About Debra
Debra Hayman offers a warm, non-judgemental approach that puts the person at the centre of therapy. She uses straightforward conversation to help people make sense of difficult feelings and to find practical ways forward. Debra works from the United Kingdom and brings eight years of professional experience to her practice.
She draws on client-centred therapy to build a calm, accepting space where people feel heard. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small experiments that can change feelings and behaviour.
How Debra works
Emotionally-focused work helps with closeness and trust in important relationships. Debra has a long history of supporting people affected by drug and alcohol misuse and related issues. Her practice also focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, grief and eating concerns.
She is comfortable addressing anger, intimacy-related issues and complicated changes such as divorce or separation. Additional areas of attention include caregiver stress, blended family issues, attachment difficulties and ageing or geriatric concerns. Debra also helps people facing career stresses, compassion fatigue and the emotional impact of natural or human-caused disasters.
Her approach blends talking, practical tools and mindfulness practices to help manage strong emotions. Sessions are shaped around each person’s goals and pace. Debra is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and offers help in English, including work with international clients.
Debra lists 8 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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How her approaches work online and help with everyday problems
Debra uses client-centred therapy to create a calm, accepting space where people can talk without pressure. This approach helps people clarify their thoughts and feel understood before moving on to practical change.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test small experiments that reduce anxiety or lift mood. CBT is useful for concerns such as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and coping with life changes.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will work with each person to choose or combine methods based on goals and what feels comfortable. Sessions are paced to match the client’s needs and can shift as progress is made.
Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different situations. Video sessions let people work face to face from wherever they are, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can suit short check-ins or when someone prefers not to use video. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel and let people choose what feels most manageable.
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