Psychology · Psychotherapy · Supervision
A thoughtful space to understand what is happening in your life.
Psychological therapy for adults and couples in central London and online, with Dr Paul Garden, HCPC-registered Counselling Psychologist.
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Understanding, rather than labels alone.
People begin therapy for many reasons: a period of distress, a recurring difficulty in relationships, a painful experience, or a wish to understand themselves more deeply. You do not need to arrive with a diagnosis or a fully formed explanation.
Psychoanalytic thinking underpins my work. Together, we pay careful attention to your present experience and to how earlier relationships and events may continue to shape it. The aim is not simply insight, but greater freedom in how you relate to yourself, to other people and to the choices before you.
Therapy is tailored to the individual and develops as your needs change. My perspective also draws on psychology, neuroscience, compassion-focused and mentalisation-based approaches, as well as many years spent studying Eastern psychology and philosophy whilst living in Asia.
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What we might work with
I work with both clearly defined difficulties and questions that are harder to name.
- 01Anxiety and depression
- 02Relationships and intimacy
- 03Trauma and PTSD
- 04Identity, gender and sexuality
- 05Addiction and compulsive behaviour
- 06Loss, grief and bereavement
- 07Anger, shame and self-criticism
- 08Psychosis and complex difficulties
- 09Physical health, pain and serious illness
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Experience and qualifications
I am an HCPC-registered Counselling Psychologist and a member of the British Psychological Society Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors. I have worked in private practice in central London for nine years, following training in London universities and NHS trusts.
- Doctor of Psychology (DPsych) in Counselling Psychology
- MSc with Distinction in Early Psychosis Intervention
- BSc First-Class Honours in Psychology & Neuroscience
- Training in Compassion-Focused Therapy
- Training in Mentalisation-Based Therapy
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Beginning therapy
An initial 50-minute consultation gives you time to describe what has brought you to therapy, ask questions and consider what working together might involve.
Sessions are available online and in central London, W1W, close to Harley Street.
I am registered with Healthcode and work with most major health insurers.
For clinicians
Clinical supervision
Supervision is available for qualified and trainee psychologists. Fees are offered on a sliding scale according to qualification status.
Enquire about supervision05
If you are considering therapy, you are welcome to get in touch.
Briefly tell me what you are looking for and whether you prefer online or in-person sessions.
drpaulgarden@gmail.com