About Despina
Despina Andreou welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about their next step. She aims to make the first steps simple and straightforward. Despina listens without judgement and helps people sort out what matters most to them in a calm and steady way.
Despina uses clear, practical tools to help with stress, anxiety and low mood. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, grief, trauma and addiction concerns.
How Despina works
Many seek her help for issues such as self-esteem, anger, work pressure and major life changes. Her approach blends evidence-informed ways of working. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps identify patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy offers skills for emotional regulation and managing intense feelings. She also draws on mindfulness practices and trauma-focused techniques when appropriate. Despina has three years of clinical experience and is a BACP member, which is recorded as BACP.
She offers sessions in English and Greek and works with clients across the United Kingdom and internationally. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different needs. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions according to the therapist's schedule.
Pricing varies with location and a subscription model is used that can be cancelled at any time. Despina aims to partner with each person to set clear, manageable goals and practical steps forward.
Despina lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Despina works with
The areas below are the ones Despina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English, Greek |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapy approaches work online
Despina commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in her online work. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and practising small changes that reduce stress and low mood. DBT teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions, improving tolerance of distress and improving communication.Choosing the best approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together you can try a method and adapt it if it does not fit your needs.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to give flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing over speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy going around life's other demands.
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A practical next step
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