsellor and I offer individuals, couples and families counselling sessions on an ongoing or short-term basis. Although I have been trained in the psychodynamic approach, I work using other models to best suit and help individuals explore and become aware of blocks in their lives, working towards making changes.

I have over 30 years experience of supporting children and families in the community and working directly with individuals and couples. I have worked with a variety of counselling services such as St Christopher’s Hospice, Croydon’s Drop In (Counselling service for young people), Marriage Care and with Fostering organisations supporting carers with secondary trauma and other areas of their lives.

I recognise that sometimes life can be very difficult and the challenges and struggles we face may feel overwhelming. 

It might be a specific matter, a bereavement, a relationship or patterns that you notice are repeating themselves.

 Taking some time out to talk with a therapist may be the first step towards a new understanding of yourself. I provide a safe, non-judgemental space for you to talk things over, working together to shed some light on feelings and responses that might currently seem hard to understand.

Specialities

Individual, Couple counselling, Youth counselling, Family counselling and Fostering and Adoption

Issues

Childhood, Bereavement and loss, Domestic Abuse and violence, Family conflict, Infidelity, Life transitions, Relationship, Sexual Abuse, Trauma, Loneliness, Identity, Psychosomatic and Stress

Below is a testimony from a client...

‘Denise helped me and my husband through a difficult time of re-negotiating our relationship after separation. My husband had been sceptical about therapy, and this had stood in the way of earlier attempts to engage with (other) therapists. Denise is not like other therapists. Her warmth, authenticity, genuine caring, and expert navigation through the complexities of our relationship helped us to explore and work on the stressors of our marriage, to get to know and appreciate each other at a deeper level, and to reconnect. Denise is not simply an experienced, knowledgeable and skilful therapist. She cares deeply for her clients, she inspires trust, and she creates a safe, accepting environment where human experience makes sense, and where individuals can grow at their own pace and in their own terms. Thank you, Denise’.

​I offer a free, initial 15minute consultation over the phone or zoom where you can ask, any questions you might have and I can get a sense of what you need support with. Following this and provided you wish to continue; we can schedule a time to meet.

 I will email you my contract details. Sessions are 50-minutes and usually weekly on an agreed day and time. 

In our first session we will explore the issue[s] that have led you to seek therapy. We will also discuss what you hope to achieve, it will include questions about your family and personal history, taking a psychodynamic approach, where I get a sense of the main themes, milestones and events in your life so far which may have some relevance on what brings you to therapy.

How long we work together is dependent on the issue(s) and your preference as a client but I would review how you felt the sessions were going at least every 4 weeks.