Addiction Counselling in North West London
People often feel overwhelmed, anxious, or caught in patterns shaped by early relationships and past experiences. They may intellectualise their emotions, carry trauma, or struggle with identity conflict and self‑criticism.
Around this point in their journey is where I come in. I’m Alex, a Psychotherapist dedicated to helping individuals navigate life’s challenges with compassion, clarity, and self‑understanding.
The people I work with are seeking emotional connection and a deeper sense of who they are. Their goals often include building confidence, improving relationships and regulating emotions.
People often feel overwhelmed, anxious, or caught in patterns shaped by early relationships and past experiences. They may intellectualise their emotions, carry trauma, or struggle with identity conflict and self‑criticism.
Around this point in their journey is where I come in. I’m Alex, a Psychotherapist dedicated to helping individuals navigate life’s challenges with compassion, clarity, and self‑understanding.
The people I work with are seeking emotional connection and a deeper sense of who they are. Their goals often include building confidence, improving relationships and regulating emotions.
While you may be seeking therapy to help you out anxiety, depression, trauma, difficulty with ADHD or relationships- out of a dark or difficult time we can learn a great deal about ourselves and others. I'm here to help you navigate the crisis to move towards greater ease and enjoyment. Together we'll explore your world-view, your assumptions and even your bodily responses to situations that you face today. We'll see what has worked for you and what causes pain or limits you. We'll open up your options and help you develop new responses- with compassion, kindness, insight, and even at times, a sense of humour.
While you may be seeking therapy to help you out anxiety, depression, trauma, difficulty with ADHD or relationships- out of a dark or difficult time we can learn a great deal about ourselves and others. I'm here to help you navigate the crisis to move towards greater ease and enjoyment. Together we'll explore your world-view, your assumptions and even your bodily responses to situations that you face today. We'll see what has worked for you and what causes pain or limits you. We'll open up your options and help you develop new responses- with compassion, kindness, insight, and even at times, a sense of humour.
You might be feeling anxious, low, or overwhelmed — and struggling to understand why. Perhaps a relationship is causing pain, or you’re going through a difficult life transition and feel lost in it. Maybe you’ve carried something heavy for a long time and finally feel ready to talk. Or perhaps life just feels harder than it should, and you want more than that.
Whatever brings you here, I work with adults who are ready for something to change. Together we explore what’s been getting in the way, build self-awareness, and develop the clarity and tools to move forward with more confidence and ease.
You might be feeling anxious, low, or overwhelmed — and struggling to understand why. Perhaps a relationship is causing pain, or you’re going through a difficult life transition and feel lost in it. Maybe you’ve carried something heavy for a long time and finally feel ready to talk. Or perhaps life just feels harder than it should, and you want more than that.
Whatever brings you here, I work with adults who are ready for something to change. Together we explore what’s been getting in the way, build self-awareness, and develop the clarity and tools to move forward with more confidence and ease.
I am an integrative counsellor offering talking therapy focused on you and your needs. Sometimes this will mean providing a safe place to openly discuss your concerns and difficulties without judgement and sometimes this will be providing solutions and guidance around practical elements to help overcome your concerns and difficulties, depending on what best suits your needs. I work with adults and couples across a range of presenting issues.
I am an integrative counsellor offering talking therapy focused on you and your needs. Sometimes this will mean providing a safe place to openly discuss your concerns and difficulties without judgement and sometimes this will be providing solutions and guidance around practical elements to help overcome your concerns and difficulties, depending on what best suits your needs. I work with adults and couples across a range of presenting issues.
Dr Sam Bottrill spent almost a decade working at the world renowned Maudsley Hospital Child & Adolescent Eating Disorder Service supporting teenagers and their families through recovery from Anorexia and Bulimia. Sam has worked privately with clients since 2012, working with adolescents, adults and families with a wide range of difficulties, including anxiety, stress, depression, eating disorders, and trauma. Sam also specialises in couples therapy.
