Dr Deba Choudhury-Peters

Professional qualifications, accreditations and memberships

• HCPC registered as a Practitioner Psychologist
• BPS Chartered membership
• Experiential Dynamic Therapy UK membership
• Affect Phobia Therapy Core Training in London
• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
• Postgrad. Certificate in Primary Care Mental Health
• MSc Applied Developmental Research
• BSc (Hons) Behavioural Sciences

Professional experience

Alongside Dr Deba Choudhury-Peters’ post at Nightingale Hospital, she runs an independent practice in London and Surrey. Dr Choudhury-Peter has 14 years of experience working in the NHS, where she currently holds a senior role at the Institute of Psychotrauma. She also works in an Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma clinic alongside surgeons treating facial injuries.

Dr Choudhury-Peters’ has extensive experience of working with clients from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds and beliefs, both in the NHS and private practice. She offers brief and long-term therapy for adults with Complex-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, alongside other severe and enduring mental illness. She is experienced in working with evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) as well as other therapeutic approaches including, Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Affect Phobia Therapy (APT), which is a short-term dynamic psychotherapy, narrative and psychodynamic informed interventions.

Through her work, she promotes an integrative approach to therapy if she feels it is likely to be beneficial for the client. This sometimes involves the application of more that one model of therapy. Throughout her career, she has worked within multi-disciplinary team settings, therefore has a clear understanding of other professional roles and make referrals onwards when necessary. Within her NHS role, she offers consultation and guidance for complex cases, teaching and training. She is also a clinical supervisor for trainees and offers specialist trauma-focused supervision to psychologists/CBT Therapists. Additionally, Deba has experience in the conference presentation and delivering training to therapists and medics.

Personal statement

Dr Deba Choudhury-Peters works in a collaborative way and makes it a priority to help her clients feel comfortable from their first session in identifying their goals for treatment. This helps them know what the focus will be in sessions and what is likely to be expected of them. As a psychologist, Dr Deba Choudhury-Peters works with a wide range of psychological and psychiatric conditions including anxiety disorders, depression, PTSD/trauma, bipolar, schizophrenia and personality disorders (borderline and narcissistic). Cultural and family stressors are also taken into consideration when she understands my client’s difficulties.

She also has experience of offering therapy in Bengali and have a special interest in trauma, mood disorders, culture and shame-based emotional problems. As a result of being curious about these clinical presentations, she conducted research in the area of shame, self-compassion and religiosity.

Dr Deba Choudhury-Peters takes an active role in my career and professional development and frequently attend training events and conferences in the UK and abroad.

Additional information about  research, publications and interests

• Wilson, N., & Choudhury-Peters, D. (submitted). IEDTA Conference and post-conference workshop. Ad hoc Bulletin of Short-Term Dynamic Therapy.
• Choudhury-Peters, D. (submitted). South Asian Muslim women and shame: a qualitative study and process model of shame and it’s an application in the clinical setting. Mental Health, Religion and Culture.
• Choudhury-Peters, D. (in preparation). Religiosity in South Asian Muslim Women and their proneness to self-compassion
• Choudhury, D., & Chapman, L. (2003). IT strikes back! Computers in Psychiatry Special Interest Group Newsletter, Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Choudhury, D. & Chowdhury, U. (2007). Parents’ experiences of caring for a child with Gilles de la Tourette’s Syndrome. Advancing Practice in Bedfordshire, 4, 2, 67-73.
• Choudhury, D., & Chowdhury, U. (2006). Semantic Pragmatic Disorder. In: S. M. Stein & U. Chowdhury (eds.), Disorganised Children. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
• Choudhury, D., Chowdhury, U., & Robertson, M. (2003). Parents’ experiences of caring for a child with Tourette’s Syndrome. Poster presentation at NICE conference.
• Choudhury, D. & Chowdhury, U. (2007). Parents’ experiences of caring for a child with Gilles de la Tourette’s Syndrome. Advancing Practice in Bedfordshire, 4, 2, 67-73.
• Choudhury, D., & Chowdhury, U. (2006). Semantic Pragmatic Disorder. In: S. M. Stein & U. Chowdhury (eds.), Disorganised Children. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
• Choudhury, D., Chowdhury, U., & Robertson, M. (2003). Parents’ experiences of caring for a child with Tourette’s Syndrome. Poster presentation at NICE conference.
• Wilson, N., & Choudhury-Peters, D. (2014). International experiential dynamic therapy association (IEDTA) conference 2014. “Healing the effects of trauma.” Ad hoc Bulletin of Short-Term Dynamic Therapy. 18, 2, 43-47.