Matthew Goldreich

How I work

I provide psychotherapy to adults, available on an open-ended or time-limited basis, with sessions usually held weekly.

I offer a supportive, non-judgemental, and confidential space to reflect on your patterns of relating to yourself and others.

The therapeutic process allows you to gain insight into how these patterns developed and explore avenues for meaningful change.

Therapy can help to address a specific problem or to cultivate greater self-awareness. Working collaboratively, we can begin to make sense of whatever it is that you are going through.

Whether you are seeking therapy to work through particular difficulties or to explore unknown parts of yourself, I adopt a tailored approach based on your individual needs.

I have particular experience working with adults dealing with issues related to depression, anxiety, relationships, trauma, self-esteem, body-image, motivation, career, spirituality, and creativity.

My approach

Given that much of our mental life goes on outside of our awareness, we often find ourselves thinking, doing, and feeling in ways which are hard to understand or exercise control over.

My approach to therapy is psychodynamic. In essence, this model is aimed at bringing awareness to lesser-known parts of ourselves, offering an opening towards a greater sense of self-knowledge, integration, and flexibility.

In this way, the process of therapy facilitates us becoming more fully ourselves, and more present and alive to our feelings, thoughts, and bodily states.

The therapeutic relationship is an important aspect of the psychodynamic approach. Past patterns of relating tend to continue to affect us until their unconscious influence is brought into awareness in the context of a new relationship. Psychotherapy offers the security and stability to thoughtfully and intentionally enter into this form of therapeutic relationship.

Our initial sessions will provide us the opportunity to think together about your reasons for coming to therapy and how we might approach future sessions.

Thereafter, the invitation is for you to speak freely through any thoughts, emotions, behaviours, dreams, and fantasies which come to mind or may be troubling you. I will provide light direction to keep you accountable and feeling supported throughout the process.

Psychotherapy tends to be longer-term and open-ended to make space for deeper change.

We may also decide at the outset that a shorter-term, fixed amount of sessions would be more appropriate. This may be indicated where you are looking to work through a particular life problem or dilemma.

I currently have spaces available in Walthamstow on Monday and Wednesday evenings and in Dalston on Tuesday evenings, Thursday mornings and Friday mornings. 

I am available for online sessions throughout the week - please enquire about specific hours.

I also offer limited availability for low-fee psychoanalytic psychotherapy at a frequency of 3x per week.

My name is Matthew and I am a therapist working online and in-person in Walthamstow and Dalston.

I provide a supportive, non-judgemental and confidential space where you can take time to reflect on your patterns of relating to yourself and others. The therapeutic process allows you to gain insight into how these patterns developed and explore new avenues for self-acceptance and meaningful change. 

Therapy can help to address a specific problem or to cultivate greater self-awareness. Working collaboratively, and at a pace which suits you, we can explore and make sense of whatever it is that you are going through.

Therapy does not exclusively deal with problems and suffering. I see therapy as directed towards achieving a holistic well-being, going beyond symptom relief to foster personal growth, openness and self-expression.

My approach to therapy is psychodynamic. This means I work in a way which seeks to explore how present feelings and behaviours are shaped by past relationships and experiences. A central idea is that self-knowledge reduces inner conflict, making way for a sense of acceptance and the potential for change.

Each session is open and non-directive - the invitation is to talk freely without censoring yourself. By paying careful attention to the thoughts, feelings and images which emerge during the course of treatment, new choices and states of mind can begin to open up.

Seeking therapy can feel like a daunting step into the unknown. I treat the first few sessions as an extended consultation so that you can decide whether we are a good fit and if it would be helpful to continue working together.

I currently have spaces available in Walthamstow on Monday and Wednesday evenings and in Dalston on Tuesday evenings, Thursday mornings and Friday mornings.

I am available for online sessions throughout the week - please enquire about specific hours.

I also offer limited availability for low-fee psychoanalytic psychotherapy at a frequency of 3x per week.

My name is Matthew and I am a therapist working online and in-person in Walthamstow and Dalston.

I provide a supportive, non-judgemental and confidential space where you can take time to reflect on your patterns of relating to yourself and others. The therapeutic process allows you to gain insight into how these patterns developed and explore new avenues for self-acceptance and meaningful change.

Therapy can help to address a specific problem or to cultivate greater self-awareness. Working collaboratively, and at a pace which suits you, we can explore and make sense of whatever it is that you are going through.

Therapy does not exclusively deal with problems and suffering. I see therapy as directed towards achieving a holistic well-being, going beyond symptom relief to foster personal growth, openness and self-expression.

My approach to therapy is psychodynamic. This means I work in a way which seeks to explore how present feelings and behaviours are shaped by past relationships and experiences. A central idea is that self-knowledge reduces inner conflict, making way for a sense of acceptance and the potential for change.

Each session is open and non-directive - the invitation is to talk freely without censoring yourself. By paying careful attention to the thoughts, feelings and images which emerge during the course of treatment, new choices and states of mind can begin to open up.

Seeking therapy can feel like a daunting step into the unknown. I treat the first few sessions as an extended consultation so that you can decide whether we are a good fit and if it would be helpful to continue working together.