Psychoanalytic Counselling in High Wycombe
We all have troubling problems at times, be they emotional, personal or work-related. Sometimes these problems can feel overwhelming and we become stressed, anxious and unhappy. This can affect our confidence handling relationships, making decisions and generally, our ability to just cope with the pressures that each day brings. Reaching out to an experienced therapist will enable you to talk openly about your concerns and be listened to without being judged. For many people, this is a profound way of bringing about positive and lasting change.
We all have troubling problems at times, be they emotional, personal or work-related. Sometimes these problems can feel overwhelming and we become stressed, anxious and unhappy. This can affect our confidence handling relationships, making decisions and generally, our ability to just cope with the pressures that each day brings. Reaching out to an experienced therapist will enable you to talk openly about your concerns and be listened to without being judged. For many people, this is a profound way of bringing about positive and lasting change.
Having worked for many years as a community pharmacist, I’ve seen how often mental health needs are overlooked—especially when cultural or religious backgrounds aren’t fully understood or respected. These experiences led me to train as a counsellor, so I could offer more supportive, inclusive care to those facing emotional challenges.
Having worked for many years as a community pharmacist, I’ve seen how often mental health needs are overlooked—especially when cultural or religious backgrounds aren’t fully understood or respected. These experiences led me to train as a counsellor, so I could offer more supportive, inclusive care to those facing emotional challenges.
I am a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and a Doctor of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy candidate at the University of Exeter.
I specialise in complex trauma, deep-seated anxiety, and the nuances of neurodiversity (ADHD/ASD). My experience allows me to address a broad clinical spectrum, including personality disorders, depression, psychosexual issues, and gender identity. Whether working with adults or adolescents, I provide a stable, containing space to explore the inner world.
I am a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and a Doctor of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy candidate at the University of Exeter.
I specialise in complex trauma, deep-seated anxiety, and the nuances of neurodiversity (ADHD/ASD). My experience allows me to address a broad clinical spectrum, including personality disorders, depression, psychosexual issues, and gender identity. Whether working with adults or adolescents, I provide a stable, containing space to explore the inner world.
Recovering from a toxic relationship, trauma, depression, anxiety or grief? You don't have to carry it alone. I'm Lynn, and I support adults who feel overwhelmed, exhausted or unsure how to move forward — often after narcissistic abuse, a controlling or emotionally abusive relationship, past or recent trauma, or while struggling with anxiety, low mood, grief or addiction. With nearly 30 years' experience, I offer a warm, confidential and non-judgemental space where you can feel genuinely heard, understood and safe, and gently rebuild your life at a pace that feels right for you.
Recovering from a toxic relationship, trauma, depression, anxiety or grief? You don't have to carry it alone. I'm Lynn, and I support adults who feel overwhelmed, exhausted or unsure how to move forward — often after narcissistic abuse, a controlling or emotionally abusive relationship, past or recent trauma, or while struggling with anxiety, low mood, grief or addiction. With nearly 30 years' experience, I offer a warm, confidential and non-judgemental space where you can feel genuinely heard, understood and safe, and gently rebuild your life at a pace that feels right for you.
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I work with people at a threshold: dating anxiety, new parenthood, midlife shifts, burnout, redundancy, expat life, or quarter-life uncertainty. Most arrive after trying to think their way out, ready for someone both warm and direct. Drawing on Jungian, psychodynamic, somatic, and CBT work built over 11 years of practice, I help you see the patterns beneath the struggle, reconnect with your body's wisdom, and build practical tools, so you leave each session a little more like yourself again.
I work with people at a threshold: dating anxiety, new parenthood, midlife shifts, burnout, redundancy, expat life, or quarter-life uncertainty. Most arrive after trying to think their way out, ready for someone both warm and direct. Drawing on Jungian, psychodynamic, somatic, and CBT work built over 11 years of practice, I help you see the patterns beneath the struggle, reconnect with your body's wisdom, and build practical tools, so you leave each session a little more like yourself again.
