WELCOME

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Most people arrive here carrying something that has become too heavy, or too tangled, to keep holding alone. You don’t need to have named it yet. You don’t need to have waited until it got “bad enough”. Wanting to put it down somewhere is reason enough to be here.

My name is Debbra Winton. I’m a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist, registered with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). I work with people through the difficult, ordinary, unrepeatable business of a life.

Before I trained, I ran a bookshop for years, which was its own long education in the stories people live by. I’ve also facilitated groups and trainings, and I work as much with meaning, imagination and the body as with talk.

I work relationally — which is a plain way of saying that the thing between us, the trust we build, is where much of the healing happens. I’ll meet what you bring with curiosity and without judgement, at whatever pace feels manageable. You don’t have to perform being well, interesting, or grateful. You can come as you are.

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What rewilding means here

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Rewilding, as I understand it, is a way of loosening the rigid or constricted patterns that can shape our relationship with ourselves and the world — making room for a fuller, freer, more rooted life.

Somewhere along the way, many of us grow narrow — pruned back by what we’ve survived, until we mistake the smaller shape for who we are. Rewilding is the slow work of letting life back in: reaching down for roots as much as up for light, and trusting that something truer can grow again.

Alongside talking, we might work with image, story, dream, the body and the natural world. The natural world is part of the language of Rewilding Therapy, but ordinary oneto-one sessions take place in my Archway room or online.

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A note about Esmeralda (and Banjo)

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My dog Esmeralda is usually in the room during sessions. She’s a calm, steadying presence, and for many people she becomes a quiet part of the work — something warm to rest your eyes on when the words are hard to find. My cat Banjo occasionally makes an appearance too, on his own terms.

If you’d rather not have animals in the room, or you’re unsure, just say — that’s always welcome. Please let me know about allergies or any worries, and we’ll find what works for you.

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Working together

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I see people in person in Archway, North London, and online. We can begin with a short, free call — phone or Zoom — to get a first sense of whether we might work well together. From there, sessions are weekly and usually ongoing. If any of this speaks to you, you’re welcome to get in touch.