Dr Dayna Wilson
HCPC AND ISST registered counselling Psychologist & SCHEMA THERAPIST
Hello!
I am a qualified HCPC registered counselling Psychologist. I have degrees from Brunel University (BSc), Queen Mary University (MSc) and City University London (DPsych). I have worked in inpatient and community settings with young people, working aged adults and older adults. I have worked within the NHS for the past 8 years and within this time, I have gained a wealth of knowledge.
I currently work within the NHS with adults and young people. In addition to this, I offer private therapy and clinical supervision to both qualified psychologists and psychologists in training.
In my therapeutic work, I use schema therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), but I do so in an integrative way (meaning I use what I feel would be most beneficial to my client on a moment to moment basis).
I also believe that we each experience multiple overlapping identities as a result of our background, race, beliefs, culture and upbringing and I am passionate about understanding and exploring the impact of my client’s identity on them in my therapeutic work. I feel that it is important to gain a holistic understanding of my clients so that I can tailor therapy to meet their needs.
Alongside my clinical work, I co-founded MYND Practice, a private psychology-led autism assessment clinic, with a fellow psychologist. Through MYND Practice, we provide comprehensive, person centred autism assessments for children, young people and adults. Our approach is warm, collaborative and focused on understanding each person’s individual experiences, strengths and needs.
Additionally, I have undertaken and published research exploring the experiences of Black mother’s raising mixed race children in the UK. The research explored experiences of mixed race identity development, the mother-child relationship and the impact of wider societal experiences, including microaggressions and assumptions around race and motherhood. This research can be found here:
https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/psychotherapy-politics-international/article/view/756