As an Integrative Therapist, my primary role is to provide support to individuals who are seeking guidance in addressing their current needs. With 8 years of experience in training and working with diverse client groups, I have gained valuable understanding. In addition to acquiring professional therapeutic qualifications to enhance my practice, I am well versed in assisting a number of client presentations such as: Trauma • Sexual Abuse • Alcohol & Substance misuse • Depression • Anxiety • PTSD • Family & Relationship issues • Sexuality/LGBTQ support • Anger & Behavioural struggles, among other client presentations.
As an Integrative Therapist, my primary role is to provide support to individuals who are seeking guidance in addressing their current needs. With 8 years of experience in training and working with diverse client groups, I have gained valuable understanding. In addition to acquiring professional therapeutic qualifications to enhance my practice, I am well versed in assisting a number of client presentations such as: Trauma • Sexual Abuse • Alcohol & Substance misuse • Depression • Anxiety • PTSD • Family & Relationship issues • Sexuality/LGBTQ support • Anger & Behavioural struggles, among other client presentations.
I am a COSRT Accredited Psychosexual and Relationship Therapist. I'm passionate about helping individuals and couples create fulfilling relationships. I provide a safe, non-judgmental space for relationship challenges and intimate concerns. After completing a BSc (Hons) in Psychology, I completed my Diploma in Psychosexual & Relationship Therapy (Middlesex University), an Advanced Diploma in Couples Therapy (NAOS Institute), and a Diploma in Compulsive Sexual Behaviours (CICS). I have also trained at The Couples Institute and Institute for Relational Intimacy (USA).
I am a COSRT Accredited Psychosexual and Relationship Therapist. I'm passionate about helping individuals and couples create fulfilling relationships. I provide a safe, non-judgmental space for relationship challenges and intimate concerns. After completing a BSc (Hons) in Psychology, I completed my Diploma in Psychosexual & Relationship Therapy (Middlesex University), an Advanced Diploma in Couples Therapy (NAOS Institute), and a Diploma in Compulsive Sexual Behaviours (CICS). I have also trained at The Couples Institute and Institute for Relational Intimacy (USA).
I’m Tanya Therapies London, I am a Psychotherapist who understands how your childhood experiences can impact one’s present thoughts and behaviours at an unconscious level that can effect your daily life. With compassion, empathy and without judgement, I can support you in addressing unresolved feelings and emotions that have led to challenging times in your life and in interpersonal relationships.
I’m Tanya Therapies London, I am a Psychotherapist who understands how your childhood experiences can impact one’s present thoughts and behaviours at an unconscious level that can effect your daily life. With compassion, empathy and without judgement, I can support you in addressing unresolved feelings and emotions that have led to challenging times in your life and in interpersonal relationships.
Do you feel you are struggling to breathe or followed by toxicity. Do you feel pain, sorrow, sadness, grief, and worries, have found a home in you. Do you feel like you want to run away or disappear. Do you feel trapped. Do you feel left out or struggling to fit in. Do you find it hard to say ‘No’. Do you feel your past is haunting your present. Do you feel hung up on your previous romantic/love relationships. Well, nothing is coincidence in life. The answers to all your problems, struggles and dilemmas lie in the dark or secret corners of your mind. Therapy will help you embark on a journey discovery, change, growth, and healing
Do you feel you are struggling to breathe or followed by toxicity. Do you feel pain, sorrow, sadness, grief, and worries, have found a home in you. Do you feel like you want to run away or disappear. Do you feel trapped. Do you feel left out or struggling to fit in. Do you find it hard to say ‘No’. Do you feel your past is haunting your present. Do you feel hung up on your previous romantic/love relationships. Well, nothing is coincidence in life. The answers to all your problems, struggles and dilemmas lie in the dark or secret corners of your mind. Therapy will help you embark on a journey discovery, change, growth, and healing
I’m Oliver, a psychodynamic psychotherapist working with adults who are seeking help with anxiety, low mood or depression, relationship difficulties, and periods of uncertainty about meaning, purpose, direction or identity. People often come to therapy when things feel overwhelming, confusing, or hard to make sense of alone. Feelings may be sensed as unease, dread, or bodily reactions rather than clearly understood thoughts. Much of the work involves staying with what feels difficult to think about, allowing it to be held rather than prematurely resolved.
