About me
After graduating in Applied Mathematics from the University of Paris (X) in France, followed by a brief incursion in film 3D special effects in Soho (UK), I certified in Transactional Analysis from the Metanoia Institute and received a diploma in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy from WPF in London. I then graduated with a Master of Science (MSc) in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Roehampton University.
Establishing my practice in the UK in 2010 has brought me 16 years+ of clinical experience dealing with the widest range of issues.
But what is Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy? It is a process in the service of therapy that uses speaking as its working tool. Most of us understand our ability to use language - what and how we use words - as a general means to communicate ideas, concepts and feelings. And yet language is so much more than that. Words not only convey meanings, they have a certain materialism, are uttered in a tone, and follow a singular and hidden structure specific to each person. They take their gravitational pull from a thing which is almost impossible to grasp but for the desire it causes. If our experience and place in life and society is understood to be structured by language and its end product, desire, then it follows that desire and language have a significant impact on our life.
There exists quite a number of different approaches out there guiding the clinic, but none have to date kept so faithfully close to the scientific rigor first applied in his discoveries by the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, than the French psychoanalyst Dr. Jacques Lacan. My clinic is therefore guided in principle by Lacanian tenets and its ethics.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
- Master of Science (MSc) in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Roehampton University, London
- Insurers recognised: Bupa - AXA - AVIVA - Vitality Health
20 years+ clinical experience
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
The initial assessment is an opportunity for us to clarify the issues that have led you to consider psychotherapy, and your expectations as to its outcome. It may also be a chance for you to ask questions about me, my background, clinical work, and qualifications, as well as make up your mind as to whether you feel confident that we can work together. By the end of this session, I aim to discuss therapy options with you, including other services if, for any reason, therapy seems impracticable with me.
Cancellation policy: Any sessions cancelled on the day is to be paid in full
No obligation to continue
When I work
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Further information
"Stephane's clinical skills are very advanced, and his work is fully in accordance with the highest standards in the profession. His work bears witness to excellent reflexivity, and his professional conduct with clients with a wide range of presenting problems is exemplary"
- Professor Dany Nobus. Chair of Psychology & Psychoanalysis and Head of the School of Social Sciences at Brunel University, London. Recently appointed chair of the Freud Museum, London