Dr Sam Bottrill spent almost a decade working at the world renowned Maudsley Hospital Child & Adolescent Eating Disorder Service supporting teenagers and their families through recovery from Anorexia and Bulimia. Sam has worked privately with clients since 2012, working with adolescents, adults and families with a wide range of difficulties, including anxiety, stress, depression, eating disorders, and trauma. Sam also specialises in couples therapy.
I am a registered Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) Practitioner Psychologist, and am on the British Psychological Society Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS). I have been in Private Practice in Central London for nine years. Before spending ten years in full-time study and training in London universities and NHS Trusts to qualify as a psychologist, I spent a decade travelling, mainly around Asia, studying Eastern psychology and philosophy. Thus, I have a rich lens of psychological perspectives through which I understand and work with the mind. Psychoanalytic thinking underpins my approach to therapy.
I am a registered Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) Practitioner Psychologist, and am on the British Psychological Society Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS). I have been in Private Practice in Central London for nine years. Before spending ten years in full-time study and training in London universities and NHS Trusts to qualify as a psychologist, I spent a decade travelling, mainly around Asia, studying Eastern psychology and philosophy. Thus, I have a rich lens of psychological perspectives through which I understand and work with the mind. Psychoanalytic thinking underpins my approach to therapy.
Everyone has times when things aren't going the way we might like. We can find ourselves anywhere from, a bit grey and unhappy, to, extremely dark and depressed, overwhelmed, stressed and spun out. Talking to someone can help. I work with individuals and couples and have a comfortable, safe and confidential practice in Dartmouth Park, North West London in between Tufnell Park and Archway N19 and work online from home in NW6. I take genuine interest in my clients, like to engage openly and talk in a straightforward way, developing a strong working relationship, showing empathy and building trust. I am also a counsellor at UCL.
Everyone has times when things aren't going the way we might like. We can find ourselves anywhere from, a bit grey and unhappy, to, extremely dark and depressed, overwhelmed, stressed and spun out. Talking to someone can help. I work with individuals and couples and have a comfortable, safe and confidential practice in Dartmouth Park, North West London in between Tufnell Park and Archway N19 and work online from home in NW6. I take genuine interest in my clients, like to engage openly and talk in a straightforward way, developing a strong working relationship, showing empathy and building trust. I am also a counsellor at UCL.
I am also a specialist in substance addiction.
Couple therapy: having experienced good success in helping couples improve their relationships, gain further understanding of their relational dynamics and overcome them.
MSc Addiction Institute of Psychiatry. I specialise in drug and alcohol dependency.
I also specialise in narcissistic abuse recovery. I am the director of Narc&Co Ltd.
I am also a specialist in substance addiction.
Couple therapy: having experienced good success in helping couples improve their relationships, gain further understanding of their relational dynamics and overcome them.
MSc Addiction Institute of Psychiatry. I specialise in drug and alcohol dependency.
I also specialise in narcissistic abuse recovery. I am the director of Narc&Co Ltd.
My ideal client would be someone who already knows themselves a little, has possibly been in therapy before, so understands the path ahead. Someone who is emotionally intelligent and truth seeking; perhaps someone who seeks a deeper understanding of themselves, their context and their relationships.
My ideal client would be someone who already knows themselves a little, has possibly been in therapy before, so understands the path ahead. Someone who is emotionally intelligent and truth seeking; perhaps someone who seeks a deeper understanding of themselves, their context and their relationships.
I am a fully qualified Psychotherapist and hold the ATSAC professional Certificate for Treating Sexual Addiction.
If you are feeling nervous about entering therapy I can assure you that this is quite normal and there is nothing to worry about and after the initial session this will pass. I am also a qualified Supervisor for Counsellors and Psychotherapists who work within this area of expertise, and I currently have availability for Supervisee's.
I am a fully qualified Psychotherapist and hold the ATSAC professional Certificate for Treating Sexual Addiction.
If you are feeling nervous about entering therapy I can assure you that this is quite normal and there is nothing to worry about and after the initial session this will pass. I am also a qualified Supervisor for Counsellors and Psychotherapists who work within this area of expertise, and I currently have availability for Supervisee's.
