Nick Blackburn
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About me
I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and counsellor specialising in anxiety, depression and a loss of purpose and meaning, helping people to make changes. Recently I have become very interested in the links between people's life histories and the ways we might think about attention, addiction and neurodiversity (for example ADHD and autism-spectrum diagnoses).
Though I'll start by asking you about your symptoms, we will also think about the deeper issues which may have caused them: we could think of this as a journey from management to change. Often people decide to come once or twice a week; with serious issues it may be more often. I often find a first meeting is the most helpful way of you talking through your problems and together we will decide what you might need and what way of working might suit you best.
Now that remote working has become a part of many people’s lives, I have been seeing more clients online or over the phone: I am experienced in working in this way and I've found people take to it naturally and some find it allows them to combine therapy with a busy work or travel schedule. For others, in-person is really the thing and I have a busy in-person practice in Notting Hill.
I believe there are many possibilities for your way forward through life and that therapy offers a space where you will find you can speak openly about yourself and what you want, sometimes for the first time.
The way I work is informed by the psychoanalysis of Freud, Lacan, Bion and others, but adapted to the modern world. I came to therapy through literature and the arts and hold a Ph.D. from Trinity College, Cambridge where I taught English Literature for several years. I am currently Chair of The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis and a member of The College of Psychoanalysts (UK).
I am very much at home working with gay, lesbian, bi, trans and non-binary people as well as with issues around anxiety, addiction, trauma and sex, and I enjoy working with couples and other similar units.
I am registered with several private health insurance companies including AXA and WPA.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been seeing patients in London since 2015.
I am Chair of The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis where I completed my training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and a member of The College of Psychoanalysts-UK. I am a Full Clinical Member of the UKCP, who require their members be fully insured, abide by a code of ethics and participate in regular, confidential supervision.
I have also worked as a therapist in third sector organisations Mind and Single Homeless Project and I have run training groups for staff members working in a mental health setting.
I have been consulted as an expert in anxiety and self-confidence by Huffington Post and Men's Health, and for Channel 4.
I have a Ph.D. from Cambridge University where I taught for several years.
I also have a strong background in theatre and the arts. My first book was published by Faber in 2021.
Member organisations
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Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
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BDSM
Fees
£90.00 per session
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
The initial session is free.
Ongoing sessions cost £90 upwards depending on income.
Sessions for couples start at £160 based on a 90min session.
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