Psychoanalysts

Dr Marilyn is an integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor dedicated to helping clients achieve clarity and balance in their mental and emotional lives through individually tailored treatment plans. She expertly supports individuals navigating anxiety, childhood and past trauma, grief and loss, low self-esteem, and complex relationship issues including trust and family dynamics. Utilising modalities such as Transactional Analysis, Person-Centred, Gestalt, and trauma-informed therapies, Marilyn skillfully adapts her approach to meet diverse needs. She welcomes a broad spectrum of clients, including students, young adults, LGBTQ+ individuals, and professionals in demanding roles. In sessions, Marilyn balances deep emotional exploration with practical strategies, encouraging creative methods, exploring past experiences, and bringing awareness to non-verbal cues. Known for being robust, empathic, and solution-focused, she adeptly guides conversations while allowing clients to lead, using challenging questions and appropriate humour to help them reframe problems. Marilyn is committed to tracking progress and providing tools to foster personal growth, self-acceptance, and a more positive, grounded life.

David offers deeply integrative psychotherapy, skillfully blending psychodynamic, humanistic, attachment-based, Internal Family Systems, body-based, and mindfulness practices to provide comprehensive support. He works extensively with individuals navigating profound personal growth journeys and those grappling with significant life transitions such as stress, anxiety, fear, and the complexities of breakup and divorce. David's approach is particularly effective for adults experiencing challenges in relationships, self-esteem, and those feeling stuck or conflicted between different parts of themselves – be it independence versus closeness, ambition versus burnout, or longing versus fear of intimacy. His therapeutic process often involves exploring past experiences to understand their enduring impact today, fostering deep self-reflection and a renewed search for meaning. With extensive experience, he supports a diverse range of adults, including career-focused professionals, older adults, and parents, helping them navigate midlife changes, grief, and long-standing patterns of avoidance. David provides a calm, attentive, and attuned environment where clients can feel seen, understood, and safe enough to explore difficult truths, ultimately integrating shadow and potential to discover a truer sense of self.

Penny offers an integrative therapeutic approach, providing a warm and supportive space for clients navigating significant life challenges. She specializes in addressing core issues such as anxiety, low self-esteem, loneliness, gender identity, and the profound impact of guilt and shame. Penny frequently supports individuals who are grappling with a sense of inauthenticity, struggling to adapt to life’s changes, or processing distressing past situations. Her practice often welcomes a diverse range of clients, including LGBTQ+ individuals, students, young adults, parents, caregivers, and career-focused professionals. Sessions with Penny are distinctly client-led, empowering individuals to guide their own therapeutic journey while deeply exploring how past experiences continue to shape their present. She skillfully integrates various therapeutic methods, adapting flexibly to each client’s unique needs and fostering a collaborative path toward understanding and healing.

Claire Ashby offers a warm, integrative, and person-centred therapeutic approach, deeply committed to helping clients navigate anxiety, sleep difficulties like insomnia, ADHD, and the unique challenges of neurodivergence. Drawing on her extensive training, she flexibly integrates hypnotherapy, mindfulness, and trauma-informed strategies, creating a safe and non-judgemental space for profound exploration. As a neurodivergent therapist herself, Claire brings a profound level of empathy and understanding to her work, ensuring a neuro-affirming environment tailored to individual needs and communication styles. She guides clients through concerns such as panic attacks, phobias, OCD, and stress-related disorders, helping them reduce anxiety, manage intrusive thoughts, and reclaim confidence to live more fulfilling lives. Sessions are client-led, allowing you to explore past experiences and their present impact, while also offering practical tools, strategies, and psychoeducation, including techniques from CBT for Insomnia, to support immediate well-being. Claire is dedicated to empowering clients to find their own solutions, celebrating their strengths, and fostering self-awareness to build resilience and prevent relapse through open-ended therapy. She actively collaborates with clients to reframe problems and encourages re-engagement with life's joys, providing praise and encouragement every step of the way.