Taking the first step and finding a therapist can be daunting, but you have got this far so well done. I can help you talk about things you are struggling with, think about how you feel about these things and then help you decide what to do with that new information. I can help you gain a greater understanding of the issues you are facing and support you to feel empowered to make significant and lasting changes in your life.
Taking the first step and finding a therapist can be daunting, but you have got this far so well done. I can help you talk about things you are struggling with, think about how you feel about these things and then help you decide what to do with that new information. I can help you gain a greater understanding of the issues you are facing and support you to feel empowered to make significant and lasting changes in your life.
Struggling? Exhausted? Feel like you're drowning behind closed doors? Not frivolous enough for AI therapy? Other therapists seem judgmental, don't get you, won't listen? With me you can talk about anything. I'll treat you with compassion, empathy, and care. I’m also forthright and candid, and much more tools-oriented than schools-oriented. I believe you're the expert in you - even if you're not yet aware of it - and my role is to help you find that, and bring my own holistic vision, experience, training, and expertise to the table. I'm the specialist to help you become the best possible, most fulfilled version of you, starting now.
Struggling? Exhausted? Feel like you're drowning behind closed doors? Not frivolous enough for AI therapy? Other therapists seem judgmental, don't get you, won't listen? With me you can talk about anything. I'll treat you with compassion, empathy, and care. I’m also forthright and candid, and much more tools-oriented than schools-oriented. I believe you're the expert in you - even if you're not yet aware of it - and my role is to help you find that, and bring my own holistic vision, experience, training, and expertise to the table. I'm the specialist to help you become the best possible, most fulfilled version of you, starting now.
As a Transactional Analysis counsellor, I view our work together through a collaborative, empowering lens. TA is based on the idea that we all carry different parts of ourselves—our inner Child, our Internal Parent, and our rational Adult ego states. Often, old survival strategies or past "life scripts" run the show without our permission. In a warm, judgment-free space we will look at how these patterns were formed, figure out what is no longer serving you, and strengthen your Adult ego state so you can make fresh, authentic choices in the here-and-now.
As a Transactional Analysis counsellor, I view our work together through a collaborative, empowering lens. TA is based on the idea that we all carry different parts of ourselves—our inner Child, our Internal Parent, and our rational Adult ego states. Often, old survival strategies or past "life scripts" run the show without our permission. In a warm, judgment-free space we will look at how these patterns were formed, figure out what is no longer serving you, and strengthen your Adult ego state so you can make fresh, authentic choices in the here-and-now.
Even though you have what might seem like "a good life," you may still feel a deep sense of emptiness and struggle with overwhelming anxiety and difficult emotions. At times, it might be hard to even identify what you're feeling. These challenges could stem from a difficult childhood, particularly in your relationships with your parents or siblings, affecting how you connect with others today. We refer to these experiences as attachment trauma or childhood emotional neglect. However, these patterns don’t have to define your future; healing and change are possible.
Even though you have what might seem like "a good life," you may still feel a deep sense of emptiness and struggle with overwhelming anxiety and difficult emotions. At times, it might be hard to even identify what you're feeling. These challenges could stem from a difficult childhood, particularly in your relationships with your parents or siblings, affecting how you connect with others today. We refer to these experiences as attachment trauma or childhood emotional neglect. However, these patterns don’t have to define your future; healing and change are possible.
I am a Clinical Psychologist with 20 years of experience working in the helping professions. I approach my clinical work from a compassionate perspective, mindful of how difficult it can be to speak openly about struggling. I have experience of working with people who struggle with anxiety, depression, bereavement, shame, low self-esteem, trauma, perfectionism, OCD, relationship difficulties, stress, burnout and abuse, amongst other things. I also have expertise working affirmatively with LGBTQ+ communities, gay men, GSRD, diversity & inclusion and intersectionality.
I am a Clinical Psychologist with 20 years of experience working in the helping professions. I approach my clinical work from a compassionate perspective, mindful of how difficult it can be to speak openly about struggling. I have experience of working with people who struggle with anxiety, depression, bereavement, shame, low self-esteem, trauma, perfectionism, OCD, relationship difficulties, stress, burnout and abuse, amongst other things. I also have expertise working affirmatively with LGBTQ+ communities, gay men, GSRD, diversity & inclusion and intersectionality.