I’m Oliver, a psychodynamic psychotherapist working with adults who are seeking help with anxiety, low mood or depression, relationship difficulties, and periods of uncertainty about meaning, purpose, direction or identity. People often come to therapy when things feel overwhelming, confusing, or hard to make sense of alone. Feelings may be sensed as unease, dread, or bodily reactions rather than clearly understood thoughts. Much of the work involves staying with what feels difficult to think about, allowing it to be held rather than prematurely resolved.
If you are feeling stuck in your relationships, struggling with anxiety, low mood, or difficulties with intimacy, therapy can help you make sense of what is happening and create meaningful change. I work with individuals and couples to improve relationships, rebuild trust, and address patterns that keep repeating. I also specialise in sex addiction, compulsive sexual behaviours, and LGBTQ+ relationships and identity issues, offering a supportive and non-judgemental space to move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
If you are feeling stuck in your relationships, struggling with anxiety, low mood, or difficulties with intimacy, therapy can help you make sense of what is happening and create meaningful change. I work with individuals and couples to improve relationships, rebuild trust, and address patterns that keep repeating. I also specialise in sex addiction, compulsive sexual behaviours, and LGBTQ+ relationships and identity issues, offering a supportive and non-judgemental space to move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
In recent years, my clinical work has been primarily psychodynamic/ psychoanalytic.
Over the past 20 years, I've been working in the NHS, charitable sector, as well as in private practice. Alongside working in private practice, I have gained considerable experience in teaching, training and offering clinical supervision.
People who seek therapy are facing a broad range of challenges & feelings that are difficult to manage. You may be: feeling low; stuck or carrying with you nagging anxiety; struggling in relationships; lacking confidence and self-worth; adjusting to change e.g. embarking on something new in your life, or things that are familiar to you are coming to an end; dealing with loss or bereavement, etc.
In recent years, my clinical work has been primarily psychodynamic/ psychoanalytic.
Over the past 20 years, I've been working in the NHS, charitable sector, as well as in private practice. Alongside working in private practice, I have gained considerable experience in teaching, training and offering clinical supervision.
People who seek therapy are facing a broad range of challenges & feelings that are difficult to manage. You may be: feeling low; stuck or carrying with you nagging anxiety; struggling in relationships; lacking confidence and self-worth; adjusting to change e.g. embarking on something new in your life, or things that are familiar to you are coming to an end; dealing with loss or bereavement, etc.
Perhaps you are looking for some help with issues of anxiety or depression, which are affecting your day to day life. You might be feeling a bit hopeless, tired and are looking for change. Do you ask yourself: 'is this all there is?' Are you feeling a sense of loss of who you used to be or would like to be and are curious to see if therapy could help? Loss can be central to many of our issues. Loss of identity or from an actual bereavement or loss of purpose in life. Is there a voice inside stopping you from living a fulfilling life and you want to talk to someone, without feeling judged, to help you make sense of your life.
Perhaps you are looking for some help with issues of anxiety or depression, which are affecting your day to day life. You might be feeling a bit hopeless, tired and are looking for change. Do you ask yourself: 'is this all there is?' Are you feeling a sense of loss of who you used to be or would like to be and are curious to see if therapy could help? Loss can be central to many of our issues. Loss of identity or from an actual bereavement or loss of purpose in life. Is there a voice inside stopping you from living a fulfilling life and you want to talk to someone, without feeling judged, to help you make sense of your life.
As a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, I help you "dig deep" - uncovering the hidden roots and experiences that shape how you think and feel today.
