Counselling, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis in Soho, Central London
You may be looking for counselling or psychotherapy because something in your life or relationships feels difficult to manage, understand or put into words. You may find yourself returning to the same thoughts, or trying to set them aside by keeping busy. Sometimes, despite your efforts, the difficulty persists.
There may be a particular experience that has brought you here: a loss, a crisis, a change in a relationship. Or you may have a less easily defined sense that something is missing, or that the same difficulties keep returning. You do not need to know exactly what is wrong before making contact.
I offer counselling, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in English and Greek for adults and adolescents in Central London. Sessions provide a space to speak about what concerns you, at your own pace, with someone who listens carefully.
My practice is oriented by Lacanian psychoanalysis. I pay close attention to the particular words you use, the experiences that have marked your life and the questions that arise as you speak. Some difficulties persist even when we recognise them and want things to change. We may repeat a way of relating to others, return to choices that cause us suffering, or feel caught in a pattern we cannot explain. Psychoanalysis takes these repetitions seriously, attending to the unconscious processes at work in them.
In our sessions, we can explore how your difficulties have taken shape and what place they hold in your life. Thoughts, memories, dreams and seemingly incidental remarks may open unexpected connections. Something that has felt perplexing or beyond your control may gradually become more possible to approach. This work allows room for solutions that are particular to you. It can help you gain some distance from ways of living that have become painful or restrictive, and find different ways of responding to what troubles you.
About my practice
I am a psychoanalyst working in the Lacanian orientation and a member of the London Society of the New Lacanian School, the NLS and the World Association of Psychoanalysis (WAP). I am also a qualified psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist, and an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
My practice brings together clinical experience, ongoing study and analytic formation via seminars, conferences, study groups and remaining constantly active in my field by research, presentations and group projects with other practitioners. It is grounded in supervision and informed by my own experience of personal analysis.
You can read more about my approach on the Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis page, and about my training and experience on the About Me page.
What brings people to counselling or psychotherapy?
I have experience working with a wide range of concerns, including:
- Depression, bereavement and loss
- Relationship difficulties
- Fertility issues and difficulties before, during or after pregnancy
- Anxiety, phobias and panic attacks
- Anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorders
- Domestic violence and other forms of abuse
- Self-harm and addictions
- Trauma
- Sexual difficulties
Your reasons for seeking a counsellor, psychotherapist or psychoanalyst may not fit neatly into a list. You may be troubled by something you have never spoken about, or by a sense of dissatisfaction that is difficult to explain. This, too, can be a starting point.
Beginning with a conversation
Contacting a therapist can bring questions and hesitations. An initial consultation offers an opportunity to speak about what has brought you here and consider whether we might work together.
To enquire about counselling, psychotherapy or psychoanalysis in [practice area], Central London, you are welcome to call 07895 270801 or email sophia_berouka@hotmail.com.
Please feel free to browse through my website to find out more about me and my therapeutic practice.
