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I aM so GLAD YOU aRE HERE

My name is Dasha and I am a hypno-psychotherapeutic counsellor and a CNHC registered clinical hypnotherapist with additional psychotherapeutic training, practising in accordance with UKCP Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.

This space is all about you, but therapy can be a very vulnerable space, involving sharing some very personal truths, and I want to introduce myself and give you some context that you may find useful. My own professional journey started in a therapist's chair, as a client, years ago.

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Many clients come to work with me at the time when they are going through significant personal crises and depression, feeling lonely, experiencing intense anxiety, a sense of “stuckness”, going through challenges with their relationships and personal life. Often it’s accompanied by the feeling that there’s something deeply wrong with them and they simply cannot “get something right” - be it blaming themselves for their reactions, attitudes, inability to be more confident. Each person is going through their own unique struggle.  

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And it’s in times like these where it can feel like you’re alone and that you don’t have the right words to describe how you’re feeling and your close ones may not know how to help. It’s important to know that you don’t have to go through it all alone, the support is available. 

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I specialize in working with clients who are going through crises and depression, struggle with anxiety and have complex attachment trauma, struggling with connecting and building healthy relationships and if there’s one thing that this work has taught me is that even when we feel the most stuck or helpless to change and make a shift to our emotional states and life - it is always possible for us, even if we don’t see it in the moment, even if it feels unattainable or unfamiliar for us in this present moment. As a person centered therapist I help you work through the challenges you’re facing, process painful events and help you unlock your unique personal resources through a variety of tools and modalities. 

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I am a first generation immigrant and psychotherapy helped me deal with my own deep personal crisis, anxiety and attachment and relationship struggles. I was able to create a healthier relationship with food (being a yo yo dieter and an emotional eater in my younger years, as a by-product of therapy I lost around 60 pounds without dieting or restricting myself), quit smoking (I used to be a heavy smoker for 10 years before quitting back in 2014), help me create a better relationship with myself in general, become more assertive (as someone who worked in senior leadership (my first career is in strategy consulting and banking) and coached people in high pressure environments I am very familiar with stresses and the potential for burnout that a working environment can bring.

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 As my entire philosophy is built around the notion that each individual is unique with their unique worldview and needs, it was very important for me to choose a program where I was able to learn a variety of tools, from hypnosis to CBT to Gestalt work, among other approaches, so that we can build work around your unique needs.

 

I explain more about my approach to working with you  in the section below, please click below to learn more.

  

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About me

Fun facts about me

I ride horses, I love horse riding and one day I want to open a retreat / wellness centre where people will be able to experience the magic of horses 

I dance tango

Mountains is my place of strength

I consume an insane amount of very dark (90%) chocolate

Adjarian Khachapuri is one of my favourite foods, yum (it comes from Georgia) 

My first job was at McDonald's

I love cooking for people, I can spend about 4 hours cooking a meal for someone

my qualifications

I am a hypno-psychotherapeutic counsellor and a qualified clinical hypnotherapist with additional psychotherapeutic training, registered with the Complimentary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC).

These qualifications allow me to integrate a variety of methods depending on what works for each individual client, in or out of formal trance - from hypnotherapy, to gestalt, solution focused work, CBT or psychoanalytic elements, all using a person centered approach where a person and your needs are put in a center.

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Other training:​

  • Working safely and effectively with trauma (ongoing from 2024)

  • Diploma in hypno-psychotherapeutic counselling 

  • Certificate in Equine Facilitated Interactions, Athena Herd Foundation

  • Working with Anxiety 

  • Working online as a therapist

  • Clinical hypnotherapy with additional psychotherapeutic training

  • Matrix Reimprinting training 

  • EFT levels 1,2 

  • Metaphoric Associative Card training, Art Therapy 

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Tel. +447391776962

Email: contact@dashalukiniha.com

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