Dee Dhara
(BSc Hons, PGDip, MBACP)
Integrative counsellor and psychotherapist
Starting therapy can feel daunting, especially when you've spent years learning to adapt to different roles, expectations or cultural contexts.
You might be carrying a lot. Responsibility, self-doubt, family pressures or the sense that you're constantly switching between versions of yourself.
My practice offers a grounded, compassionate space where every part of your experience is welcome.
Together, we'll slow things down, make sense of what feels overwhelming and explore what it might look like to live in a way that feels more aligned with who you truly are.
What are the benefits?
Understand yourself better
Explore your identity, sense of belonging and the cultural expectations that have shaped you.
Build stronger relationships
Understand relationship patterns and emotional responses. Learn to relate to others with honesty and care.
Make peace
with the past
Make sense of past experiences or trauma and gently loosen the hold they have on your present.
Be comfortable with discomfort
Build emotional resilience. Learn to stay with tough feelings and uncertainty without being overwhelmed.
Honour all parts
of you
Reconnect with parts of yourself that have been pushed aside or unheard. Feel like the authentic you.
Break free from
old cycles
Develop healthier boundaries while examining patterns shaped by culture and your past.
How do I work?
My approach is integrative, which means I draw from a range of therapeutic models to meet you where you're at. I work relationally, with curiosity and care, paying close attention to the patterns, beliefs and emotional experiences that have shaped your life.
This won't be about fixing you, you're not broken.
It'll be about creating space to understand yourself more deeply and navigate life with greater clarity and ease.
Common questions about therapy
You may be exploring some of these questions. Here are a few areas that often bring people to therapy.
How does culture affect mental health?
Why do I feel guilty setting boundaries?
Explore how family dynamics and cultural expectations can make boundaries feel difficult.
What is intercultural therapy?
Learn about a thearpeutic approach that considers culture, identity and lived experience.
Want to know more?
Email me at: hello@deedharatherapy.com
Or send me a message below so we can organise a quick call.
During our call we'll talk about what you’re hoping to get out of therapy and you’ll be able to ask me questions about myself, how I work and/or about therapy in general.
Finally, if you want to work together, we'd then book the first session in our diaries, and take it from there.