Working with you one-on-one in Maidenhead and online
My Approach
I’m Dalia, a qualified and experienced therapeutic counsellor in Maidenhead, Berkshire.
For me, therapeutic counselling is about gaining clarity, making sense of difficult emotions, or finding words for experiences that feel overwhelming and confusing. It can also be about learning to find acceptance, and living a little more gently alongside things that can’t be changed.
During our sessions, we will explore and discover new ways of relating to yourself and your life, at whatever pace feels manageable. There’s no pressure to get to a particular place by a certain time.
At the heart of my approach is the belief that within each of us, we already have what we need to heal, even if this feels distant, blocked or hard to access. My role isn’t to hand you answers, but to walk alongside you through the process of finding your own way back to your inner strength and wisdom.
I bring warmth, patience and genuine curiosity to every session. I listen closely to what you say, strive to understand your world from your perspective, and help you reconnect with what matters most to you, even when it’s hard to see clearly from where you’re standing.
I have been on my own journey with joy and loss, love and grief, and success and disappointment. My experiences have not only informed my practice, but deepened my curiosity about the human mind and the meaning we each make from our lives.
To find out more about how we can work together to help you move through what you’re facing, head to my Services & Fees page.
Qualifications & Professional Practice
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and I work within its ethical framework. I am committed to confidentiality, professional boundaries, regular supervision, and ongoing learning and development.
Alongside my private practice, I volunteer with a well-established local charitable counselling agency, which keeps me connected to a wide range of experiences and continues to deepen my understanding of the many different paths that bring people to counselling.
To learn more about what I offer and how I conduct my sessions, read more on my Services and Fees page.
My journey to counselling
Before training as a counsellor, I graduated with a degree in Business Management and spent the following ten years in the corporate world. Working in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment led me to experience symptoms of burnout and gave me first-hand understanding of how work and responsibility can shape our sense of identity, self-worth and wellbeing. I know how easy it is to lose sight of your own needs while keeping everything else running.
Wanting and needing a change, I moved into childcare, working as a childminder and supporting children from a wide range of backgrounds and needs. In this role, I learnt the value of emotional safety, consistency, clear boundaries, and being a reliable, attentive presence; qualities that remain central to my therapeutic counseling practice.
Four years ago, I began training as a Level 4 therapeutic counsellor, and I haven’t looked back since.