Deirdre Levins, NCPS

Deirdre Levins helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and low self-esteem. She supports those coping with grief, trauma and compassion fatigue, alongside concerns such as intimacy, eating issues, anger and career-related stress. Deirdre also offers coaching-style support for life changes and decision points.

She uses a flexible, person-focused way of working. Sessions are shaped around what each person needs rather than a single method. That means practical conversation, strategies to manage difficult moments, and space to look at deeper patterns that cause pain.

Deirdre draws on a mix of approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Jungian ideas and Client-Centred Therapy. These tools let her combine skills-based techniques with time to explore personal history and meaning.

She holds NCPS and brings eight years of experience in one-to-one adult counselling and therapy in the United Kingdom. That background includes work with people affected by abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, blended family problems and divorce or separation.

Practical matters such as body image, codependency, communication and caregiver strain are common topics in sessions. Deirdre aims to make therapy straightforward and relevant so clients can use what they learn in everyday life.

Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions

Deirdre commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it supports taking small steps towards what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing out new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce distress. Client-Centred Therapy offers a listening, non-directive space where the person's own goals guide the conversation and pace.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Deirdre will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest ways to combine methods. The choice of approach is collaborative and can change as progress is made or needs shift.

Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues similar to face-to-face sessions. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, reflective writing or for people who prefer typing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping the focus on useful tools and steady progress.