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Deborah Marku, BACP

Credentials
BACP
Experience
6 years
Practising in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Sessions
Online only
Client ages
Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseEating disordersParenting issuesADHD

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Deborah Marku uses a pluralistic approach that draws on practical methods to help people find relief and make changes. She works in the United Kingdom and has six years of professional experience. Deborah aims to make first steps feel manageable for someone feeling overwhelmed or uncertain.

She combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with solution-focused ideas and parts work from Internal Family Systems. That mix helps her tackle things like stress, anxiety, depression and trauma in straightforward ways.

Background and approach

She also supports people working with eating and food-related difficulties, including obesity, using knowledge from a Master Diploma with the National Centre for Eating Disorders. Deborah has experience with neurodiversity, including autism, ADHD and dyslexia, and with concerns such as concentration or memory. She helps people dealing with relationship and intimacy-related problems, grief, career stress, sleep difficulties and low self-esteem.

Additional focus areas include compassion fatigue, chronic illness and body image difficulties. In sessions she treats clients as the experts in their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. Practical exercises, values work and short-term goal setting are commonly used.

Deborah aims to make sessions clear and focused so people can try things between meetings and notice what helps. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging so people can choose what suits their day. Sessions are offered in English and are arranged through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

Practical therapy approaches for online sessions

Deborah commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and taking small actions that matter, helping people live in line with what they care about despite difficult thoughts or feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers simple tools to test and change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Deborah treats this as a collaborative process and will discuss goals, preferences and life demands before suggesting a mix of methods. Together they decide which exercises and tasks to try, and approaches can be adjusted as progress is tested.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy days. Video is useful for a full session feel, phone can work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins or days when typing is easier. These options aim to give flexibility and make it simpler to keep therapy consistent alongside family, work and other commitments.
What kinds of problems can Deborah help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, eating and food-related issues, parenting concerns, ADHD-related difficulties, relationship and intimacy-related problems, grief and sleep disruption.
What is Deborah's therapeutic style?
Her style is pluralistic and practical, blending Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Solution-Focused techniques and Internal Family Systems to suit individual needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Deborah has six years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom with a range of concerns including eating difficulties and neurodiversity.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can sessions be delivered remotely?
Yes. Deborah offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging as remote formats.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Sessions use a subscription model and the cost varies with location and therapist availability; the subscription can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
6 years
Registered with
BACP
Languages
English

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