SIMON
PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST
JUNGIAN AND PSYCHOANALYTICALLY INFORMED
ADDICTION COUNSELLOR
PEER SUPPORT TRAINED
DIAGNOSED COMBINED ADHD & DYSLEXIA
LOCATION ~ SW6 & WC1B
Simon offers weekly Jungian and psychoanalytic-informed psychotherapy, in-person or remotely. This is an in-depth talk therapy that usually takes a long-term approach. It focuses on the unconscious to examine hidden meanings and patterns that impact our lives and relationships.
Psychoanalysis is concerned with the individual’s unconscious, exploring early childhood while Jungian analysis takes a more collective stance looking at how we have been impacted by wider society.
This type of therapy can be profoundly transformative and healing for those who are neurodivergent including ADHD, which Simon has personally experienced at both a personal and professional level.
Simon also offers experienced support with substance misuse and addiction issues.
Starting from the taster session, Simon encourages you to frankly consider if the type of therapeutic and healing work he offers feels a good match for you. Your decision is what matters most. Simon welcomes you to feel empowered to say ‘no’ to taking the work any further. You will not have to explain yourself. Simply the opportunity to say no can be, by itself, tremendously therapeutic.
The therapy Simon provides develops uniquely with each person, it is a collaborative, creative and compassionate endeavour.
By committing to sessions that always start and end at the same time each week (while allowing flexibility), Simon offers a consistent and reassuring time and space. The sessions follow a free-flowing, undirected dynamic. Simon doesn’t teach, advise, offer homework or measure outcomes. Instead, he approaches each session anew, with no restrictions or expectations. This can prove particularly beneficial for those who have experiences of anxiety and shame around demands for ‘homework’ from school, employment, or even from other therapists.
The emphasis is yours — your experiences, questions, thoughts, feelings and dreams. Unlike the demands typical of social chitchat, Simon generally won’t share his personal experiences or opinions; instead he will strive to listen deeply. This can be a liberating and challenging encounter because it’s so unlike anything one normally experiences. You will create a space together in which you do not have to be nice, polite, rational, calm or pleasing to others (including Simon). Instead finding your authentic voice, to finally speak your mind, and have your truth(s) heard.
Simon has extensive experience providing therapy in-person and remotely i.e. tele-therapy. He recognises the unique and valuable therapeutic experience tele-therapy offers many, especially when in-person therapy is not feasible or necessarily best. Tele-therapy can also provide a space for those curious but uncertain about having in-person therapy.
Simon also works with clients whose preference is exclusively to have in-person therapy.
Simon generally offers open-ended therapy however he can discuss working for a specified duration. There are breaks throughout the year, which will be detailed in advance. These tend to follow the English school year and include English bank holidays.
The neurodiversity in Simon’s family and himself led to a lifelong interest in the human mind. This initially led him to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Halfway through his medical training, he moved to University College London (UCL) after they offered him a novel and prestigious opportunity to pursue in-depth scientific and clinical research on the human brain. After many challenging years (with mental health and neurodiverse issues) he gained a Ph.D. in Developmental Neuropathology, based on research within Great Ormond Street Hospital concerning childhood epilepsy and stem cells.
During his challenging initiation into academia, Simon experienced the power of psychotherapy firsthand and discovered the unconscious. Struggles with neurodiversity, especially the challenges of dyslexia and unrecognised ADHD made completing the medical degree torturous. Therapy and an ADHD diagnosis helped Simon realise medical school was not his vocation. Psychotherapy showed him that medicine wasn’t the only way to help those struggling with similar experiences. Simon left his medical career to train as a psychodynamic psychotherapist and it has proven a perfect fit. He has worked in several therapeutic communities.
While working with adults on a weekly basis as a psychodynamic psychotherapist, Simon is undertaking further training to become a Jungian analyst and continuing his postdoctoral research. His current research with the University of Exeter looks at unconscious resistances to sharing our lived experience with others and the application of artificial intelligence to the study of the unconscious.
Simon’s therapeutic practice is unique, because it combines the rigours of psychoanalytic training (i.e. based on an academic and supervised clinical training programme) with his extensive work as a ‘peer practitioner’ in the community ie providing therapeutic support based on a shared lived experience of breakdown, neurodiversity and recovery.
Simon provides a long-term space to understand and unravel the complex and contradictory meanings of living with neurodiversity. He explores how ADHD and other early experiences continue to impact our lives. He is especially keen to address what is left unspoken, unacknowledged and unconscious.
