Christine McLaren

I work both in person with individuals in my comfortable consulting room in central Cheltenham as well as online. My work with adults is usually long term and I also offer a shorter, fixed period of sessions for younger people. Each session lasts for 50 minutes and the frequency is something we work out together. An initial period of consultation – usually two sessions – can help us understand what would be most helpful for you.

Therapy works when there is a strong, boundaried relationship based on trust. Psychodynamic and analytic therapy explores in depth how long-buried experiences, feelings and early relationships can affect how we deal with the present day through the relationship we develop together. This (sometimes challenging) experience can potentially lead to a new approach to life, with new perspectives on the past and present, a richer sense of self and autonomy and a greater capacity for relationships.