psychoanalytic psychotherapy is not directive, working with individuals not symptoms and offering neither solutions or advice or diagnosis. instead the material a person brings in is explored in the here and now, allowing an opportunity to comprehend, in a new way or for the first time perhaps, patterns that causes suffering. In so doing, a person finds their own way out of suffering

would coaching be a better fit for where you are currently and your present needs?

my current fee is £70 per session in-person and online. lower rates are possible with commitment to twice-weekly psychoanalytic psychotherapy

for those who would otherwise be economically excluded from seeking therapy, i offer a limited number of reduced-cost sessions to ensure equitable access. this can be discussed at initial contact

low-cost psychotherapy can also be accessed through the philadelphia association

sessions last fifty minutes

i offer weekly and twice-weekly sessions. frequency of the therapy will be discussed and agreed on, depending on needs and resources of the individual

psychoanalytic psychotherapy is an open-ended treatment which can be either short or long-term. people go for as long as it has utility

people talk about whatever is stuck in their mind currently. this may centre around existential, relational or intrarelational themes, societal, disturbances within fields of the psyche or phenomenon.

as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, my experience is that it is never for a singular reason that people seek therapy. living is hard, and life can be challenged in not insignificant ways by relationships, anxiety, disassociation, low-self esteem, chaotic relationships, depressive episodes, loneliness, grief, lack of purpose, death anxiety, intimacy, meaninglessness, self harming behaviours, isolation, spiritual and/or existential crisis, ego dissolution, disordered eating, addiction, compulsive behaviour, body image, suicidal ideation

therapy might be said to work best when one is able to make of it what one needs. hence, therapy for personal growth is absolutely valid a reason to start. an existentialist-analytic approach is well matched to a person seeking self-awareness and deepened self-intimacy

my working languages are English and Yoruba. i understand and speak Brazilian Portuguese to a limited degree

open-ended psychoanalytic psychotherapy is not presently available through the NHS. mind provide a useful fact-sheet of what is available on the NHS