Meet the Team

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  I am a psychiatrist, an accredited group analyst, individual psychotherapist and psychoanalyst. I have been working with groups since 2004. I trained at the Tavistock clinic, worked as a consultant in the NHS and as the National Director of Therapies for the Priory.  I have worked with a very large range of patients both within the NHS and privately with diverse issues. I am trained and accredited in different modalities of therapy including: psychodynamic psychotherapy, CBT, DBT, Mentalisation etc.I offer a safe, compassionate and confidential space for you to explore any challenges you face, develop an increase in authentic relating to yourself and others, and increase your capacities for joy and creativity. I have worked therapeutically over 25 years and I have a wide experience. I am a member of the GMC and BPS  

 I am an accredited group analyst and psychodynamic psychotherapist (UKCP registered).  I have been facilitating groups for over 20 years and been involved in running therapy groups since 2004. I trained at the Institute of Group Analysis in London and currently divide my clinical practice between both individual and group work in the NHS, in a university setting and in private practice.  I am also an experienced consultant providing training and coaching in organisations, and trained as an executive coach at the Tavistock Institute. I consider group therapy to be a truly creative space where my job is to create a safe and supportive environment  where people can think, reflect and discover themselves in sometimes surprising ways. The reliance on relating, participation and collaboration make it an especially dynamic and rewarding form of therapy. 

Maria originates from Athens, Greece. She studied medicine in Greece and came to the UK in 1994 where she specialised in General Adult Psychiatry at the St Mary’s and Charing Cross rotations in London. She has been a Consultant Psychiatrist in the NHS in London since 2002 and over the last few years, she is also an Eating Disorders’ Consultant. 

Maria qualified as a Group Analyst at the London Institute of Group Analysis in 2012, She worked as an Honorary Group Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic, NW3 for 8 years until 2017, where she conducted a weekly psychotherapy group. She is a teacher and trainer at the Institute of Group Analysis where she convenes the dissertation seminars and the psychopathology seminars for students. 

Maria also offers sessions to various London Universities as a Visiting Psychiatrist as she has an extended amount of expertise in student mental health. She facilitates reflective practice groups for colleagues both in the NHS and the University sector. She can offer online reflective practice and supervision. She can also conduct sessions in Greek for Greek speaking patients or colleagues.   

As an experienced group analyst and psychiatrist, Maria offers a safe, confidential and containing group psychotherapy forum for her patients where people can be honest, thoughtful and open about their experiences and gain insight into their interpersonal conflicts leafing to a more fulfilling life.  

Maria is regulated by the General Medical Council and is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Medical Protection Society and the Institute of Group Analysis. She has yearly appraisals and is revalidated by the GMC. She has obtained 8 Clinical Excellence Awards for her NHS contributions in mental health.

I am a UKCP accredited group analyst and psychotherapist with over 25 years’ experience working in the NHS and in private practice. I offer evidence-based psychological therapies for a wide range of emotional, relational and behavioural difficulties. I am trained in a number of other therapeutic approaches, including IPT, trauma focused CBT and mentalisation. The benefit of experiencing group therapy is that it strengthens and enriches the therapeutic experience for all

the individuals in the group. Each member gains from listening to and being heard by others in a safe and supportive environment. Everyone is encouraged to speak about their current difficulties and how these may connect with past experiences and potentially be re-played in the group to be worked through, understood and changed. Group members come with a range of presenting difficulties including anxiety, depression, relationship issues, childhood trauma, personality difficulties. Each online group lasts for an hour and a half and is at the same time each week. Group members are mixed in gender and age.  The group consists of up to 8 members. Before joining a group, potential members have an individual assessment with me. When joining, members agree to keep what is talked about in the group confidential. In the interests of confidentiality meeting outside the group is discouraged.

I am an experienced psychoanalytic psychotherapist and group analyst having worked in the NHS and private practice for over 15 years. 

QUALIFICATION, TRAINING & EDUCATION

Clinical Doctorate in Psychotherapy, University of Kent.

Training in Clinical Group Analysis, Institute of Group Analysis, London.

Diploma in Psychotherapy Supervision.  The Guild of Psychotherapists, London

MA - Consultation and the Organization, Tavistock Clinic/UEL.

Full Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. The Guild of Psychotherapists.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists.

Institute of Group Analysis, London.

The Guild of Psychotherapists, London.

Principal Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

 
I am a group analyst, psychotherapist (UKCP and IGA registered) qualified 2008 and Children and Families social worker, qualified 1995 (Social Work England registered) with over thirty years of supporting children, young people and adults in a variety specialist therapeutic provisions and care settings, including managing CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) therapeutic services for children in care, post adoption, sexual trauma and harmful sexual behaviours.

I am currently a senior psychotherapist in a specialist local authority Placement Stability service supporting foster carers caring for children and young people who have experienced significant developmental and relational trauma.

