Darren Devaney

I have 12 years experience working within performance sport and business settings, I am a qualified Sport and Exercise Psychologist, and am a trainee ISTDP (Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy) Psychotherapist. My approach is therefore very collaborative, ambitious and heavily influenced by the attachment-based model of ISTDP. I very proactively negage in my own supervision, as well as my own therapy as i believe that this enables me to work at a higher level, and to better understand the experience of those that i support.

I possess a BSc Psychology, a MSc in Sport Psychology and a PhD in Sport Psychology. I am a chartered Psychologist with and associate fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS). I am also registered with the Health Care Profesions Council (HCPC). I have spent the last 12 years working in High Performance Sport, and Business. As of 2025, i am undertaking the 3-year ISTDP Core training with ISTDP-UK.

My interests have been a mix of performance psychology, mixed with more person-centred counselling methods such as Existential Counselling. However, through my work i have developed a strong interest in Attachment-Based modalities of therapy, and am particularly interested in combining these two perspectives of work. In particular, i see ISTP as an incredibly ambitious modality, and see huge potential value for this in the performance settings that i am used to working in. Increasingly, i am developing a passion for in-the-moment, experiential therapy where the therapist adopts an active stance in their work with client.

i have developed a strong interest in Attachment-Based modalities of therapy, and am particularly interested in combining these two perspectives of work. In particular, i see ISTP as an incredibly ambitious modality, and see huge potential value for this in the performance settings that i am used to working in. Increasingly, i am developing a passion for in-the-moment, experiential therapy where the therapist adopts an active stance in their work with client.