My Approach

You can manage a life without inhabiting it. You may have been coping well for a long time — capable on the outside, and quietly far from yourself underneath. You may be able to describe the difficulty precisely, or you may only know that something is wrong, or that you are tired in a way rest does not touch. Both are good places to begin.
My work is relational, psychodynamic and imaginal, with a strong Jungian thread. Transpersonal simply means that the bigger questions — meaning, soul, what a life is for — are welcome here when they matter to you.
Therapy with me is an active relationship, not a weekly report. I ask real questions and speak plainly about what I notice. You can disagree with me. We may pay attention not only to what has happened during the week, but to what begins to happen between us — perhaps you go quiet when you are angry, make yourself easy, brace for rejection, or begin taking care of me instead of yourself. This gives us a chance to meet a pattern as it happens, rather than only explaining it afterwards.
Some people remain above their experience, explaining it; others feel swept up and lost inside it. Therapy can offer enough room to stand alongside what is happening — close enough to feel it, without being overtaken by it.
Alongside words, we may work with the body, dreams, images, memory and what you feel before you can say it. These are not techniques imposed on you, but different ways of listening when ordinary language reaches its edge. No feeling is turned away.
The name Rewilding Therapy points to how I see change: less about fixing yourself, and more about making room for the parts of you that went quiet in order to cope — so that more feeling, colour and aliveness become available. The work can be serious without becoming solemn; there is room for humour too.
We begin with a short call — around fifteen minutes, with no charge. You do not need to be sure yet; wanting something to change is reason enough.

About Me

I am Debbra Winton, a UKCP-registered integrative transpersonal psychotherapist and a registered member of the BACP. My practice, Rewilding Therapy, is in Archway, North London, with sessions also available online by Zoom.I hold an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Transpersonal Psychotherapy from Re-Vision and a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling. Before training at Re-Vision, I spent several years studying Psychosynthesis at both the Psychosynthesis Trust and the Institute of Psychosynthesis. My work is supported by regular clinical supervision and continuing professional development.Before establishing my private practice, I worked for two years as a counsellor in a low-cost clinic, seeing clients from a wide range of backgrounds who brought many different difficulties. Alongside individual psychotherapy, I have facilitated groups and trainings on burnout, embodiment, ecology, conflict, power and collective care, and was interviewed in BACP's Therapy Today (March 2020) about collective care and the emotional life of climate action.Long before any of this, I ran a bookshop for many years. Looking back, it feels like my first education in listening to what people carry, what they long for, and the stories they are trying to live.

I work with

• Individuals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Integrative Transpersonal Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Abuse
• ADHD
• Adoption
• Age-related Issues
• Anorexia
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Chronic Illness
• Cultural Issues
• Depression
• Divorce
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• Employment Difficulties
• Family
• Gender
• Health-related Issues
• Identity Problems
• Infertility
• Mental Health Issues
• Obsessions
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Online Counselling
• Parents
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Race Issues
• Relationships
• Separation
• Sex Problems
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Step Families
• Stress
• Suicide
• Transgender
• Trauma