Counsellor profile
Deena Ramkhelawon, BACP
Counsellor - stress and anxiety support
See online counselling options- ACT and CBT
- Attachment focus
- Client-centred work
About Deena
Deena Ramkhelawon is a counsellor and a member of the BACP with 17 years' experience. She works with stress, anxiety, family and parenting concerns, self-esteem, depression, relationships, career questions, coping with life changes and compassion fatigue.
Her approach mixes several methods to suit the person in front of her. Sessions focus on talking through problems and noticing patterns that keep difficulties going. She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioural work alongside acceptance and commitment ideas to help with difficult thoughts and feelings.
Deena also pays attention to early relationships and attachment. That can help when abandonment, family conflict or childhood experiences affect how someone manages relationships now. She uses client-centred listening so people can describe what matters to them and feel heard.
Deena has particular experience supporting people with obsessive thoughts and related compulsions, panic and phobias, mood problems and the stresses of caregiving or chronic illness. She also helps with money worries, work stress, separation and communication problems within families.
Sessions are practical and conversational. Assessment and goal-setting happen early so people know what to expect. She asks about each person's background and preferences and works collaboratively on next steps. To begin, the site matching process is used to book a first appointment and arrange an initial session.
Therapeutic approaches and online counselling
Deena draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas in her sessions. ACT encourages noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match what matters to you rather than getting stuck in unhelpful thinking. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and problems that recur over time.Attachment-based work looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current connections. This can be helpful for people dealing with abandonment, family conflict or ongoing relationship difficulties. Both approaches are delivered in a conversational way that aims to link past experience with present choices.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and practical needs, and then agree which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.
Session formats are not described in the original biography, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals often use these practical benefits to help people keep therapy consistent alongside work, care responsibilities and everyday life.
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Experience
17+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, family and parenting concerns, low self-esteem and depression, plus relationship and career matters.
What is her therapeutic style?
She combines client-centred listening with approaches such as cognitive behavioural work and acceptance and commitment therapy to give practical tools and reflective space.
How long has she been practising?
She has 17 years of practice experience supporting people with a wide range of problems.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin with her?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.