David Kenrick

In 2015, I was a co-founder of the Wilton Consultancy Ltd. We represent a small group of established psychoanalytic and attachment psychotherapists working in Victoria & Westminster in central London. We offer both long-term psychotherapeutic work and/or short-term periods of counselling.

Our London practice is within easy reach (under 2 minutes walk) of Victoria tube and mainline train stations.

We also have referral connections with therapists in Horsham, Brighton, Guildford, Crawley and Croydon.

Alongside my private practice work, I have many years experience of working in education welfare and therapeutic care for adolescents. I have a current special interest in working with depression, anxiety and boarding school disorders and their various effects on day-to-day life and the workplace.

Whilst I practice long-term psychotherapy, I also have links to Employee Assistance Programmes offering short term work via insurance companies. Much of my work is with people from a legal and corporate background as well as from the world of social care, education and the Arts.

Initial Consultation

It is natural to be anxious if you have not seen a therapist before, and the initial session is a chance for us both to assess your understanding and expectations of psychotherapy.

How Counselling or Psychotherapy can help

You may have experienced one or more of the following at some point in your life:

• Loneliness and an inability to sustain long term relationships
• Attachment / relationship issues
• Depression and a general feeling of unhappiness
• Trying to cope with feelings from past trauma or childhood abuse
• Stress or anger that feels overwhelming and out of proportion
• Work related issues
• Damaging addictions and food disorders
• Extreme anxiety, panic or suicidal feelings
• Bereavement and loss, incorporating many different kinds of grief:
  ~ the death of a loved one
  ~ the loss of parenthood through miscarriage and infertility
  ~ relationship breakdown

What psychotherapy and counselling can offer you:

Psychotherapy and counselling provides a confidential space in which you can express how you are feeling and reflect on problems and their underlying causes. Therapy is also challenging, as you face difficult feelings and ways of thinking in relation to others.

It is not the job of a Psychotherapist to tell you what to do, but to offer you different perspectives to help you work this out for yourself, through paying attention to your own feelings, instincts and judgements, and increasing your self-belief and confidence.

Sometimes it feels difficult to talk to family and friends about your problems. Psychotherapy and counselling can provide a confidential space for you to talk about the things which are preventing you from living a fulfilled life.

Your upbringing, early attachments and past environments may have affected you in some way, leaving you feeling insecure or lacking in confidence and unable to sustain healthy relationships. Talking this through with a psychotherapist can give you fresh perspectives and enable you to understand, be insightful, and value yourself more.