John Ahearne

I have various availability across my clinics in Angel Islington, Holborn, Bond Street, Wimpole Street, Oxford Street, the West End, and Marylebone + online. Contact me to find a date and time that suit both of us. 

What brings you to therapy? Maybe something current in your life or maybe something from your past… Together we will work to find out what is going on.

I am a fully qualified in-person practising therapist with clinics in Angel Islington, Holborn, Bond Street, Wimpole Street, Oxford Street, the West End, and Marylebone I also offer online therapy. I am committed to providing counselling and talking therapy in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment. I work with individuals and couples using an open-ended approach or for an agreed time period, with the aim of enabling you to enhance your life and to live it more fully.

I do not see myself as an expert, you are the expert on you; rather I see myself as a skilled helper in your journey.

I understand that seeking out therapy can be a difficult decision for some, but I firmly believe that when an individual makes that step, it is because they are ready for change and growth. Using my training, we will work towards a better awareness of yourself and a better awareness of yourself in relation to others.

My approach is integrative, meaning that I draw on and integrate the training I have had psychodynamic and therapeutic relational theories and applications. I tend to lean towards the Psychodynamic.

Current: MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of London (UoL). 

At the centre of my practice is the cultivation of a secure, safe, and confidential therapeutic environment and relationship. This is key to building a solid therapeutic alliance with clients; a relational, harmless and co-created space between therapist and client.

I believe that Continued Professional Development should inform my practice; some CPDs are:

Freud's Three Paradigms of Psychosis

Psychoanalysis in Time of the Pandemic

Brief Dynamic Therapy: A Psychodynamic Perspective

Addiction Pandemic? Attachment, Desire and Chemical Distractions

The Wisdom of Trauma and Talks on Trauma series - Dr. Gabor Maté

Shapes of gender identity: Three stories with impact

Book launch: Learning from the unconscious

Kimberlé Crenshaw's 'Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex'

Men, Intimacy, and Shame workshop

Black men and mental health recovery: An intersectionalities approach

Existential Therapies: Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Practices

Uncertainty: An Existential Perspective - Prof. Ernesto Spinelli

Psychoanalysis for the People - Tavistock

Racism: through a lens of FEAR

Tavistock Policy Seminar: Whiteness - A problem for our time

Wittgenstein, Lacan, and astonishment: workshop

Working with Trauma at the Tavistock: Tradition and innovative thinking

Understanding LGBTQ Terminology - workshop

In the footsteps of Bick: Continuing the legacy of infant observation

Psychoanalysis and the Public Sphere: Social Fault Lines

On Ferenczi's 'Clinical Diary': Trauma, Hypocrisy, Authority

How I Found My Voice: Margaret Atwood and Samira Ahmed

You Can't Outshame Shame

Working with Grief and Loss 

Current: MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of London (UoL). 

We will have had a telephone call before our first session to get a feel for if we want to work together. We'll identify and date/time for weekly sessions - be that in person or online.

The first few sessions are concerned with you telling me your story in as much detail as you want to tell. Depending on what you bring to the session, we can then decide together some goals, or maybe what you want to focus on at first, and we'll take it from there.

Angel Islington, Holborn, Bond Street, Wimpole Street, Oxford Street, the West End, and Marylebone

I have various availability across my clinics in Angel Islington, Holborn, Bond Street, Wimpole Street, Oxford Street, the West End, and Marylebone + online. Contact me to find a date and time that suit both of us. 

What brings you to therapy? Maybe something current in your life or maybe something from your past… Together we will work to find out what is going on.

I am a fully qualified in-person practising therapist with clinics in Angel Islington, Holborn, Bond Street, Wimpole Street, Oxford Street, the West End, and Marylebone. I also offer online therapy. I am committed to providing counselling and talking therapy in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment. I work with individuals and couples using an open-ended approach or for an agreed time period, with the aim of enabling you to enhance your life and to live it more fully.

I do not see myself as an expert, you are the expert on you; rather I see myself as a skilled helper in your journey.

I understand that seeking out therapy can be a difficult decision for some, but I firmly believe that when an individual makes that step, it is because they are ready for change and growth. Using my training, we will work towards a better awareness of yourself and a better awareness of yourself in relation to others.

