Cedric is a psychotherapist in Central London. He also practices as a psychodynamic supervisor to psychotherapists and counsellors.
He has been practising privately for the past 20 years. During this time, he also served as a mental health worker and team manager in the third sector, and supervisor and service lead in the NHS.
Cedric is a member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and is a Senior Associate Member of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM). He is also bilingual in English and French and practises in both languages.
“An opportunity to work through thoughts and emotions“
At best, life finds us curious and ready. We can enjoy its upsides, tolerate its inevitable snags and make sense of its ebb and flow. But it can also happen that we feel powerless to shift some negative emotional states. These can sometimes become entrenched and turn into chronic conditions of anxiety or depression. To work through these states, it will be beneficial to look into greater depth at one’s thoughts and feelings with the assistance of a professional.
For those who undertake it, psychotherapy will be an opportunity to bring into light and challenge the fundamentals of their life and personhood with the attentive help of a qualified and experienced practitioner.
“Uncovering, Understanding and Changing”
Psychotherapy is about:
The function of the psychotherapist is to provide a space in which to think and feel, that is completely confidential and safe. Their position is to see the person as they are, to treat them in good faith, with the sole aim of helping them to develop self-knowledge and autonomy: that is, truly to know their own mind.
The initial consultation is an opportunity to find out how we can work together. It lasts fifty minutes and can take place at my office in Fitzroy Street, London W1, or online via WhatsApp, Zoom or Facetime.
“Start by doing what’s necessary. Then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible”
– St Francis of Assissi
The unconscious is the ever present force in our daily actions. Unless we acknowledge this, our actions will not be framed by the present, but by the past – and we won’t know it. Psychotherapy aims to restore a good working relationship with our unconscious minds.
The initial consultation is more structured than the “typical” session of therapy, which tends to meander as it follows the course of the unconscious. Despite being more “protocol-heavy”, it is still unique to each individual, both in what it contains and in the way it unfolds.