About me
I am a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist working with adults in private practice, having previously worked in NHS mental health services for over ten years. I previously worked at the Adult Complex Needs department of the Tavistock and Portman Clinic – a specialist psychoanalytic service in London. Before this I worked in other areas and NHS services, including inpatient units, child and adolescent (CAMHS) specialist community services, adult psychological therapy teams and crisis resolution community services. I have been involved in research and auditing on the effectiveness and outcomes of psychological therapies in collaboration with the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) and the Anna Freud Centre.
I trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Tavistock and Portman Clinic. I am registered and accredited with the British Psychoanalytic Council and am a member of the Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists. I am a graduate member of the British Psychological Society and an Associate Member of the Institute of Group Analysis. I have previously completed trainings with the Institute of Psychoanalysis and Institute of Group Analysis.
Consulting Room
I work mainly in-person, though online/phone sessions can be arranged if needed.
My consulting room is near the center of Reading, postcode RG1.
Parking is available. The room is about 15 minutes walk from Reading Train Station. Nearest buses are the No. 4, X4 and 17.
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is an evidence-based form of therapy which can effectively treat emotional problems and a wide range of mental health conditions. This therapy addresses underlying issues and causes, often from your past, which may be concerning you or affecting your relationships with others. It is interested in how aspects of the unconscious mind may in fact be driving current issues in your life, or can be in conflict with other needs, wishes or feelings.
In your sessions you will be encouraged to talk freely and to look deeper into your problems and worries. It differs from many other talking therapies in that it aims to help people make deep-seated change in personality and emotional development, alongside relieving troubling symptoms. It can help you discuss feelings you have about yourself and other people, particularly family and those close to you.
Some people seek help for specific reasons, such as trauma, eating disorders, psycho-somatic conditions, obsessional behaviour, or phobic anxieties. Some seek help for underlying feelings of depression or anxiety, difficulties in concentrating, dissatisfaction in work or in marriage, or for an inability to form satisfactory relationships. It may benefit anyone.
Making Contact
Phone: 07301 205 990
Email: richardjameskelly1@gmail.com
To begin, I usually recommend meeting for 2-3 consultation sessions. These consultation meetings are a chance for me to hear about you and to begin to understand what has brought you to psychotherapy and what you hope to gain through the process. It will also give you a sense of what it is like for us to be together and whether a psychoanalytic way of working is right for you.
Together we will determine whether psychoanalytic therapy will be valuable to you and so whether to continue. If this does not seem the most suitable approach I can make recommendations for alternative forms of treatment and support.
Training, qualifications & experience
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist (BPC Accredited)
British Psychoanalytic Council - Member
Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists - Member
Institute of Group Analysis - Associate Member
British Psychological Society - Graduate Member
MSc Psych, University of Glasgow
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.
The British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is a professional association, representing the profession of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The organisation is itself made up of fourteen member organisations and BPC accredits the trainings of its member organisations. An individual who qualifies from one of these trainings is then eligible for entry into the BPC's register.
BPC registrants are governed by a code of ethics, a policy of continuing professional development, a statement on confidentiality and a complaints procedure. The BPC is a Member Society of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP). Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
Sessions and Fees
Given the nature of psychoanalytic work, regular sessions at a set time are essential, at a frequency of at least once per week. More intensive work, meeting two or more days per week, is common in psychoanalytic therapy and can be discussed following the consultation period or as we progress.
Initial consultation meetings, 50 minutes in length, are £60.
Ongoing sessions of 50 minutes are usually £60, with a sliding-scale of reduced fees if meeting more than once per week.
