Psychoanalytic psychotherapy offers an opportunity to explore, together with the psychotherapist, your thoughts, feelings and concerns in more depth on a regular basis over a period of time.

This process can help by providing people with a deeper understanding of many difficult states of mind.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy aims to try to bring about changes in how the person deals with their experiences in relation to themselves and others and help them to alleviate their emotional pain and distress.

Gaining insight into what is driving thoughts and behaviour can change how a person manages feelings, behaviour and relationships with others.

CPU London provides psychoanalytic psychotherapy services to adults (18 and over), living anywhere in London, who are facing emotional difficulties. This includes relationship problems, depression, anxiety, social isolation, eating disorders, panic attacks and abuse, amongst other issues.

We see more than a hundred people each year.

You can self-refer to CPU London.

If you are interested in accessing group or individual psychotherapy at CPU please email us at enquiries@cpulondon.com and you will receive details of how our applications process operates and how to apply.

There is a general scarcity of our type of service and as we are open to patients across London, we tend to experience a high volume of referrals. We are making every effort to expand our service capacity so as to maximise the number of people we are able to help and to reduce the waiting times for consultations and for therapy.

We aim to keep our waiting lists as short as possible. The waiting time for an initial consultation is usually 2 to 3 months. A recommendation is then made for one of the following:

• Group therapy for up to two years

• Individual therapy for up to two years

• We may recommend that you are referred to another agency or service more suited to your needs.

This is something you can discuss during an initial consultation. We ask people to pay what they are able to manage, based on their individual circumstances. In some cases, we may be able to offer therapy free of charge.

Yes. The initial consultations aim at exploring with you, in depth, the nature of your difficulties and will try to formulate a recommendation for what is best. This could include group or individual therapy at CPU London, or suggesting another type of therapy or psychological and social support elsewhere, by signposting you to another agency to find help.

Before finalising the consultation process, we always try to find the best place for you. This may involve making enquiries and recommendations to other agencies or individuals with whom we have professional links. We do this so that the process of finding help for you is as appropriate and straightforward as possible.

CPU London is an independent charity and is managed by a management committee. CPU London is a registered charity with the Charity Commission and abides by its rules.

CPU London has a formal complaints procedure policy. We also have a Safeguarding Policy. Please contact us if you want more information.

CPU London welcomes referrals from all people over 18 regardless of race, sexuality, ethnic origin or disability.

All contact with CPU London is confidential subject to the provisions of our Safeguarding Policy. We will ask for your GP details and for your permission for us to contact them and any other health professionals involved in your care.