Derrick Tempest

Derrick Tempest


Registered Member MBACP

Contact information

Phone number
07977572418

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Therapist - Hatfield

Hatfield AL10
07977572418
Sessions from £55.00

Features

  • Flexible hours available
  • Wheelchair accessible office
  • Concessionary rates

Availability

I am available 7 days a week, 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday, 8am to 2pm at weekends. 

About me and my therapy practice

Is it time to talk to someone? Are you feeling anxious or depressed?

I'm an experienced, qualified, integrative level 7 counsellor and psychotherapist with full clinical psychotherapist registration with both UKCP and BACP.

My clients describe me as friendly, empathic and thoughtful.

Deciding to see a therapist may feel daunting, you may think you should just carry on regardless, but you don't have to face your troubles alone.

Therapy helps you clear the mists and see your real issues, and then make positive changes, not carrying on with the same repeated cycles, breaking free from that well worn merry-go-round.

You can visit me at my home in St Albans, or we can meet via Zoom, or by phone.

My fee is £75 for individuals (concessions available for those with low disposable income), therapy students £55, limited availability.

Anxiety, depression, addictive behaviours? Therapy is investing in your future contentment and happiness, is it time to make a change?

Practice description

I provide general therapy for whatever it is that is causing you to be less content and have spent many years seeing clients with a wide variety of issues.

My specialities include anxiety and depression, and acute life events such as relationship breakdown, redundancy or bereavement.

I further specialise in addiction. I've spent many years with a national addiction charity working one to one with clients with a variety of addictions, including alcohol, drugs, food, shopping and codependency (needing to feel needed) , and was counselling deputy manager at a respected day-rehab charity. I also specialise in depression, bipolar and anger management.

Issues in our upbringing often lie behind adult problems, and they need gentle untangling.

'Your session is YOUR session'... You can talk with me completely confidentially about anything you feel you want too. There are no rules, I don't set the agenda.

My background was in business and I have had many difficult periods in my life, including issues with alcoholism. These brought me to therapy and then becoming a therapist myself. The relevance of this is that of the 'wounded healer'... by experiencing issues myself I may be able to relate more readily to you.

My first session

Initially we can speak over the phone, followed by a booked 20-25 minute zoom/in person session where you can decide if you think I am right for you.

There is no charge for the first session.

It is important to feel relaxed and content with your therapist, you may be a little nervous, that is normal, but by having a 'trial run' you can decide how to proceed.

What I can help with

Abuse, ADD / ADHD, Addictions, Anger management, Anxiety, Bereavement, Cancer, Child related issues, Depression, Eating disorders, Health related issues, Infertility, Men's issues, Mood disorder, OCD, Phobias, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Sex-related issues, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Substance Dependency, Trauma, Women's issues, Work related issues

Types of therapy

Behavioural, CBT, Cognitive, Creative therapy, Existential, Gestalt, Humanistic, Integrative, Interpersonal, Person centred, Psychoanalytic, Psychodynamic, Transactional analysis, Transpersonal

Clients I work with

Adults, Older adults, Trainees, Young people

How I deliver therapy

Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Short term sessions, Short-term face-to-face work, Telephone therapy

Languages spoken

English