Divya Berry

About me

“ The curious paradox is that when I can accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” - Carl Rogers

A heightened compassion and human curiosity lie at the heart of my practice. To support other adults on their mental well-being journey is a lifelong passion - the well honed tools and techniques of Gestalt Therapy aid to make this a dynamic process of moving from environmental support to self support.

I work integratively, with a Gestsalt focus. This entails bringing all the elements and aspects of your life - mental, physical, interpersonal, spiritual - into the realm of your awareness. Awareness works like an illuminator in that it helps you to make new and informed choices, and break free from old patterns and habits.

I am practising counsellor & therapist with 10 years of experience in working with adults. I have membership with the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy and the British Psychological Society. I have worked in varied mental health settings including hospitals and care homes, as well as with a range of cultures.

I welcome you to my practice where we may sit as two individuals with equality and integrity, and I have the opportunity to support you through your challenges, particularly the one’s that feel difficult/ dark/ daunting. The intention is to do so while keeping your soul needs center stage and working through emotions like guilt and shame that often emerge in deep work.

I work strongly with the ‘here & now’ experience of emotions, as well as the somatic bodily sensations that are interwoven.

I welcome both short term and long term work, depending on your need and what arises in the therapy room.

Your needs are paramount and we will work together to highlight unspoken and unmet feelings, and enable you to use your awareness to fulfil these with autonomy. We all carry different selves within us, some belong to childhood and are stuck in an experience, and some are caught up with our own inner critic - therapy helps to detangle some of this confusion and brings clarity to a more integrated way of being.

So, in the worlds of Fritz Perls, “Come to your senses.”

Training and qualification

* Diploma Gestalt Counselling / The Gestalt Centre, London : 2020
* MSc Health Psychology / City University, London 2011
* Clinical Psychology Reg. Intern / Vimhans, New Delhi : 2009
* MSc Social Psychology/ The London School of Economics & Political Science, London : 2000
* BA (Hons.) Psychology/ LSR, Delhi University, New Delhi : 1997

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