If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic. If you are in crisis, these helplines can help:
Crisis numbers in the United Kingdom
- Samaritans: Tel: 116 123 (Free from any phone) | Tel: 0808 164 0123 (Welsh Language Line) | Tel: 18001 44 116 123 (Relay UK). 24 hours. The Welsh Language Line is open every day, 7pm to 11pm.
- Shout, text 85258: Text: 85258. 24 hours.
- NHS 111, the urgent mental health route (England, Scotland and Wales): Tel: 111 (then choose the mental health option). In Wales, 24 hours a day.
- CALM helpline: Tel: 0800 58 58 58. For people over 18. Every day, 5pm to midnight.
- Connect, UK freephone, counselling for adult survivors of abuse: Tel: 0800 0488 023. Wednesday to Sunday, 5pm to 9pm (Irish time).
- All crisis lines in the United Kingdom
This page lists Trauma Psychoanalysts in London. 10 in all.
What trauma therapy treats
Trauma therapy treats what stays behind after a frightening or overwhelming event.
The World Health Organization names psychological treatment as the first choice for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1. Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy and EMDR have the most evidence.
Treatment usually includes preparation, and work on the memory itself comes later. It is for people whose symptoms have persisted.
Not everyone who has been through something bad needs it. Ask a practitioner which approaches they are trained in.
What a psychoanalyst does, and how often the sessions run
Everyone on this page describes their work as psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic therapy. You talk as freely as you can, and the analyst listens for patterns. The analyst also listens for how those patterns appear between you both.
Analysis usually means several meetings a week, agreed between you and the analyst. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy uses the same ideas once or twice a week.
The work runs open-ended rather than to a fixed number of sessions.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the specialism recorded as Trauma and the professional title psychoanalyst.
The London page answers more questions about therapy there.
Paying for therapy in London
Do affordable options exist in London?
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Lambeth Talking Therapies. Phone +44 20 3228 6747. Talking Therapies care is free under the NHS. Adults aged 18 and older can refer themselves. You must live in Lambeth or have a Lambeth GP.
Who registers therapists in the United Kingdom?
See the United Kingdom page for the professions that do carry a register there.
What these practitioners record
Sessions here are offered in English and Hindi/Urdu.
Nearby places and related listings
- Female Trauma Psychoanalysts in London
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References
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TherapyRoute is a clinician-led directory that champions independent practitioners who answer to you and their professional ethics. We don't take commissions, sell your data, or assign therapists by algorithm. You browse, compare, and choose.
Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
