Anna Carver

I am a qualified and registered psychotherapist providing psychodynamic psychotherapy to individual adults aged 18 and over. I provide a safe, confidential and non-judgemental space for you to talk about your thoughts, feelings and emotions.

My clinical experience covers working with issues around anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationships, identity, work performance, creativity and later life.

If you are feeling low, anxious, at a loss; if you feel you don't know what is wrong and you would like someone to talk to; if you are experiencing relationship issues and would like to make sense of your what is affecting you; the psychodynamic psychotherapeutic process can help expand your awareness and self-knowledge so that you learn to recognise, understand and deal better with overwhelming feelings and thoughts. This could include exploring rooted problems and behavioural patterns that are repeated through life to help understand the influence of your past on present behaviour and emotions. This can be a very powerful process and allow you to make changes in your life that bring you closer to the life you wish to live.

Choosing the right therapist involves finding someone you can trust and work with. I offer an initial free 20-minute consultation on the phone. This will be an opportunity for you to talk in confidence about why you are seeking psychotherapy help and I can introduce you to how I work. Should you wish, we would then agree a 50 minute first session to talk in more detail about your therapy needs and expectations as well as to get a sense of how it might feel to work together. If therapy and working with me feels fitting, we would agree to work on-goingly.

Please call or email me and we can agree a suitable day and time for your initial telephone consultation.

I offer both “in the room” and online sessions. Sessions run for 50 minutes once weekly, on the same day and at the same time as consistency is important to the work.

I offer time-limited (12 weeks) or open-ended therapy, either online or in face-to-face weekly sessions.

£80 for consultations and sessions.
I run some discounted sessions during the afternoons, subject to availability.

I am a member of the BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council) and FPC (Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling). I abide by their code of ethics and practice which includes ongoing supervision and personal development (CPD). I am covered by Professional Indemnity Insurance.

I trained at WPF Therapy, one of the leading providers of psychodynamic psychotherapy training and therapy services in the UK.