Rose Dempsey

I am a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and Counsellor working in private practice, community counselling settings and as an honorary psychotherapist in a specialist NHS self-harm service. I have additional specialist experience of working with women during pregnancy and postnatally. 

I work with a range of psychological difficulties including anxiety, bereavement, depression, relationship issues, obsessive behaviours and trauma as well the more general challenges that the different stages of life bring.  

I am registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) and a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP).

My practice is psychoanalytically orientated, a model that addresses underlying issues and causes, often from your past, which may be affecting your daily life or relationships. Our work together will involve exploring and developing awareness of unconscious patterns and conflicts to open up a different experience of yourself. 

I work in a non-directive way, where you will be encouraged to talk freely and to look deeper into your problems and worries, to help relieve troubling symptoms and to engage more creatively with life.

In the first session we will go through some assessment questions so I can learn about you, your story and what you are hoping to gain from therapy.

The first session an opportunity for you to explore your feelings about being in therapy and how you feel about working with me as your therapist.