Many neurodivergent individuals, especially those with ADHD, are particularly well suited to this type of therapy and find working at this psychological depth feels natural and intuitive — especially with a neurodiverse-aware therapist. There are many reasons for this:
This therapeutic approach is open to all forms of communication. It thrives with digressive-style discussion making it ideal for those brains that enjoy tangents and associative thinking. While for others it allows for a more focused analytical process. It can even transcend the spoken word, allowing you an opportunity for spontaneous expression of raw feeling and intense emotion.
The psychoanalytic and Jungian approaches allow you to discover new perspectives for understanding your experiences, challenges and traumas. From this you can discover your hidden potential and the unique gifts you bring to the world. This is a rare and valuable opportunity in our increasingly metric-driven and competitive society.
Where appropriate and of interest to a client, Simon can facilitate insight and understanding based on Jungian practices that use mythological, artistic and/or spiritual perspectives.
Simon also has a background and interest working with individuals with substance misuse or addiction issues. He appreciates the complicated and conflicting factors at play in client’s recovery journeys. This includes psychiatry, medicine, spirituality and support groups, including, but not limited to those based on 12-step programs. He is open and curious about both the benefits and limitations of all of the above.
Simon believes that each person needs a unique approach every time. Therefore, he works to facilitate individuals to discover their own appropriate recovery journey.
Simon provides therapy in-person and remotely by telephone and online.
Simon is available in-person in Southwest London. He also has availability at his clinic in Bloomsbury, London near Russell Square tube station.
Qualifications
- Psychotherapist Bloomsbury Therapy Centre 2022 – Present
(Psychotherapy and Psychoanalytic clinic) - Master of Science (MSc) University of Exeter 2024
- Psychological Therapies, Practice & Research
- Master of Science (MSc) University of Exeter 2024
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapist Raphael Counselling 2023
(Long-term Adult Psychotherapy Service) - Psychodynamic Psychotherapist Norwood (Charity) 2020
(Psychotherapy Service for Parents of Children with Autism) - Peer Support Worker and Peer Education Lead for Jami (Mental Health Charity) 2023
- Psychological Therapies, Practice & Research
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University College London 2014
- Biomedicine (Neuropathology)
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) University College London. 2007
- Medical Sciences (Immunology and Cell Pathology)
SIMON
PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST
JUNGIAN AND PSYCHOANALYTICALLY INFORMED
ADDICTION COUNSELLOR
PEER SUPPORT TRAINED
DIAGNOSED COMBINED ADHD & DYSLEXIA
LOCATION ~ SW6 & WC1B
Simon offers weekly Jungian and psychoanalytic-informed psychotherapy, in-person or remotely. This is an in-depth talk therapy that usually takes a long-term approach. It focuses on the unconscious to examine hidden meanings and patterns that impact our lives and relationships.
Psychoanalysis is concerned with the individual’s unconscious, exploring early childhood while Jungian analysis takes a more collective stance looking at how we have been impacted by wider society.
This type of therapy can be profoundly transformative and healing for those who are neurodivergent including ADHD, which Simon has personally experienced at both a personal and professional level.
Simon also offers experienced support with substance misuse and addiction issues.
Starting from the taster session, Simon encourages you to frankly consider if the type of therapeutic and healing work he offers feels a good match for you. Your decision is what matters most. Simon welcomes you to feel empowered to say ‘no’ to taking the work any further. You will not have to explain yourself. Simply the opportunity to say no can be, by itself, tremendously therapeutic.
The therapy Simon provides develops uniquely with each person, it is a collaborative, creative and compassionate endeavour.
By committing to sessions that always start and end at the same time each week (while allowing flexibility), Simon offers a consistent and reassuring time and space. The sessions follow a free-flowing, undirected dynamic. Simon doesn’t teach, advise, offer homework or measure outcomes. Instead, he approaches each session anew, with no restrictions or expectations. This can prove particularly beneficial for those who have experiences of anxiety and shame around demands for ‘homework’ from school, employment, or even from other therapists.
The emphasis is yours — your experiences, questions, thoughts, feelings and dreams. Unlike the demands typical of social chitchat, Simon generally won’t share his personal experiences or opinions; instead he will strive to listen deeply. This can be a liberating and challenging encounter because it’s so unlike anything one normally experiences. You will create a space together in which you do not have to be nice, polite, rational, calm or pleasing to others (including Simon). Instead finding your authentic voice, to finally speak your mind, and have your truth(s) heard.
