Ilana Bakal

Providing a safe place to think and talk in confidence, is the foundation of my practice. My commitment as an experienced psychotherapist is to working collaboratively.  Enable and support you in the process of exploring your feelings, make sense of your thoughts and experiences and work through difficulties, understand relationships past and present and help to facilitate changes in a respectful and thoughtful way. 

I have extensive experience working with a diverse range of clients and presenting issues. My professional background includes private practice, the voluntary sector, and therapeutic roles within a range of organisations in the UK and abroad. I have worked with people from different cultures, faiths, sexual orientations, and professional and educational backgrounds, and with individuals navigating significant life transitions such as career change, relocation, and the challenges of integration, adaptation, and relationships.

I specialise in working with depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, work-related stress and burnout, separation, bereavement, loss, and trauma, with particular experience in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

I work short term (12 sessions) and long term, open ended therapy. Depends in the issue you bring.

I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). A member of the Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling (FPC) and the British Psychoanalytical Council (BPC),

I am bound by their codes of ethics.

I qualified as a psychodynamic psychotherapist at WPF Therapy and hold MA in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy - Theory and Practice from Roehampton University. I specialise in supporting people who have suffered anxiety, separation, bereavement, loss or trauma - in particular post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

My practice in High Holborn is centrally located with very good tube abd buses connections. 

We first book an initial consultation during which we can discuss the issues you would like to explore and work on. 

Currently I have some day time and evening availability at my Bethnal Green practice. 

Providing a safe, confidential, and supportive space to think and talk is the foundation of my work as a psychotherapist. I am committed to working collaboratively with clients to explore feelings, make sense of thoughts and experiences, and work through difficulties at a pace that feels right for each individual. My approach supports greater understanding of relationships, past and present, and facilitates meaningful and respectful change.

I have extensive experience working with a diverse range of clients and presenting issues. My professional background includes private practice, the voluntary sector, and therapeutic roles within a range of organisations in the UK and abroad. I have worked with people from different cultures, faiths, sexual orientations, and professional and educational backgrounds, and with individuals navigating significant life transitions such as career change, relocation, and the challenges of integration, adaptation, and relationships.

As a qualified EMDR – Eye, Movement, Desensitization and Reprocessing – therapist, I offer trauma and phobias focused therapy.

I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) I am a member of the Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling (FPC) and the British Psychoanalytical Council (BPC). I am bound by their codes of ethics.

My practivce at St Margaret House located few minutes from Bethnal Green tube station for the Central line and a short walk from Cambridge Heath overground station. 

We will meet for an intial consultation to try and find out the issue that you would like to explore and work on.  

The initial consultation is designed to see if and how we will be working together. 

I offer psychodynamic supervision to individuals and groups. 

I have extensive experience of clinical supervision of individuals in private practice and groups in organisations and training institutions.

The aim of psychodynamic clinical supervision is to encourage psychotherapists enhance their knowledge, skills, develop cultural openness and attunemnt and support their clinical work.

My Diploma in psychodynamic supervision is from Society for Analytical Psychology (SAP). Supervision training enriched my knowledge and equipped me to provide thorough, creative and comprehensive supervision to both trainees and qualified psychodynamic counsellors and psychotherapists.

Supervision is conducted face to face or online.

I offer supervision to individual psychdynamic psychotherapists/counsellors as well as for a group of 2-4 trainees or qualified counsellors/psychotherapists.

A brief telephone conversation to discuss your supervision needs can be arrange for no additional cost. 

AI offer clinical pychodynamic supervision to trainees and qualified counsellors and psychotherapists.

I have extensive experience of clinical supervision of individuals in private practice and groups in organisations and training institutions.

The aim of psychodynamic clinical supervision is to encourage psychotherapists enhance their knowledge, skills, develop cultural openness and attunemnt and support their clinical work.

My Diploma in psychodynamic supervision is from Society for Analytical Psychology (SAP). My training enriched my knowledge and equipped me to provide thorough, creative and comprehensive supervision to both trainee and qualified psychodynamic counsellors and psychotherapists.

I offer supervision to individuals psychdynamic psychotherapist/counsellors as well as for a group of 2-4 trainees or qualified counsellors/psychotherapists.

We can have a brief telephone consultation to discuss your supervision needs.