David

Mr David Polak

Psychoanalyst

“Professional, confidential service in convenient central London location. Over fifteen years experience in various settings/issues.”

About Me

I help individuals navigate a wide range of personal issues, drawing on over fifteen years' experience. My professional, confidential service in central London provides a supportive space to explore your concerns. We can work together to understand patterns and find new ways forward. Clients appreciate my consistent, experienced approach, finding a valuable match for their unique needs.

Approach

Sessions take a steady, reflective pace, attending to the patterns beneath anxiety, low mood and relationship strains so treatment feels measured and reliable. In my central London consulting room and via secure online appointments we keep to regular times, so continuity and containment support the work between meetings. I listen for recurring relational themes and tune into how feelings are held in the body and daily life, offering timely reflections that help map inner experience. This approach suits adults looking for depth-oriented, sustained attention to personal change.
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Basic Information

Services

Services Offered:

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    Psychoanalysis

    An in-depth therapy that explores unconscious patterns, early experiences, and inner conflicts to produce lasting psychological change, typically involving frequent sessions.

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    Psychodynamic Therapy

    A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.

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    Individual Therapy

    One-on-one therapy sessions between a client and a therapist, focused on that person's specific concerns and goals.

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Works With:

  • •Adults

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

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    Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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    Mood Disorder

    A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.

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    Relationship Issues

    Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.

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Professional Title:

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    Psychoanalyst

    A therapist trained in psychoanalysis, an in-depth approach that explores unconscious patterns, early experiences, and inner conflicts.

Qualifications

London Metropolitan University

Registrations

British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC)

Psychoanalyst

Service Area

Institute of psychoanalysis

In-person & Online

Maida Vale

London, England

United Kingdom