I have a particular interest in MBT (Mentalisation Based Therapy) and DDP (Dydiac Developmental Psychotherapy) and Attachment informed therapeutic interventions.

Alongside my local authority work I also facilitate reflective practice groups, clinical supervision, training and work with people both on line and face to face via my private practice based in Kent.

I currently in the process of setting up a slow open group which will meet on line,Monday evenings 8pm to 9.30pm.

I am a group analyst, psychodynamic psychotherapist (UKCP registered) and academic who works with individuals and groups online and face-to-face. I have worked as a psychotherapist and group conductor in the NHS and in the third sector since 2015. I now work in private practice and run groups in the charity sector. My core trainings are psychodynamic and group analytic. I trained at the Institute of Group-Analysis, London. I also have done basic training on Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) at the Anna Freud Centre and Writing as Creative Therapy at the Gestalt Institute in London. I am interested in perinatal care and have done short training in parent-infant psychotherapy at the Anna Freud Centre and participated in the Infant Observation Seminars at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Originally from Spain, I have lived in London for more than 30 years. I have a background in literature and worked as a teacher and lecturer for many years

before becoming a psychotherapist. As an academic I have published extensively on writing as therapy and life-writing.

I offer a containing, open and non-judgemental space where group members feel able to bring

their thoughts and feelings in a confidential and secure environment.

I am a qualified Group Analyst registered with the Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) and a UKCP-accredited psychotherapist. I have over 10 years’ experience working with therapy groups in both the NHS and private practice. I currently work with individuals, couples, and groups, offering sessions both in-person and online.

I trained with the Institute of Group Analysis in London and am passionate about the potential of groups to foster insight and meaningful change.

My approach to group therapy is grounded in group analytic principles. I understand emotional difficulties as often rooted in early relational experiences and shaped by wider social contexts. Within the group, healing becomes possible through honest, reflective interaction in the here-and-now. As the facilitator, I aim to hold a safe, containing space where members can bring their authentic selves, explore relational patterns, and grow through shared connection.

I currently facilitate a weekly, long-term online therapy group for adults navigating relationship issues, anxiety, and low self-worth. The group meets on Monday evenings, and a new Tuesday evening group is planned to begin soon. An initial consultation is offered to explore whether the group is a good fit. Regular attendance and confidentiality are essential to maintaining a safe and supportive group environment.

If you’re curious about group therapy and whether it may be right for you, I’d be glad to talk further. 

I am a Counselling Psychologist, an accredited Group Analyst and a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist (HCPC, IGA and UKCP registered).  I have over 25 years of extensive psychotherapy experience working with adults and young people (16+) in a variety of settings including a Garrison Medical Centre, a Secondary School, a Psychology Service in Physical health and for the last 10 years in a NHS Tertiary Specialist Psychotherapy Service in the North East of England.

I grew up in Northern Ireland during the ‘Troubles’ qualifying as a Registered General Nurse in 1984 and moving to Edinburgh (Scotland) in 1986 to train as a Midwife witnessing the impact of poverty, teenage pregnancy and HIV within the local community.  I use a systemic lens to view personal experiences of psychological distress as the personal is always social and the social is always personal.   I am always fascinated in learning how our family histories, migration and transgenerational traumas influence our life choices both personally and professionally.

 Group Analytic Psychotherapy provides a timely space (90 minutes for 40 sessions per year) to help you find new meanings in your life through developing therapeutic conversations together, held with kindness and compassion.  I will provide a space to talk together about difficult and painful things so that you can uncover or reconnect with your potential.  Importantly, it will be a safe-space to recuperate when life has been tough, to re-energize and gain a sense of belonging.  Often there are secondary gains of improved social agency and empowerment to become actively involved in your local community. 

Online Group Analytic Psychotherapy increases accessibility and diversity of membership.  I offer an initial assessment and group preparation before joining the group.  It is important that you are able to create a private therapy space to attend the weekly online session maintaining the confidentiality of the group.  Each member joins the group as a ‘Stranger’ but leaves the group as an ‘Intimate Member’.  Group members (up to 9 including myself) must respect the therapeutic space and are encouraged to not have contact with other group members outside of the group.  Members are expected to join for a minimum of 1 year (40 sessions). 

I run a rolling programme of 6 week ‘Online Taster’ sessions as an introduction to Group Analytic Psychotherapy, so you can make a more informed choice as to whether this kind of therapy might be helpful for you.  

I am an accredited group analyst, psychoanalytic psychotherapist and executive coach. After working as a NHS consultant psychotherapist and clinical director in Manchester, Liverpool and London, I now offer a diverse range of groups across public and private healthcare, corporations and business schools, both in the UK and Australia. My clinical work emphasises the core insights of group analysis in exploring more flexible ways to think, feel and relate to others - informed by latest insights from neuroscience, sociology and anthropology. I am passionate about the transformative potential of groups to create sustainable change in people’s lives. I have over 30 years’ experience of working therapeutically and I am a member of the IGA, AAGP, UKCP, and ICF.

