Davina Sacks
Psychotherapy | MA MBACP (Accred)
Davina Sacks
Psychotherapy | MA MBACP (Accred)
Hello! Thanks for taking time to look at my website. Here you’ll find information about my style of working and the values I hold about counselling and psychotherapy. I hope it helps build an understanding of how it may feel to work together.
I'm a masters qualified integrative, relational therapist. I'm accredited with the BACP, meeting the BACP's higher standard as a competent and ethical practitioner. I also work as a counsellor in the NHS. I'm experienced in working with a range of difficulties, including relationship issues, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and personal development.
Finding a therapist who complements your style of thinking and who you feel comfortable with can be tricky, so please have a read and feel free to get in touch with any further questions. You can email me at
info@davinapyschotherapy.com or use the contact form at the bottom of the page.
About Me
Therapy has been familiar to me from a young age, as something I’ve personally engaged with at different stages of my life. A safe space to reflect, understand and challenge my thought patterns and processes, whilst feeling seen and connected, helped me to feel more ‘me’. Elements like these within my own therapeutic journey have influenced my style of working with clients.
I'm particularly interested in supporting clients to explore a more authentic way of being, and as such feeling more connected to their own emotions and needs, and with the world around them. My aim is to create a warm and relaxed space for you to explore your thoughts and emotions comfortably. I hope you feel my compassion and genuine interest, and acknowledgment of you in your individual self.
Recognising patterns between past and present experiences, and challenging unhelpful unconcious processes is a fundamental aspect of the work I provide. Within this framework we can understand why we are the way we are, and what impacts us and motivates us. With this awareness, we can enable positive change.
I completed my masters degree in Psychotherapy and Counselling with the University of Leeds, achieving a distinction. Alongside my private practice I currently work as a counsellor for the NHS. Previously, I've worked as a counsellor for local charities, as a mental health practitioner in partnership with GP surgeries, a mental health employment specialist for Mind, and in various mental health mentorship roles with students and autistic people.
Counselling Style
Integrative
Offers variation to sessions with the use of different types of psychotherapeutic styles and techniques. Everyone is different in the ways they think and work, so the support can be tailored to the individual.
Relational
Emphasises an exploration of your relationship with the ‘self’ and with friends, family and others. The nature of our therapeutic relationship can be used as a guide to understanding other relationship dynamics within your life.
Approaches
Psychodynamic
Explores your early relationships as a way of understanding current relationship dynamics and emotions. Works with unconcious patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
Humanistic
Considers your life as a whole. Looks at whether your emotional and physical needs are being met, exploring what may be standing in the way of your wellbeing and fulfilment.
Trauma-Informed
Working with the nervous system to understand the physiological response linked to our emotions. Helps to manage symptoms of anxiety, low mood and distress.
About The Sessions
As my practice has grown I have enhanced my way of supporting clients to include working online via secure and confidential video call. This has been a really effective and convenient way of delivering sessions, reflected in feedback from my own clients as well as current research. As soon as we begin building a therapeutic relationship, working online will reap the same rewards as face to face sessions.
Sessions are held once per week, at the same time and day each week because consistency and regularity help build a safe and effective therapeutic space.
Minutes Per Session
As my practice has grown I have enhanced my way of supporting clients to include working online via secure and confidential video call. This has been a really effective and convenient way of delivering sessions, reflected in feedback from my own clients as well as current research. As soon as we begin building a therapeutic relationship, working online will reap the same rewards as face to face sessions.
Sessions are held once per week, at the same time and day each week because consistency and regularity help build a safe and effective therapeutic space.