“Everything depends on what we would rather do than change.”

— Adam Phillips

Whether you are in distress, or you’re on a journey of self-exploration, the talking cure is a way of easing suffering and engendering personal growth.

Unlike other psychological treatments, psychoanalytic psychotherapy explores the root of a symptom, and does not consider a symptom abnormal (we all have them). Rather than aiming to provide quick-fix solutions to your difficulties, psychoanalysis works on the basis that we all suffer, and can help us understand how and why we do.

The purpose of the treatment is to explore the unconscious. In doing so the hope is that you will be put in touch with parts of yourself unknown to you, you will begin to think and feel in new ways, and you will be liberated from behaviours you feel confined by.

Who is psychoanalytic psychotherapy for?

Psychoanalytic treatment is a relationship. In that relationship, you are given space to speak freely, and I pay special attention to what is said. Through this kind of relating, a deeper understanding of your psyche can be nurtured. I believe that having a space in which you are really heard can be of value for everyone.

I work with anyone over the age of 18 and do not discriminate on the basis of your sexuality, gender identity, ethnicity, migration status, lifestyle, criminal history or occupation (that includes sex workers, who I am aware can experience stigma accessing support systems). My approach means that I do not pathologise any of the above. I am only interested in how you relate to your own identity, and how you relate to the world.

Psychotherapy might help you if you…

  • Experience depression or anxiety

  • Are bereaved

  • Are dissatisfied or questioning the meaning of your life

  • Are having difficulties in your work or a relationship

  • Struggle to maintain relationships

  • Are creatively blocked

  • Have panic attacks

  • Suffer from compulsive behaviour

  • Have disordered eating

  • Have suicidal thoughts

  • Have issues pertaining to sex or sexual/gender identity

  • Have racial trauma

  • Have suffered violence or sexual abuse