Alpay Dedezade

My availability for in-person and online sessions is:

• Monday: 8am - 8pm
• Tuesday: 12pm - 4pm
• Wednesday: 8am - 8pm
• Thursday: 8am - 8pm
• Friday: 8am - 4pm

If you are here, something has probably become too much to bear.

I imagine you are seeking therapy because a sense of emotional pain or discomfort has gone on for too long. The ways of coping that used to work - keeping busy, holding it in, pushing through - may have stopped working. If that is where you are, I want you to know it makes sense that you are looking for help, and that looking is itself a hopeful act. The first small shift.

I also know how it feels from your side. I first came to therapy as a client years ago, and I remember the vulnerability, the sense of admitting I couldn't do it alone any more, and the quiet shame that came with that. That experience is part of why I do this work, and it shapes how I meet the people who come to me.

How I work

I offer a steady, grounded space where you set the pace. I am fully present and attentive in every session, and genuinely in your corner. My job is to meet you as you are and help you meet yourself, in a space safe enough to go where you need to.

Some weeks we might work with what happened days ago, some with what began decades ago, others with what is happening right now. 

In practice, this means we don't treat your pain only as a problem to be solved. We also listen to it, because it is often a sign of something wanting to be heard, and of a more authentic self trying to emerge. Change tends not to arrive as suddenly as a lightning bolt. It arrives as small observable shifts that add up over time.

That, to me, is part of the process of becoming more alive. Not the removal of discomfort or pain, but becoming more able and steady enough to meet it. Becoming more free to be your authentic self. Who you truly are.

I have a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling from the Psychosynthesis Trust, and I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy. Psychosynthesis is a humanistic and integrative approach that considers the entirety of your experience, including mind, body, feelings and the search for meaning.

What I can help with

• Anxiety, worry, panic and overwhelm
• Depression, low mood, numbness and burnout
• Early and relational trauma and C-PTSD
• Neurodivergent, Autistic and ADHD adults: late recognition, masking, meltdown & shutdown, sensory overwhelm, self-acceptance
• Abuse, including domestic abuse
• Addiction and compulsive ways of coping
• Grief, bereavement and other losses
• Culture, identity and belonging: second generation and diaspora experience, family expectation, racism and othering
• Gender, sexuality and identity
• Masculinity and what you were taught it should look like
• Self-worth, shame and self-criticism
• Difficulty in relationships, closeness and boundaries
• Life transitions: endings, breakups, career change, new stages, feeling lost or stuck

You do not need the right words for what is wrong to get in touch.

Sessions are 50 minutes, weekly, in person in London or online (in English only). 

I offer an optional free 15-minute phone call before we begin, so you can get a sense of me and I can understand what you are looking for. It is not a therapy session and there is no commitment attached.

If we go forward with an initial assessment session, it will last 50 minutes and cost £65. This session gives us a chance to explore what brings you to therapy, as well as gather important information about your current situation and past history. You'll also get a chance to see how I work and ask any questions you may have. 

After this, we can decide together if we want to continue working together for regular weekly sessions.