The loss avoidance game becomes a finite cycle, where the pursuit of pleasure "always" wins. I am an HCPC-registered psychologist, CBT psychotherapist, supervisor, and author. My goal is to help you build a strong foundation and develop the skills needed to keep life within reach. Providing CBT interventions, including third-wave approaches: ACT, DBT, and Schema Therapy. Certified in clinical, counselling, health, and occupational psychology. Progress requires change, rehearsing new ways of thinking or applying a range of strategies
that support your development safely. The result: a genuine approach for a better way forward.
The loss avoidance game becomes a finite cycle, where the pursuit of pleasure "always" wins. I am an HCPC-registered psychologist, CBT psychotherapist, supervisor, and author. My goal is to help you build a strong foundation and develop the skills needed to keep life within reach. Providing CBT interventions, including third-wave approaches: ACT, DBT, and Schema Therapy. Certified in clinical, counselling, health, and occupational psychology. Progress requires change, rehearsing new ways of thinking or applying a range of strategies
that support your development safely. The result: a genuine approach for a better way forward.
My first and foremost care is for you as my client. My counselling style is tailored to your personal circumstances and specific needs and to you as a whole. My priority to you is to promote your healing, facilitate your wholeness and ensure that your mental, physical and emotional levels are very soon back to their full potential. My personalized approach to therapy reflects elements of different schools. I will start by setting goals with you; consequently you will feel empowered to practice new behaviours, to move beyond your present limitations and you will very soon start to experience a greater satisfaction in your life.
My first and foremost care is for you as my client. My counselling style is tailored to your personal circumstances and specific needs and to you as a whole. My priority to you is to promote your healing, facilitate your wholeness and ensure that your mental, physical and emotional levels are very soon back to their full potential. My personalized approach to therapy reflects elements of different schools. I will start by setting goals with you; consequently you will feel empowered to practice new behaviours, to move beyond your present limitations and you will very soon start to experience a greater satisfaction in your life.
Hello, I'm an accredited CBT therapist. I'm passionate about mental health. I understand that everyone is different and different things work for different people. My training is in CBT, which is mostly about trying to change the way we feel or deal with emotions through looking at our way of thinking and behaving, however I'm also an understanding and compassionate person, I can help with opening up and talking about difficult things. I've had a lot of life experience myself, and also a lot of experience of the process of change. I've studied psychology and philosophy for a long time. I'm willing to help with anything I can.
Hello, I'm an accredited CBT therapist. I'm passionate about mental health. I understand that everyone is different and different things work for different people. My training is in CBT, which is mostly about trying to change the way we feel or deal with emotions through looking at our way of thinking and behaving, however I'm also an understanding and compassionate person, I can help with opening up and talking about difficult things. I've had a lot of life experience myself, and also a lot of experience of the process of change. I've studied psychology and philosophy for a long time. I'm willing to help with anything I can.
How do the roles, patterns and messages you received as a growing child, continue to impair you getting your needs met today? How might you bring about meaningful change?
How do the roles, patterns and messages you received as a growing child, continue to impair you getting your needs met today? How might you bring about meaningful change?
That includes relationship problems, anger issues, depression, lack of confidence, abuse, depression, bereavement, anxiety, addiction and personality disorders.
Relationships and relationship problems are my specialty. This includes a relationship with your partner as well as a relationship you have with yourself. The way you treat yourself often affects the way you treat others. By engaging in the exploration and reflection you might increase your awareness of yourself as well as the environment you engage with.
That includes relationship problems, anger issues, depression, lack of confidence, abuse, depression, bereavement, anxiety, addiction and personality disorders.
Relationships and relationship problems are my specialty. This includes a relationship with your partner as well as a relationship you have with yourself. The way you treat yourself often affects the way you treat others. By engaging in the exploration and reflection you might increase your awareness of yourself as well as the environment you engage with.
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