Psychoanalytic Counselling in Sidcup
Hi there, thanks for stopping by. I'm an experienced Counsellor and Supervisor working with clients of all ages - Adults, Children and Adolescents, providing the space you need, your way. I'm a trained Bereavement Counsellor, School Counsellor and Addictions Practitioner. I have extensive experience of working with common and complex mental health issues, trauma, suicide, complex loss, transitions, anxiety, depression, addictions, problems at school or work, family matters, cultural and disability diversity, ADHD and ASD. My own lived experiences mean I can relate to issues people bring to therapy with.
Hi there, thanks for stopping by. I'm an experienced Counsellor and Supervisor working with clients of all ages - Adults, Children and Adolescents, providing the space you need, your way. I'm a trained Bereavement Counsellor, School Counsellor and Addictions Practitioner. I have extensive experience of working with common and complex mental health issues, trauma, suicide, complex loss, transitions, anxiety, depression, addictions, problems at school or work, family matters, cultural and disability diversity, ADHD and ASD. My own lived experiences mean I can relate to issues people bring to therapy with.
Hello, and a warm welcome.
I’m Wendy, a therapist with many year's experience and have been a member of the BACP for over 25 years. My work is rooted in genuine care, understanding, and a deep belief in your ability to heal and grow.
I offer therapy to individuals and couples, creating a safe, respectful, and confidential space where you can explore what’s going on for you — whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or just need someone to talk to who will truly listen.
Hello, and a warm welcome.
I’m Wendy, a therapist with many year's experience and have been a member of the BACP for over 25 years. My work is rooted in genuine care, understanding, and a deep belief in your ability to heal and grow.
I offer therapy to individuals and couples, creating a safe, respectful, and confidential space where you can explore what’s going on for you — whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or just need someone to talk to who will truly listen.
Hi, I’m Moira, a BACP-registered integrative counsellor. I work with adults, young people, and neurodivergent individuals, offering a calm, supportive space where you can be yourself — no pressure, no judgement. I support clients with a range of issues including anxiety, masking and burnout, emotional regulation, low mood, self-esteem, and navigating identity and relationships. I can help you unpick your feelings and understand them.
I offer a confidential space where you can slow down, speak freely, and begin to make sense of what's going on beneath the surface. A space to just be YOU. A space to heal.
Hi, I’m Moira, a BACP-registered integrative counsellor. I work with adults, young people, and neurodivergent individuals, offering a calm, supportive space where you can be yourself — no pressure, no judgement. I support clients with a range of issues including anxiety, masking and burnout, emotional regulation, low mood, self-esteem, and navigating identity and relationships. I can help you unpick your feelings and understand them.
I offer a confidential space where you can slow down, speak freely, and begin to make sense of what's going on beneath the surface. A space to just be YOU. A space to heal.
I trained as a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. I have 20 years of experience working in the Public Sector with young people and adults with a range of emotional and mental health needs. I currently work in the NHS as a Highly Specialised Psychotherapist and have my own Private Practice. Please refer to my website horse4thought for information on Psychodynamic, EMDR and Equine Facilitated Therapy. I welcome people from all cultures and backgrounds. I work with adults, young people, and children with symptoms linked to trauma, depression, anxiety, relationship, and behavioural issues.
I trained as a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. I have 20 years of experience working in the Public Sector with young people and adults with a range of emotional and mental health needs. I currently work in the NHS as a Highly Specialised Psychotherapist and have my own Private Practice. Please refer to my website horse4thought for information on Psychodynamic, EMDR and Equine Facilitated Therapy. I welcome people from all cultures and backgrounds. I work with adults, young people, and children with symptoms linked to trauma, depression, anxiety, relationship, and behavioural issues.
I have worked within fostering and adoption, Couple and family Counselling, Bereavement and Youth Counselling. My experience comes from having worked within a variety of family and child settings, a counselling service for young people, a hospice as a bereavement counsellor, and supporting couples in their relationships. I work with families who foster and the secondary trauma that they can also experience. Although I have been trained in the psychodynamic approach, I work using other models to best suit and help individuals explore and become aware of blocks in their lives, working towards making changes.