Patricia is a dedicated therapist with a profound specialization in guiding individuals through significant challenges such as childhood and past trauma, the complexities of stress-related disorders including PTSD, and the healing journey from abusive relationships. She offers a deeply compassionate space for those grappling with loss and the search for meaning, or struggling with work-life balance and burnout. Patricia possesses extensive experience working with diverse client groups, notably those with neurodiversity and disabilities, as well as veterans, emergency service workers, and survivors of abuse. Embracing an integrative therapeutic approach, she flexibly adapts each session to your unique needs, offering open-ended therapy without a fixed timeframe to ensure a truly bespoke experience. With a strong foundation in Person-Centred Therapy, Patricia ensures you feel heard, supported, and empowered to find your way forward. She frequently recommends insightful resources, such as books, articles, and videos, to complement your sessions and foster continued growth. Patricia's commitment is to help you move forward, providing a safe, adaptable, and resourceful therapeutic environment.

Teresa Readhead is an empathetic and approachable therapist dedicated to creating a warm, non-judgmental space for adults navigating life's challenges. She supports individuals grappling with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, and significant life transitions, including career changes, relationship difficulties, and age-related crises. Specialising further in neurodiversity, particularly ADHD, and supporting those exploring gender identity or identifying as LGBTQ+, Teresa offers a truly inclusive environment. Her integrative approach flexibly blends Person-Centred Therapy, CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, and Psychodynamic techniques, ensuring therapy is tailored to your unique journey. Sessions balance client-led exploration with gentle guidance, focusing on deep emotional processes while also equipping you with practical tools, strategies, and resources for personal growth. Teresa frequently helps clients explore past experiences, reframe present challenges, build robust support networks, and discover their own solutions for lasting positive change. Whether you seek short-term, goal-oriented support or open-ended therapy, she encourages self-reflection, celebrates progress, and may offer optional tasks to empower you on your path.

Paul specializes in guiding individuals and couples through the complex interplay of generational trauma, childhood experiences, and various forms of addiction, including behavioral, substance, and family-related patterns. As an LGBTQIA+ Affirmative Therapist, he creates a safe space to address unique challenges, improve communication, resolve conflict, and foster intimacy, particularly when trust issues are prevalent. Paul employs a flexible, integrative approach, drawing on Psychodynamic, Trauma, Narrative, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to explore how past experiences shape present concerns. He empowers clients by providing practical tools and strategies, adapting sessions to individual needs while often using metaphors and challenging questions to encourage deeper insight. Paul is dedicated to helping clients reframe their problems, build robust support networks, and understand both "what happened to you" and "who you are" for profound personal growth. He offers compassionate global online support for survivors of abuse and violence, people with neurodiversity, and those in high-responsibility roles, ensuring a holistic and impactful therapeutic journey.

Jose works with adults and young people navigating a spectrum of challenges, from daily stress, anxiety, and mood disorders like depression to profound emotional turmoil, guilt, and shame. He offers dedicated support for those undergoing major life transitions, exploring gender identity, or coping with the impact of bullying, violence, abuse, and family or romantic relationship breakdowns, including betrayal, jealousy, and communication difficulties. His practice is deeply inclusive, providing a safe and affirming space for neurodiverse clients (including ADHD and Autism) and LGBTQ+ individuals, alongside career-focused professionals, parents, and those facing addiction, job loss, or financial stress. Employing an integrative approach, José expertly blends Person-Centred, Psychodynamic, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), often exploring past experiences to illuminate their present impact while focusing on deep emotional processes. In sessions, clients experience a collaborative environment where their insights lead, while José provides balanced guidance, structure, and thoughtful reframing to help them find their own solutions and build strong support networks. He values transparency, tracks progress, offers praise, and uses appropriate humour, collaborating with other professionals when beneficial. José’s ultimate aim is to empower clients to gain clarity, cultivate self-acceptance, and create meaningful, lasting change at a pace that feels right for them, without typically assigning homework.