Further details of my credentials, training and research are available on my website: https://fischerconsults.com/

I also offer services for professionals 

I have worked in mental health services in the NHS for more than 30 years and I have a private practice based in Birmingham,UK; but I mostly work online these days.I am a full member of the Institute of Group Analysis and am registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy as a therapist and approved supervisor.MY ONLINE GROUPS ARE FOR THERAPISTS AND HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE PROFESSIONALSTUESDAYS 07.30 - 09.00 GMT - places availableWEDNESDAYS 18.00 - 19.30 GMT - waiting list  THE GROUP THERAPY I OFFER IS GROUP ANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY Why group? ​"In an individualizing, fast-moving, competitive world, group analysis challenges us to slow down, to sit and feel and think in the company of others. It often makes us confront questions of power, envy and inequality, as the group grapples with the injuries of living in an unjust world. It offers us the opportunity to explore what it means to belong, and to not-belong, and to develop new ways of being and relating. It can be a deeply moving and transformative experience, both for those who have previous experience of psychotherapy and counselling and those who are coming to therapy for the first time." (Prof. Sasha Roseneil)  Why just for therapists and health & social care professionals?  I am increasingly aware of the need for self compassion and the impact of moral injury. I also believe  we are often constrained by our own shame and self-criticism and by the projections we elicit in others. Also, we know we “can use work - to stop feeling lonely, to feel clever, kind, creative, special and loved and cared for.” (Libby Nugent, @becomingethical)  The group provides the container and the medium in which we can find both challenge and support, become more aware of the unconscious and allow ourselves to shift between, and explore new ways, of being in the world.

I am a qualified Group Analyst and Psychotherapist, working with groups, couples, and individuals. I have extensive clinical experience working in the NHS, the voluntary sector and in further education, particularly in the areas of sexual health, drug and alcohol addiction, and mental health.   I am a CPD trainer for the NHS and the Royal Society of Public Health, where  I deliver training on behaviour change and health promotion theory  I hold full memberships with Institute of Group Analysis and Group Analysis Society International and am registered with both the UKCP and BACP, abiding by their codes of ethical standards and confidentiality.    I run psychodynamic therapy groups and see couples and individuals both online and in person. I also offer non-managerial supervision.   I help people to become more aware of the burdens and difficulties that brought them to therapy, and to become better equipped to deal with them.    Whether in group, couples or individual treatment, you will be invited to explore how past experiences have shaped how you are managing current challenges. By providing a confidential and containing space, I will support you to use such awareness to enable you to adopt different choices.   A key part of the therapy will involve dealing with matters which may be currently causing you distress. It is not only about looking at the past, but about exploring how to shape the present and ultimately the future in more constructive ways.

I have been working in private practice for many years and run different types of groups. Prior to becoming a group analyst, I trained in EMDR and clinical hypnosis in the UK and US. I offer individual and diverse group treatment for all kinds of difficulties. Group analytic psychotherapy is particularly suitable for relationship and mental health problems. In addition to being a clinician, I am employed at the University of Hull. https://www.hull.ac.uk/staff-directory/susanne-vosmer.My special interest is in love relationships and sexuality. 

 CQSW, Mem FPC, UKCP reg, Reg Mem BACP, Council For Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis College   I have considerable experience spanning 40 years, working as a counsellor and psychotherapist, with individuals, groups and families, within the NHS, Social Services and Voluntary organisations. I have supervised and trained on Intercultural Therapy and Group Psychotherapy Training Courses. I was employed as a Consultant Psychotherapist for NHS Psychotherapy Services where I worked for 29 years. I am a qualified Group Analytic Psychotherapist and Individual Psychodynamic Therapist, with an interest in working across the spectrum of human distress. I trained at the WPF in Group Analytic Psychotherapy.  I am now in full time private practice offering an online Psychotherapy Group that meets on Wednesdays from 7pm to 8.30pm. In addition I offer a mix of online Individual therapy and in person Individual therapy in Queens Park NW6 and London Bridge.  I can be contacted on 07903329952 or philipparmarx@gmail.com 

