Johannes Laan

I currently have availability for face to face and online sessions Monday-Friday. Weekend sessions can be negotiated. 

I’m Hannes, an Integrative Psychotherapist offering face to face psychotherapy in Levenshulme, Manchester, and online sessions across the UK. I work with adults and young people aged 16 and over.

You may have a clear sense of what has brought you to therapy. Perhaps you’re struggling in a relationship, living with anxiety or low mood, dealing with a loss, or trying to make sense of something that has happened to you.

At other times, it can be harder to identify what is wrong. You may find yourself repeating familiar patterns, struggling with closeness or relationships, feeling disconnected from yourself, or questioning the direction your life is taking. Your life may appear reasonably settled while leaving you with a sense of dissatisfaction that is difficult to explain.

I work with experiences including anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy difficulties, trauma, grief and loss, loneliness, identity and sexuality, and periods of change or uncertainty. I am also interested in questions around belonging, meaning and how we make choices about the lives we want to lead.

My practice is integrative, with a strong grounding in existential thinking. This means I am interested in your experience as a whole person and in the particular circumstances of your life, rather than approaching you primarily through a diagnosis or a set of symptoms.

I see therapy as a conversation in which we can pay close attention to your experience and become curious about things that may be difficult to understand on your own.

I am an engaged therapist. I listen closely, ask questions and offer reflections about what I am hearing. At times I may invite us to stay with something that seems significant or easily moved past. I am interested in what you make of my observations too, including when your experience is different from how I have understood it.

The relationship between us is also part of the work. As we get to know one another, we may notice ways of relating that are familiar from elsewhere in your life. This can give us an opportunity to understand something about closeness, distance, trust, expectations of other people, or how much of yourself you allow others to see.

Some people come to therapy wanting help with a particular difficulty. Others are interested in understanding themselves more deeply, reconsidering how they are living, or exploring questions for which there may not be a straightforward answer. I am comfortable working in this more exploratory way.

My own life has taken me through different kinds of work and to different parts of the world before becoming a psychotherapist. Those experiences, alongside my training and my own experience of therapy, contribute to the person I am in the room with you.

Sessions are 50 minutes and usually weekly. I work face to face in Levenshulme, Manchester, and online across the UK. I offer a free 20 minute consultation so that we can speak before deciding whether to arrange a first session.

I offer a free 20 minute consultation. This gives you an opportunity to tell me a little about what has brought you to therapy, ask any questions, and get some sense of how it feels to talk with me. We can also discuss practicalities such as confidentiality, timing and frequency.