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Aishling Partridge is an experienced qualified psychodynamic and relational psychotherapist registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the Professional Standards Authority Accredited Register
She offers in-depth long term and short term therapeutic treatment combining 10
Aishling Partridge is an experienced qualified psychodynamic and relational psychotherapist registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the Professional Standards Authority Accredited Register
She offers in-depth long term and short term therapeutic treatment combining 10 years clinical experience from private practice and as an honorary psychotherapist within the NHS Tavistock and Portman Foundation Trust Couples Unit.
Prior to these roles, she worked in the business and technology sector for 15 years, most recently in the development of psychology based performance solutions within large organisations.
Her London Bridge practice is located in close proximity to the mainline and underground station (Northern and Jubilee line) and nearby Borough Market. In Surbiton, the consulting room is located a short walk from Surbiton Station.
Email: psychotherapy@aishlingpartridge.com
Tel: 07974080924
How can Talking Therapy help?
We all consciously and unconsciously disown unpleasant inner feelings and for each of us the way we do this will differ. This is normal and the experience of conflict and contradiction can be positive, learning to adapt encourages personal development and progress.
However, when feeling conflicts are intolerable, the real emotions are pus
We all consciously and unconsciously disown unpleasant inner feelings and for each of us the way we do this will differ. This is normal and the experience of conflict and contradiction can be positive, learning to adapt encourages personal development and progress.
However, when feeling conflicts are intolerable, the real emotions are pushed down and unspoken. Using defences like denial and avoidance, we protect against feeling discomfort and painful or difficult emotions. This comes at a cost as rigid defences can lead to challenges in mental health, like anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, self-harm tendencies, eating disorder and feelings of isolation
By working collaboratively with you and with a commitment to establishing an open and honest relationship, the aim of therapy is to develop an awareness and understanding of where you feel the problems lie and to bring voice to the unspoken. Developing understanding and expression brings the opportunity for change.
Psychological difficulties are often likely to have originated at an early life stage so some understanding of the relationship between early developmental experiences in the context of current life mental health difficulties can help you. I would work with you to identify recurring patterns of behaviour and relationship, supporting you to change them if you want to.
By freeing up ties to past experiences that may be holding you back from making change, psychotherapy aims to create a space for the potential for progress and growth to emerge.
This helps you to live more fully in the present and decide, in an informed way, how you want to progress and move forward.
A Psychodynamic approach...
A Psychodynamic approach...
Most psychological difficulties were once adaptive solutions to life challenges which over time and changes in circumstances have become self-defeating.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a modality of therapy which is rooted in the concept of exploring unconscious mental processes and recurring patterns of behaving and relating which may b
Most psychological difficulties were once adaptive solutions to life challenges which over time and changes in circumstances have become self-defeating.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a modality of therapy which is rooted in the concept of exploring unconscious mental processes and recurring patterns of behaving and relating which may be causing emotional and physical symptoms.
It is a talking therapy with the aim of developing awareness and understanding of unknown aspects of the self which feel vulnerable and which need care and expression.
Habits of relating might be repeated in the relationship with the therapist and this can be thought about together. This is known as transference. Experiencing and reflecting on transference patterns in the therapy allows increased awareness to open up and brings a ‘here and now’ dimension to the experience of therapy and the search for self-awareness and acceptance.