Pauline Hannon

I am a fully qualified and highly experienced therapist offering a safe, calm and confidential space for you to talk .

I have many years experience working with people around a wide range of presenting issues including anxiety, feeling sad/depression, relationship/family difficulties, trauma, low self esteem, identity.

As a therapist, my starting point is a belief we all have the contents to become our fulfilled selves.

As a psychodynamic therapist, I also believe that in response to adverse childhood experience we can set up unhelpful patterns of being and relating, which we continue into adult life, often unconsciously.

By creating a space in therapy to explore and understand this, we can develop the capacity to relate to our personal experiences, memories, feelings, beliefs and relationships in a more reflective yet active way, leading to greater awareness, self-acceptance and the possibility of positive and lasting change.

I have completed a rigorous 5 year professional training at WPF Therapy, one of the leading academic and clinical institutions for psychotherapy in the UK and hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy accredited by Roehampton University.

I am an accredited member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy,  registered member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy and a professional member of the Foundation for Psychotherapy & Counselling and uphold, promote and work within the strict codes of ethics of these organisations.

I am committed to continuing professional development around emerging issues in the field in order to deepen my understanding and inform my clinical practice.

I have experience of working with men and women from a diverse range of backgrounds in terms of age, sexual orientation, ethnicity & cultural background.

Beginning therapy can be one of the most positive steps we ever take.

I offer a free 20 minute telephone consultation after which if you would like, we would agree to meet for a more in-depth face-to-face/on screen consultation.

Lasting around 1 hour, the inital consultation is a safe, confidential space for you to tell me about yourself, why you may be seeking therapy as well as an opportunity for you to get a sense as to whether you would feel comfortable working with me going forward.

If you decide you would like to start therapy with me, we would agree an arrangement based around your individual therapeutic needs.

I usually suggest an open-ended therapy arrangement where you would come for as long as you wanted or needed to and which allows time for issues to come to consciousness and be worked on in-depth.

Time limited therapy arrangements are usually offered over 12 sessions and are helpful if you would like to work with a specific focus.

Therapy sessions take place at an agreed mutually convenient time every week lasting for 50 minutes .

I offer face-to-face therapy appointments at my rooms in central London on Thursdays from 9.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.

I currently have some limited daytime and evening availability.

I offer online therapy appointments via Zoom on Wednesdays from 9.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.

I currently have some limited afternoon availability on Wednesdays.

I am a fully qualified psychotherapist offering a safe, calm space to talk. 

I have completed a rigorous post-graduate 5 year professional training at one of the leading academic and clinical institutions for psychotherapy in the UK and hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy accredited by Roehampton University.

I have been working in private practice for over 12 years and previous to this held roles as an honorary Clinical Assessor and specialist Time-Limited Clinician in the charitable sector.

I work with people around a wide range of issues including anxiety/panic attacks, depression/feeling sad, relationship and family difficulties, trauma, loss, abuse, sexual abuse including non-recent sexual abuse, life transitions, work stress, low self esteem and struggles with identity and sense of self. 

I also have an interest in the emotional challenges of pregnancy, fertility, infant loss, birth trauma and parenthood.

As a psychodynamic psychotherapist my approach is to work with you to explore the underlying causes of your current difficulties. 

As adults we can often unconsciously continue to repeat negative patterns of being and relating, rooted in childhood and early life experience.

By gaining an awareness and understanding of this in therapy  we can develop the capacity to relate to ourselves and our personal narrative in a more reflective yet active way, leading to fresh insight, self-acceptance, self-compassion and the possibility of lasting, positive change.

I offer open-ended therapy arrangements allowing time for issues to surface and be worked on in depth.

I also offer time-limited therapy arrangements between 12 - 16 sessions if you are wanting to work with a specific focus.

I work with people from a diverse range of backgrounds in terms of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity/culture, religious belief and none, physical abilities and disabilities.

I am a professional member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (Accred.), the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (Â鶹ԭ´´) and the Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling (FPC) and work within, promote and uphold the strict ethical standards of these organisations. 

I charge a set fee of £95 for an initial consultation.

Lasting just under an hour, the the initial consultation is a space where you can tell me about yourself and what is making you think about therapy now.

It is often helpful if you can talk a little about your childhood and  family, also your experience of any previous therapy and what it is you are hoping to gain from therapy now.

The initial consultation is an opportunity for you to ask questions and have an experience of sitting and talking to me and think about whether you would feel comfortable doing that going forward.

After the initial consultation, I usually suggest meeting for a follow-up session in the following week, allowing space for you to reflect on our time together and for me to think about what might be helpful for you in terms of your therapeutic needs.

At a follow-up appointment I can talk about how I work and what a therapy arrangement between us might look like in terms of a fee, breaks, etc.

If you decide you would like to take up therapy with me, we would agree a time for our session, meeting in that time every week and for 50 minutes.