Psychoanalytic (and psychodynamic) psychotherapy aims to go deep into your emotions, with the aim of gradually removing distress (including trauma, anxiety and depression). This type of therapy is evidence-based, thorough and comprehensive – there is an inherent understanding that everyone’s lives are different, and so therapy is tailored to the individual.
As a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, I help you "dig deep" - uncovering the hidden roots and experiences that shape how you think and feel today.
Psychoanalytic (and psychodynamic) psychotherapy aims to go deep into your emotions, with the aim of gradually removing distress (including trauma, anxiety and depression). This type of therapy is evidence-based, thorough and comprehensive – there is an inherent understanding that everyone’s lives are different, and so therapy is tailored to the individual.
I am an experienced and professionally qualified sex & relationship therapist, specialising in working with couples and individuals on restoring desire and intimacy, better communication, surviving affairs, sexual problems such as painful intercourse and ED, and compulsive sexual behavior (AKA sex addiction). I am a member of COSRT.
First sessions are free, without any obligation to continue, so you can check out you're comfortable working with me. I can usually see you within 48 hours and sometimes the same day. I work evenings, weekends, and daytimes. I offer in-person and online sessions.
I am an experienced and professionally qualified sex & relationship therapist, specialising in working with couples and individuals on restoring desire and intimacy, better communication, surviving affairs, sexual problems such as painful intercourse and ED, and compulsive sexual behavior (AKA sex addiction). I am a member of COSRT.
First sessions are free, without any obligation to continue, so you can check out you're comfortable working with me. I can usually see you within 48 hours and sometimes the same day. I work evenings, weekends, and daytimes. I offer in-person and online sessions.
With over twenty years experience in the field, I offer highly skilled psychotherapy to individuals and groups in my private practice. I am also Psychology Lead and Group Psychotherapy Lead for North London NHS Foundation Trust in Haringey where I manage and supervise other psychologists and psychotherapists as well as providing specialist consultation and treatment to adults with severe and complex mental health problems. In my private practice, I work with a wider range of people experiencing everything from mental and emotional distress to major life changes as well as those who are seeking to make more meaning in their lives.
With over twenty years experience in the field, I offer highly skilled psychotherapy to individuals and groups in my private practice. I am also Psychology Lead and Group Psychotherapy Lead for North London NHS Foundation Trust in Haringey where I manage and supervise other psychologists and psychotherapists as well as providing specialist consultation and treatment to adults with severe and complex mental health problems. In my private practice, I work with a wider range of people experiencing everything from mental and emotional distress to major life changes as well as those who are seeking to make more meaning in their lives.
I am a full member of The Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists and the British Psychoanalytic Council, and I adhere to their standards of conduct, practice and ethics.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy can be very effective in improving states of depression and anxiety. It can help make sense of emotional patterns that are painful, confusing, and impact on many aspects of your life and your relationships. Over time this insight can not only provide relief but expand your self-insight, strengthen your emotional resilience, and foster a greater sense of authenticity.
I am a full member of The Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists and the British Psychoanalytic Council, and I adhere to their standards of conduct, practice and ethics.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy can be very effective in improving states of depression and anxiety. It can help make sense of emotional patterns that are painful, confusing, and impact on many aspects of your life and your relationships. Over time this insight can not only provide relief but expand your self-insight, strengthen your emotional resilience, and foster a greater sense of authenticity.
Do you feel devastated after an affair, or trapped in the hurt and mistrust that followed? I provide specialist couples counselling for partners facing the hardest challenges - betrayal, sex & intimacy that’s vanished, the same fight on repeat, or the complexities of neurodiverse or poly relationships. By the time people find me, they’ve usually tried everything else. My style is structured, direct, and designed to create change. One couple put it this way: “When all hope was lost, Shan’s help and guidance enabled us to reconnect and be stronger than we have ever been".