I have worked within fostering and adoption, Couple and family Counselling, Bereavement and Youth Counselling. My experience comes from having worked within a variety of family and child settings, a counselling service for young people, a hospice as a bereavement counsellor, and supporting couples in their relationships. I work with families who foster and the secondary trauma that they can also experience. Although I have been trained in the psychodynamic approach, I work using other models to best suit and help individuals explore and become aware of blocks in their lives, working towards making changes.
I’m a fully qualified integrative counsellor with extensive experience in relationships, sexual abuse/violence and dependencies. Life’s challenges can leave you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, disconnected, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve you. My role is to walk alongside you, offering genuine warmth, care, and compassion while creating a space where you feel accepted, understood and supported. Together we’ll explore what’s going on beneath the surface, helping you reconnect with yourself and make lasting changes that bring clarity, strength, and a renewed sense of who you are.
I’m a fully qualified integrative counsellor with extensive experience in relationships, sexual abuse/violence and dependencies. Life’s challenges can leave you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, disconnected, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve you. My role is to walk alongside you, offering genuine warmth, care, and compassion while creating a space where you feel accepted, understood and supported. Together we’ll explore what’s going on beneath the surface, helping you reconnect with yourself and make lasting changes that bring clarity, strength, and a renewed sense of who you are.
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I have worked as a psychotherapist for over twenty years and am informed by Humanistic and Integrative theory, philosophy and practice. My orientation is also underpinned by many years of reading, research and analytical work within the field of Analytical Psychology and the work of CG Jung. I can work with clients with many presenting issues including the challenges of every day life. My approach is based in human potential and encourages self-exploration through reflective dialogue, relational processes, creativity, the arts and dreams.
I have worked as a psychotherapist for over twenty years and am informed by Humanistic and Integrative theory, philosophy and practice. My orientation is also underpinned by many years of reading, research and analytical work within the field of Analytical Psychology and the work of CG Jung. I can work with clients with many presenting issues including the challenges of every day life. My approach is based in human potential and encourages self-exploration through reflective dialogue, relational processes, creativity, the arts and dreams.
Life can be full of uncanny sensations or unpleasant feelings. These feelings sometimes become unbearable and overwhelming, making each day a challenge. There are many different potential causes for our distress. Sometimes they can stem from confusion over choices we are forced to make, or from the questions that arise when we think about who we are, or what we want. Finding a safe, welcoming space to address a painful or peculiar experience in life can be challenging. When we ask for help, we have already made a choice to pursue a change.
Life can be full of uncanny sensations or unpleasant feelings. These feelings sometimes become unbearable and overwhelming, making each day a challenge. There are many different potential causes for our distress. Sometimes they can stem from confusion over choices we are forced to make, or from the questions that arise when we think about who we are, or what we want. Finding a safe, welcoming space to address a painful or peculiar experience in life can be challenging. When we ask for help, we have already made a choice to pursue a change.
You might be feeling low, anxious, stressed, or noticing that familiar patterns keep showing up in your relationships or in how you relate to yourself. You might be unsure why life feels so hard, or sense that something isn’t quite working. Perhaps a loss or significant transition has made life feel unbearable or empty.
Often, people want a space to reflect with someone else, to feel listened to, engaged with, and genuinely heard. From there, it can become possible to gain awareness of what’s going on for you, and begin to approach your life and choices with compassion and intention.
You might be feeling low, anxious, stressed, or noticing that familiar patterns keep showing up in your relationships or in how you relate to yourself. You might be unsure why life feels so hard, or sense that something isn’t quite working. Perhaps a loss or significant transition has made life feel unbearable or empty.
Often, people want a space to reflect with someone else, to feel listened to, engaged with, and genuinely heard. From there, it can become possible to gain awareness of what’s going on for you, and begin to approach your life and choices with compassion and intention.
I integrate psychoanalytic thinking, which focuses on the unconscious stories and desires embedded in our language.
I am a neurodiverse therapist, with ADHD, second-generation immigrant, none binary person of color. My role is to offer a space where every part of you—your neurotype, your culture, your queerness, your heritage—is not only welcomed but fundamentally understood.
My work is centered on healing the trauma of childhood, addressing the imprints left by experiences such as emotional neglect, abuse, parental conflict, and family separation and we look at how these experiences inform the way we relate today. I have particular expertise working with clients who, as children, took on caring roles.