Paula Rea is an empathetic integrative therapist, drawing upon key modalities such as Person-Centred, Gestalt, Psychodynamic, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to create a deeply supportive environment. She works with a diverse group of adults aged 18-80, helping them navigate significant challenges including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, neurodiversity, and complex relationship issues. Paula specializes in profound areas like childhood trauma, stress-related disorders, substantial grief and loss, and mood disorders, always aiming to foster self-reflection and personal growth. Her therapeutic style is flexible and open-ended, balancing guided conversations with client-led exploration, often delving into past experiences to illuminate present impacts while providing practical tools and strategies. Clients consistently feel seen and heard, empowered to make choices that shape their lives, as Paula offers consistent encouragement, collaboratively tracking progress, and reframing problems from new perspectives. She skillfully integrates various methods, utilizes metaphors, and brings awareness to non-verbal cues, while also recommending resources to support their journey. Paula is dedicated to helping clients find their own solutions, build robust support networks, and prevent relapse, ensuring a comprehensive and adaptable therapeutic experience.

Sahar is a compassionate and highly experienced therapist dedicated to supporting adults as they navigate stress, relationship challenges, and the profound impact of trauma on their emotional and physical well-being. She specializes in addressing complex issues such as childhood and past trauma, violence and abuse (physical, emotional, sexual), abusive relationships, stress-related disorders including PTSD, and psychosomatic disorders. Sahar integrates powerful modalities like Internal Family Systems (IFS), Psychodrama, and dedicated Trauma Therapy, offering a truly integrative approach tailored to each client. She has extensive experience working with diverse client groups, including survivors of abuse and violence, individuals affected by war, persecution, and displacement, immigrants and expats, as well as parents, caregivers, and those living with serious medical conditions. In her sessions, Sahar focuses on deep emotional processes, skillfully using creative methods, metaphors, and body language awareness to foster profound insight and healing. Clients can expect a collaborative space where challenging questions are met with praise and encouragement, helping them reframe problems and discover their own solutions, often with appropriate humor and a focus on building resilience. She is committed to collaborating with other professionals when necessary, ensuring comprehensive and holistic care.

Louise is a compassionate and grounded Person-Centred therapist, dedicated to supporting individuals through profound life challenges such as stress, anxiety, pervasive loneliness, unresolved grief, and the search for meaning and purpose. She possesses specific expertise in empowering women diagnosed with Autism or ADHD later in life, guiding clients through neurodivergence burnout, and addressing the intricate dynamics of relationship difficulties, including step and blended family challenges. In her client-led sessions, Louise fosters an open-ended space for deep exploration of present concerns and emotional processes, always adapting flexibly to your unique needs. She attentively brings awareness to body language, helps you reframe problems from fresh perspectives, and consistently tracks progress while encouraging you to discover your own solutions. With Louise, you will build robust support networks in daily life, gaining clarity and self-awareness. Her approach empowers you to reconnect with your core values and make decisions that truly align with your authentic self, all within a safe, genuine, and respectful therapeutic relationship.

Georgia is a pluralistic counsellor who expertly adapts her approach to each client's unique needs, offering a warm and non-judgmental space for exploration. She specialises in supporting adults navigating anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and the profound impacts of childhood trauma, violence, and abusive relationships, helping them to address issues like low self-esteem, trust issues, and emotional turmoil. Georgia also provides dedicated support for individuals exploring gender identity, those experiencing grief and loss, or career challenges, as well as parents and caregivers facing life transitions or financial stress. In her sessions, clients can expect a balanced approach where they lead the conversation, while Georgia provides gentle guidance, practical tools, and opportunities to explore both present concerns and past experiences. She fosters deep emotional processing, helps clients reframe problems, and encourages them to discover their own solutions, building a stronger sense of self and stability. Clients often describe her as approachable and understanding, valuing her ability to bring awareness to subtle cues and use metaphors for deeper insight. Georgia is committed to empowering clients to better understand themselves, feel more grounded, and prevent future difficulties by building robust support networks. She works with individuals from diverse backgrounds, including LGBTQ+ people, those with mental health diagnoses, and survivors of abuse, ensuring a truly inclusive and adaptive therapeutic journey.

