Toby Burton

Opening Hours 

Tue: 9:00 – 12 pm (in-person) 2-5pm (remote only)

Wed: 11 am – 5:00 pm

Fri: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

I have 30 years’ experience supporting adults with addiction, including alcohol and drug use. I also work extensively with anxiety, including GAD and OCD, as well as depression, anger, relationship issues, and compulsive behaviours such as pornography use. My work frequently involves patients with complex needs, including trauma, neurodiversity, and personality disorders. 

I practise privately in Kentish Town and I work at The Nightingale, a private adult mental health and addiction hospital in Marylebone in central London. An initial consultation to discuss your needs in more detail is half my usual session fee.

Take care,

Toby

How I work

I am an ‘integrative’ psychotherapist, which means I believe that a single therapy approach will not help you with all issues that arise for you, and that there are many different therapeutic ways for problems to be explored and worked on. Consequently, I draw techniques and ideas from different ‘schools’ of therapy, depending on the needs of the people I see.

At the heart of my work is helping you see that your emotions aren't a problem, but your defences against them are. As long as you avoid the healthy expression of your emotions, you will feel anxious and employ cognitive and behavioural defences that will create problems for you. Our therapeutic task is to help you see and let go of these defences.

An initial session to assess your counselling needs is charged at £42.50