My approach is integrative, meaning that I draw on and integrate the training I have had psychodynamic and therapeutic relational theories and applications. I tend to lean towards the Psychodynamic.

Current: MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of London (UoL). 

At the centre of my practice is the cultivation of a secure, safe, and confidential therapeutic environment and relationship. This is key to building a strong therapeutic alliance with clients; a relational, harmless and co-created space between therapist and client.

I believe that my practice should be informed by Continued Professional Development, some CPDs are:

Freud's Three Paradigms of Psychosis

Psychoanalysis in Time of the Pandemic

Brief Dynamic Therapy: A Psychodynamic Perspective

Addiction Pandemic? Attachment, Desire and Chemical Distractions

The Wisdom of Trauma and Talks on Trauma series - Dr. Gabor Maté

Shapes of gender identity: Three stories with impact

Book launch: Learning from the unconscious

Kimberlé Crenshaw’s 'Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex'

Men, Intimacy, and Shame workshop

Black men and mental health recovery: An intersectionalities approach

Existential Therapies: Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Practices

Uncertainty: An Existential Perspective - Prof. Ernesto Spinelli

Psychoanalysis for the People - Tavistock

Racism: through a lens of FEAR

Tavistock Policy Seminar: Whiteness - A problem for our time

Wittgenstein, Lacan, and astonishment: workshop

Working with Trauma at the Tavistock: Tradition and innovative thinking

Understanding LGBTQ Terminology - workshop

In the footsteps of Bick: Continuing the legacy of infant observation

Psychoanalysis and the Public Sphere: Social Fault Lines

On Ferenczi’s ‘Clinical Diary’: Trauma, Hypocrisy, Authority

How I Found My Voice: Margaret Atwood and Samira Ahmed

You Can't Outshame Shame

Working with Grief and Loss

We will have had a telephone call before our first session to get a feel for if we want to work together. If happy to

Go ahead we'll identify and date/time for weekly sessions - be that in person or online. 

The first few sessions are concerned with you telling me your story in as much detail as you want to tell. Depending on what you bring to the session we can then decide together some goals, or maybe what you want to focus on at first and we'll take it from there. 

Angel Islington, Holborn, Bond Street, Wimpole Street, Oxford Street, the West End, and Marylebone. 

I have various availability across my clinics in Angel Islington, Holborn, Bond Street, Wimpole Street, Oxford Street, the West End, and Marylebone + online. Contact me to find a date and time that suit both of us. 

What brings you to therapy? Maybe something current in your life or maybe something from your past… Together we will work to find out what is going on.

I am a fully qualified in-person practising therapist with clinics in Angel Islington, Holborn, Bond Street, the West End, Oxford Street and Marylebone. I also offer online therapy. I am committed to providing counselling and talking therapy in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment. I work with individuals and couples using an open-ended approach or for an agreed time period, with the aim of enabling you to enhance your life and to live it more fully.

I do not see myself as an expert, you are the expert on you; rather I see myself as a skilled helper in your journey.

I understand that seeking out therapy can be a difficult decision for some, but I firmly believe that when an individual makes that step, it is because they are ready for change and growth. Using my training, we will work towards a better awareness of yourself and a better awareness of yourself in relation to others.

My approach is integrative, meaning that I draw on and integrate the training I have had psychodynamic and therapeutic relational theories and applications. I tend to lean towards the Psychodynamic.

Current: MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of London (UoL). 

At the centre of my practice is the cultivation of a secure, safe, and confidential therapeutic environment and relationship. This is key to building a strong therapeutic alliance with clients; a relational, harmless and co-created space between therapist and client.

I believe that my practice should be informed by Continued Professional Development, some CPDs are:

Freud's Three Paradigms of Psychosis

Psychoanalysis in Time of the Pandemic

Brief Dynamic Therapy: A Psychodynamic Perspective

Addiction Pandemic? Attachment, Desire and Chemical Distractions

The Wisdom of Trauma and Talks on Trauma series - Dr. Gabor Maté

Shapes of gender identity: Three stories with impact

Book launch: Learning from the unconscious

Kimberlé Crenshaw’s 'Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex'

Men, Intimacy, and Shame workshop

Black men and mental health recovery: An intersectionalities approach

Existential Therapies: Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Practices

