We work with people who experience problems such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, relationship or marital problems, feelings of emptiness and loneliness. We offer a safe and confidential consultation and referral process in which your situation will be given careful consideration.
What is Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy?
Many people go through emotional or psychological difficulties at some point in their lives and sometimes these difficulties persist or feel hard to speak about. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy offers a space to explore these experiences and offers a way of thinking more deeply about emotional life, including aspects that may not be fully available to everyday awareness.
In regular sessions, the person is encouraged to speak freely – about thoughts, feelings, memories, dreams, or anything that comes to mind. Together, therapist and patient pay attention to what arises, including things that may be hard to express or even to think about.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy does not aim for quick solutions or fixed goals. Instead, issues from the past, or problematic feelings, thoughts or behaviours can begin to be explored and understood through the relationship with the therapist. This takes time.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy involves regular sessions of at least once a week, and many people find that attending at a more intensive frequency of two, three or more sessions per week provides continuity and allows a different kind of depth. The number of sessions is something to be discussed with the therapist and may shift over time, depending on what feels possible and helpful.
What can a Psychoanalytic approach help with?
Feeling stuck and unable to progress in life
Depression
Bereavement
Self -destructive or suicidal feelings
Anxiety and panic attacks
Anger and aggression
Relationship difficulties
Sexual problems
Feelings of emptiness and loneliness
Physical and body image problems
Addictions and eating disorders
Gender and sexuality issues
In an emergency please contact your GP, Emergency Services or The Samaritans.
Clinical Supervision
Our members are all registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) and can offer one-to-one or group clinical supervision for therapists, counsellors and practitioners in related fields.
Many of our members are senior professionals within mental health, education and other fields, and can offer facilitation of reflective practice groups for organisational and institutional settings.
Psychotherapy for trainee therapists
Many of our therapists meet the requirements to be training therapists for psychotherapy, counselling, psychology and arts therapies trainings. In addition a number of members are actively involved in teaching and supervising on various psychotherapy trainings
Please call to find out more.
07808 800 977.