I integrate psychoanalytic thinking, which focuses on the unconscious stories and desires embedded in our language.
I am a neurodiverse therapist, with ADHD, second-generation immigrant, none binary person of color. My role is to offer a space where every part of you—your neurotype, your culture, your queerness, your heritage—is not only welcomed but fundamentally understood.
My work is centered on healing the trauma of childhood, addressing the imprints left by experiences such as emotional neglect, abuse, parental conflict, and family separation and we look at how these experiences inform the way we relate today. I have particular expertise working with clients who, as children, took on caring roles.
You may wish to seek psychotherapy at times of struggle, feeling sad or stuck, or having adverse experiences that you carry from your past. You may also want to gain more insight into yourself, your behaviours, your feelings and your relationships. People can experience difficulties in life, causing unhappiness at home, at work and in relationships. Often these difficulties are caused by past experiences or relationships the person is not consciously aware of. Once unconscious processes and well-established behavioural patterns are brought to the fore, it is easier for people to overcome their difficulties.
You may wish to seek psychotherapy at times of struggle, feeling sad or stuck, or having adverse experiences that you carry from your past. You may also want to gain more insight into yourself, your behaviours, your feelings and your relationships. People can experience difficulties in life, causing unhappiness at home, at work and in relationships. Often these difficulties are caused by past experiences or relationships the person is not consciously aware of. Once unconscious processes and well-established behavioural patterns are brought to the fore, it is easier for people to overcome their difficulties.
If you answered yes to some or all of these questions, perhaps attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapy might help.
Attachment-based psychotherapy works from the understanding that our earliest relationships (even before we learn to talk) shape how we feel about ourselves, the people around us, and the world we live in. As an attachment therapist, I am interested in exploring all of this with you and helping you lay past ghosts to rest.
If you answered yes to some or all of these questions, perhaps attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapy might help.
Attachment-based psychotherapy works from the understanding that our earliest relationships (even before we learn to talk) shape how we feel about ourselves, the people around us, and the world we live in. As an attachment therapist, I am interested in exploring all of this with you and helping you lay past ghosts to rest.
My clients appreciate my holistic approach to mental health. Their goal is usually to find their authentic selves, to become more self aware and to thrive and find joy and purpose, not just survive and settle for a life that is not working for them. We all want to be seen, heard and understood and that is often at the very heart of Healing.
My clients appreciate my holistic approach to mental health. Their goal is usually to find their authentic selves, to become more self aware and to thrive and find joy and purpose, not just survive and settle for a life that is not working for them. We all want to be seen, heard and understood and that is often at the very heart of Healing.
I am in the final stages of a clinical doctorate in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the University of Exeter, building on my MSc training in clinical psychotherapy.
I'm Daniel, a psychotherapist in private practice and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). I also have several years’ experience working in NHS inpatient and community mental health services.
My work draws on psychodynamic thinking, attending to how aspects of emotional life can remain outside awareness while continuing to shape our relationships, sense of self, and ways of responding in the present. Therapy provides a space in which these time-worn patterns are brought into view and considered, questioned, and understood in the context of your present life and relationships.
I am in the final stages of a clinical doctorate in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the University of Exeter, building on my MSc training in clinical psychotherapy.
I'm Daniel, a psychotherapist in private practice and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). I also have several years’ experience working in NHS inpatient and community mental health services.
My work draws on psychodynamic thinking, attending to how aspects of emotional life can remain outside awareness while continuing to shape our relationships, sense of self, and ways of responding in the present. Therapy provides a space in which these time-worn patterns are brought into view and considered, questioned, and understood in the context of your present life and relationships.
Are you familiar with the internal crow that constantly promotes negative and self-critical thoughts? I want to help you connect with your inner Robin bird, which patiently awaits discovery through self-care, self-acceptance, and self-compassion. My role is to help you understand and appreciate how each person's unique background and experiences shape their perception of themselves, others, and the world. I aim to provide guidance in comprehending and making sense of both comfortable and uncomfortable emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that often impede your overall well-being in adulthood.
Are you familiar with the internal crow that constantly promotes negative and self-critical thoughts? I want to help you connect with your inner Robin bird, which patiently awaits discovery through self-care, self-acceptance, and self-compassion. My role is to help you understand and appreciate how each person's unique background and experiences shape their perception of themselves, others, and the world. I aim to provide guidance in comprehending and making sense of both comfortable and uncomfortable emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that often impede your overall well-being in adulthood.
