About Debra
Debra Basham combines a person-centred way of working with practical coaching skills. She focuses on helping people make sense of stress, anxiety and life changes. Debra uses straightforward conversation to help clients clarify goals and find workable steps forward.
She draws on five years of counselling and coaching practice after a long career in business. That background gives her an understanding of workplace pressures and career crossroads. She also has experience offering grief support and mentoring in corporate settings.
How Debra works
In sessions Debra uses Client-Centred Therapy to follow what matters most to the person in front of her. She also brings Motivational Interviewing to help people find motivation for change. Solution-Focused Therapy is used to map small, achievable steps toward goals.
Debra helps people with relationship strain, intimacy concerns and parenting challenges by talking through patterns and options. She supports those coping with loss, low self-esteem, anger and compassion fatigue. She also works with women facing workplace issues, divorce and separation, and those wanting to build self-love.
Clients can expect direct, calm conversation and a practical focus on what can change now. Debra aims to help people feel clearer about decisions and more able to try out different ways of coping and relating.
Debra lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Debra works with
The areas below are the ones Debra selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Debra's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy centres the person's own concerns and choices. The therapist listens closely and follows what the client brings to each session, which helps when dealing with grief, low self-esteem or relationship worries.Motivational Interviewing focuses on drawing out a person's own reasons for change. It is useful when someone feels stuck about career moves, habits or making life changes, because it helps identify small steps they feel ready to try.
Solution-Focused Therapy looks for practical solutions rather than dwelling on problems. Sessions aim to identify what is already working and to build on small, achievable changes that lead to clearer progress.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the person to decide which methods feel most helpful based on goals, needs and personal preference. That choice can change over time as work progresses.
Online sessions via video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging make it easier to fit therapy around work and family life. Video calls support face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be quicker or use less bandwidth, and text-based options suit short check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These formats offer flexibility for different schedules and ways of communicating.
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