The London Therapist

Making the decision to come to therapy is one of the most difficult things to do – admitting that you need help, especially for your mental health, is a very tough step to take. After many sleepless nights, swamped by thoughts, or finding life unbearable, it might be difficult to know where to turn to.  

When things feel overwhelming, it is important to have hope that change can happen. It may not be instant, but change will come, and coming to therapy can be transformational.  

In our first session, I would ask you to tell me what brings you to therapy today, and I would ask you more about your physical health and important events from your life history, from infancy to the present.

Why do I do this? Because:

1. Our mental and physical health are intimately linked – it is extremely unlikely that your mental health would be unaffected by your physical health and vice versa. Mental and physical health, mind and body are a continuum, and if the health of one improves, then so will the health of the other

2. We come to therapy because something is happening now that is too difficult for us. The important thing to bear in mind that we are not a product of just the here and now – what we are today is a result of a million events that have made and shaped us over our entire lives – all these things add up to the present and can affect us in ways that we may not realise

This first session enables you to see who I am and how I work, and ask any questions you may have about the process of psychotherapy. We will then arrange ongoing sessions, usually at the same time and day. I work on both a short-term and long-term basis and typically this is open-ended.

I practice from Tooting (SW17), easily accessible by tube (Tooting Broadway). I am also happy to see you online, particularly if you are not based in London, or have limited accessibility.

I am registered with the UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy), and have been helping people in the charity sector, as well as low-cost services, for many years. In private practice, I have a classic Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy orientation, and as an academic scientist, my approach is influenced by the latest advances in neuroscience and developmental biology. At a fundamental level, I believe that human beings bring each other into “being” and we can heal each other.  

Contact me on anamootoosamy@gmail.com or 07399295546 to see how I can help.