Nigel Jordan offers a warm, non-judgmental, and highly integrative approach, ensuring clients feel truly seen, heard, and deeply understood. Drawing upon a rich blend of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic, Person-Centred, Solution-Focused, and Trauma Therapy, Nigel adeptly supports adults navigating complex issues such as significant stress, anxiety, depressive episodes, loneliness, and the profound impact of childhood and past trauma, including race-based trauma. He works flexibly at your pace, balancing deep reflection on past experiences with practical tools and strategies to address present concerns. Your therapeutic journey is uniquely tailored, adapting precisely to your specific needs and challenges, whether you're grappling with low self-esteem, work-life balance issues, or seeking profound self-reflection and personal growth. Nigel frequently recommends enriching resources and encourages creative methods to deepen understanding. He is highly skilled in supporting a diverse range of individuals, from career-focused professionals, those in high-responsibility roles, immigrants, expats, parents, and caregivers, to members of various ethnic and cultural communities, especially when adapting to new living conditions or facing significant career transitions. Throughout therapy, Nigel provides consistent praise and encouragement, meticulously tracks progress, and keeps you informed on your therapeutic journey, equipping you with robust tools to reframe challenges and prevent relapse. His ultimate goal is to empower you to find clarity, foster emotional resilience, and build robust support networks for lasting well-being and self-actualisation.

Yvonne Cochrane is a compassionate and integrative therapist dedicated to supporting adults and young adults navigating a wide range of life's complexities, from significant stress and anxiety to the profound experiences of grief and loss. She particularly supports those facing relationship difficulties, considering major life transitions, or exploring deeper issues such as childhood trauma, emotional turmoil, and the impact of past experiences on current trust issues and personal boundaries. Drawing from Person-Centred, Psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioural (CBT), and Integrative approaches, Yvonne creates a welcoming space where she flexibly adapts to each client's unique needs, focusing on deep emotional processes and often exploring past experiences to understand their present impact. Clients can expect an open-ended therapeutic journey, balanced with guidance where she helps reframe problems, provides practical tools, and encourages finding individual solutions, always with praise and encouragement for their progress. While exploring the profound influence of the past, Yvonne also works with present concerns like low self-esteem, communication issues, and career challenges, offering strategies to build resilience and prevent recurrence. She is experienced in supporting diverse groups including students, older adults, parents, and those facing financial stress or job transitions, recognizing the unique challenges each brings. Ultimately, Yvonne's aim is to foster a safe environment for self-reflection and personal growth, helping clients gain insight, process intense emotions like guilt and shame, and develop healthier romantic and family relationships.

Richard is an integrative therapist who offers a warm, structured space for individuals navigating profound emotional and behavioural challenges. His areas of focus include guilt, shame, intimacy difficulties, low self-esteem, and a wide spectrum of addictions — both substance-related (alcohol, drugs, smoking) and behavioural (gaming, gambling, pornography). Richard combines Person-Centred, Psychodynamic, CBT, DBT, and Trauma Therapy approaches to create personalised support that adapts to each client’s unique journey. He works with a diverse client base, including LGBTQ+ individuals, neurodivergent adults, high-performing professionals, and survivors of trauma and abuse. In every case, his work is grounded in understanding how past experiences shape current difficulties — helping clients process pain, reframe limiting beliefs, and access new ways of coping and connecting. His practice also extends to supporting anxiety, depression, insomnia, and relationship struggles, with a consistent focus on helping people reconnect with their sense of agency and worth.

John specialises in guiding clients through deep-seated issues like stress, anxiety, guilt, shame, and the lasting impact of childhood and past trauma. He frequently works with individuals who feel stuck, anxious, or disconnected, often having tried to manage on their own for too long. Utilising a person-centred approach, John balances structured guidance with ample space for deep emotional exploration, ensuring therapy adapts flexibly to your unique needs. He deeply focuses on emotional processes, often delving into past experiences to understand their current impact, and offers open-ended therapy without a fixed timeframe. Expect a rich, human experience where creative methods, guided imagery, and metaphors help you connect mind and body. John is attuned to non-verbal cues and isn't afraid to use humour when appropriate, fostering a genuine and comfortable environment. His practice welcomes a diverse range of individuals, from career-focused professionals and students to new parents, caregivers, survivors of trauma, and those navigating mental health diagnoses or significant life transitions. John creates a profoundly supportive space where you can drop the mask and truly be yourself, offering insight and presence that helps you find clarity and authentic growth.