Simon has extensive experience providing therapy in-person and remotely i.e. tele-therapy. He recognises the unique and valuable therapeutic experience tele-therapy offers many, especially when in-person therapy is not feasible or necessarily best. Tele-therapy can also provide a space for those curious but uncertain about having in-person therapy.
Simon also works with clients whose preference is exclusively to have in-person therapy.
Simon generally offers open-ended therapy however he can discuss working for a specified duration. There are breaks throughout the year, which will be detailed in advance. These tend to follow the English school year and include English bank holidays.
The neurodiversity in Simon’s family and himself led to a lifelong interest in the human mind. This initially led him to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Halfway through his medical training, he moved to University College London (UCL) after they offered him a novel and prestigious opportunity to pursue in-depth scientific and clinical research on the human brain. After many challenging years (with mental health and neurodiverse issues) he gained a Ph.D. in Developmental Neuropathology, based on research within Great Ormond Street Hospital concerning childhood epilepsy and stem cells.
During his challenging initiation into academia, Simon experienced the power of psychotherapy firsthand and discovered the unconscious. Struggles with neurodiversity, especially the challenges of dyslexia and unrecognised ADHD made completing the medical degree torturous. Therapy and an ADHD diagnosis helped Simon realise medical school was not his vocation. Psychotherapy showed him that medicine wasn’t the only way to help those struggling with similar experiences. Simon left his medical career to train as a psychodynamic psychotherapist and it has proven a perfect fit. He has worked in several therapeutic communities.
While working with adults on a weekly basis as a psychodynamic psychotherapist, Simon is undertaking further training to become a Jungian analyst and continuing his postdoctoral research. His current research with the University of Exeter looks at unconscious resistances to sharing our lived experience with others and the application of artificial intelligence to the study of the unconscious.
Simon’s therapeutic practice is unique, because it combines the rigours of psychoanalytic training (i.e. based on an academic and supervised clinical training programme) with his extensive work as a ‘peer practitioner’ in the community ie providing therapeutic support based on a shared lived experience of breakdown, neurodiversity and recovery.
Simon provides a long-term space to understand and unravel the complex and contradictory meanings of living with neurodiversity. He explores how ADHD and other early experiences continue to impact our lives. He is especially keen to address what is left unspoken, unacknowledged and unconscious.
Many neurodivergent individuals, especially those with ADHD, are particularly well suited to this type of therapy and find working at this psychological depth feels natural and intuitive — especially with a neurodiverse-aware therapist. There are many reasons for this:
This therapeutic approach is open to all forms of communication. It thrives with digressive-style discussion making it ideal for those brains that enjoy tangents and associative thinking. While for others it allows for a more focused analytical process. It can even transcend the spoken word, allowing you an opportunity for spontaneous expression of raw feeling and intense emotion.
The psychoanalytic and Jungian approaches allow you to discover new perspectives for understanding your experiences, challenges and traumas. From this you can discover your hidden potential and the unique gifts you bring to the world. This is a rare and valuable opportunity in our increasingly metric-driven and competitive society.
Where appropriate and of interest to a client, Simon can facilitate insight and understanding based on Jungian practices that use mythological, artistic and/or spiritual perspectives.
Simon also has a background and interest working with individuals with substance misuse or addiction issues. He appreciates the complicated and conflicting factors at play in client’s recovery journeys. This includes psychiatry, medicine, spirituality and support groups, including, but not limited to those based on 12-step programs. He is open and curious about both the benefits and limitations of all of the above.
Simon believes that each person needs a unique approach every time. Therefore, he works to facilitate individuals to discover their own appropriate recovery journey.
Simon provides therapy in-person and remotely by telephone and online.
Simon is available in-person in Southwest London. He also has availability at his clinic in Bloomsbury, London near Russell Square tube station.
Qualifications
- Psychotherapist Bloomsbury Therapy Centre 2022 – Present
(Psychotherapy and Psychoanalytic clinic) - Master of Science (MSc University of Exeter 2024
- Psychological Therapies, Practice & Research
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapist Raphael Counselling 2023
(Long-term Adult Psychotherapy Service) - Peer Support Worker and Peer Education Lead for Jami (Mental Health Charity) 2023
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapist Norwood (Charity) 2020
(Psychotherapy service for Parents of Children with Autism) - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University College London 2014
- Biomedicine (Neuropathology)
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) University College London. 2007
- Medical Sciences (Immunology and Cell Pathology)