Alexander Ross

How Can Therapy help?

You may be going through difficulties which are preventing you from being productive at work or are interfering with important relationships. This might leave you feeling worried or depressed and it might be hard to cope with feelings of anger or shame as a result.​

It can be lonely struggling with mental distress and can sometimes be hard to see an end or a way out. Psychotherapy can help to stabilise things in the short term and manage those underlying issues that might be causing you stress, leading to a more positive outlook on life.

​​People who I work with find not only do the difficulties with which they first come to therapy improve, but that they gain a more confident sense of self, are more effective at work and are able to develop and maintain more meaningful relationships.

What is Therapy About?

I specialise in psychodynamic also known as psychoanalytic psychotherapy which works in depth with unconscious processes that are outside of our immediate awareness. This type of therapy can be especially helpful for more long term difficulties that might have their beginnings in early life, deeper rooted and ongoing relationships or challenging work situations.

Areas of Specialty

-Processing a crisis from my work as a psychology lead in an NHS crisis service

-Through the challenges of working in healthcare and other high pressure environments having practised as a medical doctor

-Gain understanding around intercultural issues related to race, class, faith, gender, sexuality and disability having trained in intercultural psychotherapy  

-To grieve - enabling you to process and work through bereavement

-Tackle difficulties managing anger especially supporting many men to move from anger and aggressiveness to be able to thrive in work and relationships

-With gambling and gaming addiction

-Working through childhood or more recent sexual assault, domestic violence or other abuse

-Support around self-injury and or suicidality.

Training, qualifications & experience

I have worked in mental health in the NHS, forensic services, the charity sector and higher education for 14 years.

In addition to my private practice in London Bridge, I work as a senior psychotherapist in the NHS as the psychological professional lead for a London borough's community service.

I trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Tavistock and within the NHS before this working as a medical doctor, qualifying in 2012.

​I am registered with The British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), with the Tavistock Society of Practitioners and The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

I am an independent researcher most recently publishing a book called Meditation for Psychotherapists, run courses on the subject and lecture in psychotherapy up to masters level.

​Having sought support from therapists myself, I recognise that it can be daunting to get started, figure out who you might want to see or what kind of therapy might suit you best. This can be especially so when looking for a male therapist due to us being much fewer in number.

Do get in touch for a free initial call for us to think together about what brings you to therapy, for you to get a sense of what this kind of therapy is like and to speak to any questions you have.

We can arrange a consultation together which consists of two consecutive sessions. It's a chance for us to map out what is bringing you to therapy, for us to get a feel of what it's like to work together and to think about what support might be most helpful for you at this time.