Alex offers a deeply supportive and psychodynamic approach, creating a collaborative space where clients are empowered to lead their sessions, enriched by a thoughtful balance of reflection and expert guidance. He holds a strong belief that profound self-understanding stems from exploring deep emotional processes and how past experiences shape present motivations, always respecting each individual's unique background and beliefs. Alex is particularly adept at supporting clients navigating significant issues such as stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, a pervasive loss of meaning, and challenges in achieving work-life balance or overcoming burnout. His integrative methodology allows him to flexibly adapt to each client’s specific needs, expertly helping them to reframe problems and gain fresh perspectives. He effectively supports diverse client groups, including career-focused professionals, expecting and new parents, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those in high-responsibility roles, and readily collaborates with other professionals when it benefits the client’s journey. Ultimately, Alex guides clients towards developing new ways of being, fostering greater self-awareness and empowering them to find resolutions that genuinely honour their authentic selves and life circumstances.

Shaun is a highly empathetic and integrative therapist dedicated to supporting individuals through a wide array of life's challenges. He specializes in helping clients navigate stress, anxiety, anger management, and various mood disorders, including depression and bipolar, alongside fostering self-reflection and personal growth. Drawing on a person-centred approach, Shaun tailors each session, ensuring a unique and effective therapeutic journey that is never "one size fits all". Clients can expect a collaborative space where deep emotional processes are explored using practical tools and strategies, with therapy often being open-ended to meet individual needs. Shaun integrates diverse therapeutic approaches, frequently employing metaphors, appropriate humour, and consistent encouragement to help clients reframe problems and track their progress. His extensive experience includes working with those facing relationship issues, career challenges, work-related stress, motivation struggles, addictions, abuse, bereavement, and the impact of physical or emotional trauma. Shaun is committed to equipping clients with coping strategies and preventative tools, empowering them to move forward towards a more fulfilling and happier life. He adapts flexibly, guiding conversations while also allowing clients to lead, ensuring therapy addresses their most pressing present concerns and offers lasting solutions.

Amanda is a deeply empathetic psychotherapist dedicated to supporting adults of all ages, teenagers, and children. A significant portion of her practice is devoted to assisting individuals with diagnosed or undiagnosed ADHD and/or autism, though her expertise extends broadly to other complex challenges such as guilt, shame, perfectionism, and procrastination. Embracing an integrative therapeutic philosophy, Amanda skillfully blends psychoanalysis, psychodynamic, existential, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, Schema Therapy, and Mindfulness techniques to offer a truly personalized experience. In her sessions, she balances space for deep reflection with expert guidance, consistently exploring past experiences to understand their present impact and focusing on profound emotional processes. Amanda is committed to open-ended therapy, flexibly adapting to each client’s unique needs, and enriching the dialogue with metaphors and appropriate humor. She fosters an encouraging environment, helping clients reframe problems, gain new perspectives, and develop robust tools for long-term wellbeing and relapse prevention. Her practice warmly welcomes diverse client groups, including individuals with neurodiversity, those living with serious medical conditions, students, young adults, parents, caregivers, and older adults.

Angela is a dedicated and trauma-informed therapist, predominantly working with adults who have experienced profound traumatic events, including childhood and past trauma, violence and abuse, abusive relationships, and stress-related disorders like PTSD. She deeply understands the pervasive impact these experiences can have, often leading to intense feelings of guilt and shame, or the distress of stalking. Beyond trauma, Angela also brings extensive experience to individuals grappling with a range of anxiety disorders, such as generalised anxiety, social anxiety, health anxiety, panic, and specific phobias, serving diverse groups from survivors of abuse to parents and emergency service workers. Utilising an integrative approach that fluidly combines Trauma Therapy, Person-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Schema Therapy, Angela flexibly adapts her methods to each client’s unique needs. Her sessions deeply explore emotional processes and how past experiences continue to shape the present, fostering a comprehensive understanding of your journey. Throughout your work together, Angela provides consistent praise and encouragement for progress, meticulously tracking your development and sharing feedback to ensure a collaborative path forward. She is committed to creating a deeply supportive space where you can process complex emotions, heal from your past, and develop resilient strategies for a more empowered present.