Do you feel devastated after an affair, or trapped in the hurt and mistrust that followed? I provide specialist couples counselling for partners facing the hardest challenges - betrayal, sex & intimacy that’s vanished, the same fight on repeat, or the complexities of neurodiverse or poly relationships. By the time people find me, they’ve usually tried everything else. My style is structured, direct, and designed to create change. One couple put it this way: “When all hope was lost, Shan’s help and guidance enabled us to reconnect and be stronger than we have ever been".
I hold an MSc in Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the University of Exeter and am currently in the final year of my Clinical Doctorate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
I am a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and I provide a safe, collaborative and non-judgmental space where you are placed at the centre. I am dedicated to help individuals develop their sense of selves, understand their wants and needs and increase their self-agency and reflective capacities.
Asking for psychological help is one of the most courageous and empowering steps to create a healthier and more peaceful state of mind. When someone truly listens to you, it helps you make sense of your past and present, gain deeper insight into your emotions, and move forward with renewed confidence and self-awareness. This is my true focus.
I hold an MSc in Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the University of Exeter and am currently in the final year of my Clinical Doctorate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
I am a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and I provide a safe, collaborative and non-judgmental space where you are placed at the centre. I am dedicated to help individuals develop their sense of selves, understand their wants and needs and increase their self-agency and reflective capacities.
Asking for psychological help is one of the most courageous and empowering steps to create a healthier and more peaceful state of mind. When someone truly listens to you, it helps you make sense of your past and present, gain deeper insight into your emotions, and move forward with renewed confidence and self-awareness. This is my true focus.
Are you feeling low, lost or anxious? Are you looking for a supportive therapist who will listen to you and help you make sense of what’s going on in your life? I work with people who have anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship issues and depression, among other difficulties. Sometimes these emerged after a loss or setback, or maybe they are feelings that have always been there and now is the time to tackle them. Perhaps it's hard to even say why, or why now. Whichever it is, I’ll support you, listen to you, and help you understand what’s going on right now, how it relates to the past, and how you can make changes for the future.
Are you feeling low, lost or anxious? Are you looking for a supportive therapist who will listen to you and help you make sense of what’s going on in your life? I work with people who have anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship issues and depression, among other difficulties. Sometimes these emerged after a loss or setback, or maybe they are feelings that have always been there and now is the time to tackle them. Perhaps it's hard to even say why, or why now. Whichever it is, I’ll support you, listen to you, and help you understand what’s going on right now, how it relates to the past, and how you can make changes for the future.
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Does psychoanalytic therapy work?
Psychoanalytic therapy derives from the work of Sigmund Freud. In this type of therapy, discovering buried thoughts and emotions from the unconscious will help a person work through their difficulties and negative behaviours. Research shows that psychoanalytic therapy can be highly effective, with patients reporting improvement in mood, quality of life, and overall well-being.
How long are people typically in psychoanalytic therapy?
Traditional psychoanalysis is in-depth and is conducted in five sessions every week. Today, modern psychoanalytic therapy is less intense and normally incorporates as few as one or two sessions a week. In some cases, positive change can occur quickly. However, if the condition, difficulty, or behaviour is deep-seated, improvement may require many months or years of therapy.
Is psychoanalytic therapy suitable for young people?
Children and adolescents can benefit from this type of therapy. Many kids and teens are often unable to form and communicate their thoughts and emotions. Psychoanalytic therapy uses specific techniques such as dream analysis, symbolism, and free association or word association; all of which can be useful tools for less-communicative young people. Through this therapy, a patient will hopefully make connections between what they feel inside and how the world works outside.
Can psychoanalytic therapy be done online?
Modern-day psychoanalytic therapy is very different from traditional psychoanalysis. While an individual can sit face-to-face with the psychoanalyst for multiple sessions a week, they do not have to. Today, psychoanalytic therapy can be effectively conducted online or by phone. The key is that the individual confronts what is repressed and avoided, and this can be done whether in person or over online video.