Alan is a group analyst and clinical psychologist working in the NHS and in private practice. He completed his clinical psychology training in south Africa and went on to work with adolescents in a substance misuse service. He emigrated to the UK in 1999. He then went on to settle in London, working in the NHS, initially with adults in acute psychiatric settings, and then for twelve years as the Lead Psychologist in an adolescent inpatient service. During this time he completed his Group Analytic training at the IGA in London, graduating in 2012. Following his work with adolescents, he took up the post of Psychology Lead in a high security women’s prison, running a project for persistently violent offenders. He currently runs a complex trauma service within a London NHS psychotherapy department, and works in private practice with adolescents and adults. He is actively involved with the training of group analysts in London, taking up the roles of Year Group Coordinator on the Qualifying Course at the IGA, core teaching staff member and Clinical Placement Supervisor. As an experienced group analyst and clinical psychologist, Alan offers a safe, confidential and containing group psychotherapy space in which people can begin to explore their life experiences and their ongoing impact. In addition, the psychotherapy group provides a setting in which people can explore ways in which to achieve their goals and work towards leading more fulfilling lives. Alan is registered by the British Psychological Society, the Health Professions Council, and the Institute of Group Analysis.  

Group description: The men’s group is a safe, confidential space open to adult men. We meet weekly, online, on Monday evenings from 6-7.30pm. The group offers the opportunity to explore and discuss anything that is going on in your life, experience support and a sense of brotherhood, deepen your understanding of yourself, and work on relationships, career issues, and becoming the man you want to be.

Neil trained in Mental Health Nursing at the Maudsley and Bethlem Royal Hospitals, London. He has a first degree from Brunel University in combined Psychology and Sociology and later Masters degrees in Community Mental Health from University of Essex and Group Analysis from Birkbeck, University of London.  He has long experience working in the NHS both in hospital and community settings, teaching and assessing clinical practitioners. He qualified as a Group Analyst and member of the Institute of Group Analysis, London in 2004. 

He is a UKCP registered psychotherapist and now works in private practice. 

Neil plays a role in training, education and supervision and has taught students on the IGA qualifying course.  He is also an IGA Accredited Supervisor and supervises on the IGA Diploma in supervision course. 

He runs experiential groups for students on the MSc course in Psychological Therapies at Queen Mary, University of London which greatly assists teaching and learning in small groups as well as professional development.

He is also a member of the Group Analytic Network London offering therapy, supervision and consultation to organizations interested in applying Group Analytic theory and methods creatively in working together in todays’ complex and interdependent world.

Neil is currently developing a service online providing therapy and supervision for individuals and groups.

My name is Dan Anderson and I am a group analyst and psychiatrist by background. Having qualified as a medical doctor in 2002, I have been working in mental health for 20 years and qualified as a group analyst in 2017. I have a keen interest in mental health and its relationship to sexuality and gender. I have written about these topics as part of my research and I maintain a clinical practice focused around these areas, including supervising professionals providing psychotherapy who identify as a sexual or gender minority. I also have an interest in addressing prejudice and discrimination in psychotherapy and the training of psychotherapists. I firmly believe in the ability of a therapy group to bring people together from minoritised groups to find their voice who otherwise might feel disconnected and isolated from wider society.

I am an accredited group analyst and was awarded Lifetime Honorary Adult Psychotherapist by Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. I provide individual adult psychotherapy and have conducted psychotherapy groups across the life span both privately and within the NHS setting over the past 30+ years. I have also provided clinical supervision to Tavistock trainees and was lecturer and seminar leader for several years while at the Tavistock. 

I am an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS) and a full member of the UKCP (CPJAC section). I contributed to the training of group analysts having conducted experiential groups on the Institute of Group Analysis Foundation Course for twelve years. My experience of working with groups across the life span has included a special interest in working with 55+ age groups.  

My research interests and publications have focused on the provision of care for psychogeriatric patients with the closure of Friern and Claybury Hospitals. As Director of Research and Clinical Consultancy with the charity Dementia UK I also provided group supervision to specialist Nurses in Dementia care. My current 55+ age group provides a secure and exploratory environment for processing and learning in depth the transitions of the second half of life. 

I am a member of the Aristotelian Society, with a special interest in the Philosophy of Science. 

 John is a training analyst, supervisor and teacher, IGA London and Certified Group Therapist, American Group Psychotherapy Association. He was a Founder Member of EGATIN 1993, Scientific Secretary, GASI and Programme Chair of its London Symposium in 2011. He teaches internationally. His first book, From The Couch To The Circle: Group-Analytic Psychotherapy In Practice (2016), is a widely read training text. When They Came For Me: The Hidden Diary Of An Apartheid Prisoner (2021), is a personal memoir of his political imprisonment and deportation from South Africa, his country of origin, for opposing apartheid in 1969. He came to the UK as an asylum seeker and helped establish Freedom from Torture, a leading human rights charity where he worked for many years. He is currently engaged in international projects in China, Germany and Ukraine supporting psychotherapy services. 
John has two online psychotherapy groups that offer vacancies.  One meets weekly at 6.00 pm on Wednesdays; the other meets twice-weekly at 8.00 am on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.  They serve people with a range of different needs which he will be happy to discuss.
You can contact John by email at: John.Romm@btinternet.com