Desta "Dee" Davies-Boothe, BACP
3 years in practice
Desta "Dee" Davies-Boothe works from a person-centred stance that honours each person's values and choices.
License and registration
- BACP
- 402700 · expires January 2027
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Desta
Desta "Dee" Davies-Boothe works from a person-centred stance that honours each person's values and choices. She draws on Existential ideas to help people find meaning, along with practical tools to manage day-to-day stress. Dee aims to create a respectful and warm space for honest conversation.
Dee holds BACP registration and has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She helps people who are feeling anxious, stressed, angry or low in confidence.
Background and approach
She also supports those coping with big life changes and questions about identity and purpose. Her approach mixes client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques that break down unhelpful thoughts and habits. She uses mindfulness to anchor attention in the present moment and narrative work to help people reframe their life stories.
These methods are used in a plain, practical way during sessions. Sessions begin with a short discussion about current problems and goals. From there she and the client agree simple steps to try between meetings.
Progress is checked in regular conversations and plans are adjusted when needed. Dee is down-to-earth and direct while remaining compassionate. She emphasises small, manageable changes that add up over time.
The goal is to help people feel more confident, calmer and clearer about next steps.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Desta lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Desta names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How these approaches work online
Existential Therapy helps people examine meaning, values and choices when life feels uncertain. In online sessions this can involve open conversation about what matters, clarifying priorities and deciding next steps. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on attentive listening and empathy so the person feels heard and understood; online formats keep the same emphasis on a respectful, non-judgemental relationship. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) offers clear exercises to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, with practical homework that can be reviewed between sessions.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try. The process is collaborative and adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls are convenient when bandwidth is limited, and text-based options suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These choices make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem and relationship concerns, plus life changes and issues such as abandonment, attachment and caregiver stress.
How would you describe the therapy style?
The work blends client-centred listening with practical techniques from CBT, mindfulness and narrative approaches, and an existential perspective on meaning and choices.
What is her background and experience?
She has three years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom and uses that time to support people with a range of emotional challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs structured for sessions?
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