About Psychotherapy

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is based on the development of a therapeutic relationship between us and to address the deeper, underlying issues that are causing difficulties in your every day life. 

The analytic process provides a pause, or multiple pauses, in your week to dedicate time to reflect on yourself and, over time, make changes in your life and in the way you see yourself and others. The pace and depth of work is mutually agreed and reviewed when appropriate. 

When appropriate I also offer brief psychodynamic psychotherapy. This will be discussed and agreed in the consultation session/s.

The Sessions

We will meet once or multiple times a week if appropriate. 

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is a therapeutic process which helps understand and resolve presenting problems by increasing awareness of the inner world. This happens by reflecting on experiences and relationships both past and present to identify the deeper and unconscious roots of the presenting problems.

Fees

Fees vary, depending on the frequency of the sessions and start at £90. Low-cost places may be available.

Missed or cancelled sessions are charged unless otherwise discussed and agreed in advance, including holidays. This policy is undertaken as therapy is a commitment by both parties and as such the session time is exclusively allocated to the client and not re-allocated in the event of absence, however I will always try to re-arrange a session if possible.

Expected break in the therapy account for approximately 8-10 weeks a year, including Christmas, Easter, Bank Holidays and summer time. 

‘We all need psychoanalysis’, Susanna Rustin – The Guardian

‘Reasons for living’, Adam Phillips, London Review of Books 

‘An Ecosystem of Displacement’, Eva De Marchi, New Associations‘

The efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy’, Jonathan Shedler – American Psychological Association

‘7 Principles of Psychoanalytic psychotherapy‘, Jonathan Shedler, YouTube Video