Studying Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the Guild of Psychotherapists and working towards full membership and UKCP accreditation (Ongoing)
Psychoanalysis is a particular type of talking therapy which values the singularity of each individual. Through an in-depth and detailed elaboration of one's experience, it offers a unique opportunity to confront the specific nature of one's suffering. This process is not always easy, however it can lead to the alleviation of difficult symptoms, changes in interpersonal relationships, or even a radical reorientation of one's life.
Studying Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the Guild of Psychotherapists and working towards full membership and UKCP accreditation (Ongoing)
Psychoanalysis is a particular type of talking therapy which values the singularity of each individual. Through an in-depth and detailed elaboration of one's experience, it offers a unique opportunity to confront the specific nature of one's suffering. This process is not always easy, however it can lead to the alleviation of difficult symptoms, changes in interpersonal relationships, or even a radical reorientation of one's life.
I offer short- and long-term adult psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
My main areas are anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties. I am also experienced working with problems around work and creativity, trauma/complex-PTSD, social isolation, as well as questions of sexuality and gender.
In my practice I enjoy working with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
I offer short- and long-term adult psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
My main areas are anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties. I am also experienced working with problems around work and creativity, trauma/complex-PTSD, social isolation, as well as questions of sexuality and gender.
In my practice I enjoy working with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
You might be functioning on the outside but feeling overwhelmed underneath - managing anxiety, stress, or burnout while trying to keep everything together. I work with adults who are tired of overthinking, feeling stuck, or carrying things alone.
I offer a calm, straightforward space where you can talk openly and make sense of what’s going on - whether that’s anxiety, low mood, grief, relationship difficulties, or patterns that keep repeating. Together we focus on understanding what’s driving things and finding a way forward that actually feels sustainable.
Currently accepting online clients.
You might be functioning on the outside but feeling overwhelmed underneath - managing anxiety, stress, or burnout while trying to keep everything together. I work with adults who are tired of overthinking, feeling stuck, or carrying things alone.
I offer a calm, straightforward space where you can talk openly and make sense of what’s going on - whether that’s anxiety, low mood, grief, relationship difficulties, or patterns that keep repeating. Together we focus on understanding what’s driving things and finding a way forward that actually feels sustainable.
Currently accepting online clients.
About me: I combine a rigorous training at the University of Oxford with a gentle and compassionate approach to each individual client. We are all unique. So are the things we find painful or meaningful. The way forward will also be unique. I aim to provide a non-judgemental space in which we can identify how you might live a more rounded life. This is a gradual and meaningful journey towards some sense of healing, rather than a short-term alleviation of symptoms.
About me: I combine a rigorous training at the University of Oxford with a gentle and compassionate approach to each individual client. We are all unique. So are the things we find painful or meaningful. The way forward will also be unique. I aim to provide a non-judgemental space in which we can identify how you might live a more rounded life. This is a gradual and meaningful journey towards some sense of healing, rather than a short-term alleviation of symptoms.
Do you find life or relationships difficult ? Do you feel anxious, depressed, vulnerable, wanting to change but uncertain on how to proceed ? I am a London based BACP Senior Accredited Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, BPC Psychodynamic Counsellor and COSRT Registered Psychosexual Therapist in private practice in Wimbledon, London, and Online. I specialise in Chronic and life-threatening health conditions, Personality and Psychosomatic Presentations, Relationship and Psychosexual issues (intimacy, desire, compulsive sexual behaviours, arousal disorders), and provide psychotherapy to adult individuals and couples in English and Italian.
Do you find life or relationships difficult ? Do you feel anxious, depressed, vulnerable, wanting to change but uncertain on how to proceed ? I am a London based BACP Senior Accredited Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, BPC Psychodynamic Counsellor and COSRT Registered Psychosexual Therapist in private practice in Wimbledon, London, and Online. I specialise in Chronic and life-threatening health conditions, Personality and Psychosomatic Presentations, Relationship and Psychosexual issues (intimacy, desire, compulsive sexual behaviours, arousal disorders), and provide psychotherapy to adult individuals and couples in English and Italian.
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Psychoanalytic Counsellors
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.