Ana Valea
I practise psychoanalytic psychotherapy with individual adults, and I am registered with the UK Council for Psychotherapy. In conjunction with my clinical work, I offer assessments for psychotherapy, clinical supervision, and other services described on the various pages of this site.
As a graduate psychologist, I began my professional life working with those experiencing severe mental health problems. I undertook further training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, qualifying in 2002 as a psychodynamic psychoanalytic psychotherapist. Alongside my private practice I have also run a therapeutic Community (TC) for individuals struggling with various forms of emotional distress
Some of the difficulties that I have worked with in my psychotherapy practice include: relationship difficulties, gender identity, anxiety, depersonalisation, derealization, depression, low self-esteem, borderline personality disorder, abuse of many kinds, eating disorders, self-harm, trauma of many kinds, psychoses, sexuality, loss and bereavement.
Professional Credentials
Licenses & Certifications
- Psychoanalytic psychodynamic Psychotherapist: UKCP registered.
- Certificate of proficiency in Psychoanalytic supervision: The Guild of Psychotherapists.
Education & Background
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist: AAP and UKCP registered.
- Psychoanalytic Psychodynamic Clinical Supervisor: The Guild of Psychotherapist.
- BSc Psychology and Gender studies. Middlesex University
Professional Experience
- Psychotherapist in full-time Private Practice. Sept 2002- Present.
- Psychotherapist at Lifeworks Psychotherapy Service. Sept 2008- April 2023.
- Clinical Supervisor and coordinator at The Arbours Therapeutic Community. Sept 2004- April 2022.
- Psychotherapist and Course Leader at the Women’s Psychotherapy Centre. Sept 2004-July 2005.