About me
I am happy you have reached my page. I am privileged to offer my services to you. I have recently changed my name to Ms. Devi Sundar (previously known as Shakila Devi Perumal)
I am a passionate counsellor and psychotherapist with over 17 years of experience in multiple countries (the UK, Ireland and India). I specialize in Cognitive behavioural therapy, Acceptance & commitment therapy, Emotional freedom therapy, Mindfulness and motivational interviewing. In my early career, most of my works were focused on the wider mental health issues in chronic respiratory population- COPD, ILD and Asthma. I believe that holistic patient care should be a therapist first priority.
Reaching out to mental health therapy can be challenging with societies stigmatized views on mental health, counselling and psychotherapy. I can assure you to offer my empathetic active listening skills to explore with you your potential to discover your journey on matters that triggered you to reach out to my therapy consultation and sessions. We can jointly explore and validate your feelings in a safe, respectful ambience. I use person-centred, psychodynamic, gestalt and existential therapy.
I offer individual and group in both faces to face and virtual settings. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sessions will be virtually abiding by the government's health & safety regulations.
I look forward to beginning my journey of therapy with you.
– Ms. Devi Sundar, M.Sc., M.S, FHEA, HCPC, BACP
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
Addictions , Relationship issues , Trauma and abuse , Grief , Eating disorders , Parenting issues , Career difficulties , Coaching , Compassion fatigue , Abandonment , Aging and Geriatric Issues , Attachment Issues , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Services offered
Messaging
Live Chat
Phone
Video
Languages
English
Tamil
Licensing
BACP 387845
Reviews
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Devi is knowledgable, empathetic and provides a consistent listening ear that makes you feel valued. She has made me feel supported whilst also encouraging me to question previously held narratives. I am enjoying my experience with Devi so far.
My therapist is great really helping me understand myself better and target issues that I struggle with great for self awareness x
Devi was great. She responded in a timely manner, always made sure to understand where I was coming from in order to advise me with the best coping mechanisms possible. Overall, I felt very supported and understood by her. She always made sure to check in with me in between as well as after our sessions to set out what we had worked on which was very proactive way of working. Devi is really helpful and I am beyond grateful that I had the pleasure to work with her.
Devi is a wonderful therapist. She is excellent at listening and really understands all problems. She remembers topics from previous sessions really well and follows up on them. There is a structure to the sessions but one can leave them if any further matters become more relevant currently. I have become much more aware of and able to handle my emotions with her help and look forward to making further progress.
Devi is a great therapist - this is my first experience with therapy and I'm finding it really useful. She's very good at talking through new perspectives to how I've seen situations and asking challenging questions but in a supportive way. I've always felt sale and taken care of by her, and feel like I'm making progress working through what I wanted, finding new coping mechanisms, and moving areas of my life in a positive direction.
I've only just started speaking with shakila but even from the very first communication, she really listened made me feel like my thoughts were valid and gave me a greater understanding to my thoughts and made me feel like I can with her assistance get back to living my best life possible. She made me realise how strong of a person I really am.
Shakila has really helped me overcome my anxiety and helped me develop personally in the last 6 weeks. She immediately made me feel at ease and always followed up after our video sessions.
Shakila has been a fantastic therapist and i'm grateful to have had the opportunity to partner with her. I've really grown in my confidence since starting the program and have learnt how to address and work through my grief, which i understand will be an ongoing process.
Shakila is a really skilled listener and a very kind and compassionate person. She has made me feel comfortable from the first session. I like the way that she challenges my thinking to give me better perspective on my issues but always remains respectful. I'm really looking forward to continuing to work with Shakila.
Straight away i felt comfortable opening up to Shakila and expressing how I felt. She has a friendly vibe and is clearly well educated. Although i only spent a few weeks talking, she was quick to send appropriate worksheets and sends polite reminders to keep me engaged with the support. Thanks