Uncertainty: An Existential Perspective - Prof. Ernesto Spinelli

Psychoanalysis for the People - Tavistock

Racism: through a lens of FEAR

Tavistock Policy Seminar: Whiteness - A problem for our time

Wittgenstein, Lacan, and astonishment: workshop

Working with Trauma at the Tavistock: Tradition and innovative thinking

Understanding LGBTQ Terminology - workshop

In the footsteps of Bick: Continuing the legacy of infant observation

Psychoanalysis and the Public Sphere: Social Fault Lines

On Ferenczi’s ‘Clinical Diary’: Trauma, Hypocrisy, Authority

How I Found My Voice: Margaret Atwood and Samira Ahmed

You Can't Outshame Shame

Working with Grief and Loss

We will have had a telephone call before our first session to get a feel for if we want to work together. If happy to go ahead we'll identify and date/time for weekly sessions - be that in person or online.

The first few sessions are concerned with you telling me your story in as much detail as you want to tell. Depending on what you bring to the session we can then decide together some goals, or maybe what you want to focus on at first and we'll take it from there. 

Angel Islington, Holborn, Bond Street, Wimpole Street, Oxford Street, the West End, and Marylebone. 

I have various availability across my clinics in Angel Islington, Holborn, Bond Street, Wimpole Street, Oxford Street, the West End, and Marylebone + online. Contact me to find a date and time that suit both of us. 

What brings you to therapy? Maybe something current in your life or maybe something from your past… Together we will work to find out what is going on. 

I am a fully qualified in-person practising therapist with clinics in Angel Islington, Holborn, Bond Street, Wimpole Street, the West End, Oxford Street and Marylebone. I also offer online therapy. I am committed to providing counselling and talking therapy in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment. I work with individuals and couples using an open-ended approach or for an agreed time period, with the aim of enabling you to enhance your life and to live it more fully.

I do not see myself as an expert, you are the expert on you; rather I see myself as a skilled helper in your journey.

I understand that seeking out therapy can be a difficult decision for some, but I firmly believe that when an individual makes that step, it is because they are ready for change and growth. Using my training, we will work towards a better awareness of yourself and a better awareness of yourself in relation to others.

My approach is integrative, meaning that I draw on and integrate the training I have had psychodynamic and therapeutic relational theories and applications. I tend to lean towards the Psychodynamic. 

Current: MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of London (UoL). 

At the centre of my practice is the cultivation of a secure, safe, and confidential therapeutic environment and relationship. This is key to building a strong therapeutic alliance with clients; a relational, harmless and co-created space between therapist and client.

I believe that my practice should be informed by Continued Professional Development, some CPDs are:

Freud's Three Paradigms of Psychosis

Psychoanalysis in Time of the Pandemic

Brief Dynamic Therapy: A Psychodynamic Perspective

Addiction Pandemic? Attachment, Desire and Chemical Distractions

The Wisdom of Trauma and Talks on Trauma series - Dr. Gabor Maté

Shapes of gender identity: Three stories with impact

Book launch: Learning from the unconscious

Kimberlé Crenshaw’s 'Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex'

Men, Intimacy, and Shame workshop

Black men and mental health recovery: An intersectionalities approach

Existential Therapies: Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Practices

Uncertainty: An Existential Perspective - Prof. Ernesto Spinelli

Psychoanalysis for the People - Tavistock

Racism: through a lens of FEAR

Tavistock Policy Seminar: Whiteness - A problem for our time

Wittgenstein, Lacan, and astonishment: workshop

Working with Trauma at the Tavistock: Tradition and innovative thinking

Understanding LGBTQ Terminology - workshop

In the footsteps of Bick: Continuing the legacy of infant observation

Psychoanalysis and the Public Sphere: Social Fault Lines

On Ferenczi’s ‘Clinical Diary’: Trauma, Hypocrisy, Authority

How I Found My Voice: Margaret Atwood and Samira Ahmed

You Can't Outshame Shame

Working with Grief and Loss

We will have had a telephone call before our first session to get a feel for if we want to work together. If happy to go ahead we'll identify and date/time for weekly sessions - be that in person or online.

The first few sessions are concerned with you telling me your story in as much detail as you want to tell. Depending on what you bring to the session we can then decide together some goals, or maybe what you want to focus on at first and we'll take it from there. 

Angel Islington, Holborn, Bond Street, Wimpole Street, Oxford Street, the West End, and Marylebone.