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Online Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Across the UK
Registered online psychotherapist UK-wide, with NHS, university counselling and private practice experience.
Online Therapy for Trauma, Grief and Emotional Difficulties in the UK
Archibald Psychotherapy offers psychodynamic psychotherapy for adults seeking thoughtful, longer-term therapeutic work around trauma, grief, anxiety, loss, identity, and relationship difficulties. Sessions are available online across the UK and internationally. The practice draws on NHS and acute mental health experience, with a reflective approach that makes space for complexity rather than quick fixes. I work online with clients across the UK and in London, Cambridge, and Bristol.
What Can I Help With
About Your Therapist -
Alan Archibald, MBACP
I’m a qualified psychodynamic psychotherapist offering online therapy across the UK. With clinical experience in the NHS, university counselling, and private practice, I specialise in trauma, grief, loss, and intercultural therapy. Together, we’ll look at how past experiences, relationships, and cultural influences shape your present.
Areas of Specialism – Conditions I Treat
What to Expect in Your First Online Therapy Session
Your first session is a chance to talk about what's bringing you to therapy and what you hope for. It's normal to feel nervous. We’ll see whether the therapy feels like a good fit. You're not under any obligation to continue. It's simply an opportunity to meet and see if working together makes sense. In this confidential online space, we’ll discuss your concerns, session logistics, costs, and questions. We’ll meet twice initially to develop a shared understanding of your needs and ensure your emotional safety.
Fees & Concessions
Sessions from £100 · Initial consultation £150 · Concessions available
Understanding Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: How It Works
Benefits of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Psychodynamic psychotherapy can feel unclear, especially with so many therapy types out there. You might have heard of CBT, DBT, or psychoanalysis, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. But this therapy isn’t about labels or quick fixes. It’s about your unique story, your relationships, your past, your emotional world.
Much like a story unfolding, therapy explores how earlier experiences, like childhood relationships, shape your current feelings and behaviors. The goal is to better understand yourself, not to be told what to do, but to be deeply heard.
Your therapist listens beyond the words: tone, emotions, even what’s not said. This careful, non-judgmental space is where lasting change begins. Becoming a psychodynamic therapist involves deep personal and clinical training, all so the therapist can be fully present for you.
The therapeutic relationship is central. It’s a space where you can bring whatever you’re feeling and be met with calm, skilled attention. Every therapeutic journey is unique, a reflection of your personal history and emotional life. If this way of working resonates, I’d be happy to hear from you. Psychodynamic work is also deeply attachment-informed, exploring how early relational experiences shape the way we connect, protect ourselves, and feel in the world today.
Qualifications & Expertise
Postgraduate Diploma – Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, University of Essex
Clinical training – Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Experience in NHS, universities, private practice
Special interest in intercultural therapy
Frequently Asked Questions
What is psychodynamic psychotherapy?
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a form of talking therapy that explores how past experiences, relationships, emotions, and unconscious patterns shape present difficulties. Rather than focusing only on symptoms, psychodynamic therapy creates space to think more deeply about anxiety, trauma, grief, relationships, identity, and emotional overwhelm.
The aim is not simply symptom reduction, but greater understanding, reflection, and emotional change over time.
How do I know if psychotherapy is right for me?
People often seek psychotherapy when something no longer feels manageable alone. This may include anxiety, trauma, grief, burnout, relationship difficulties, emotional numbness, or a persistent sense of feeling stuck.
You do not need to be in crisis to begin therapy. Many people come because they want a deeper understanding of themselves, their relationships, and recurring emotional patterns.
An initial consultation offers space to think together about whether psychotherapy feels appropriate for you.
Do you offer online therapy across the UK and internationally?
Yes. Online psychotherapy is available for adults across the UK and, where appropriate, internationally. Online sessions can provide a consistent and confidential therapeutic space while allowing flexibility around work, parenting, travel, or location.
Sessions take place securely online and can be effective for a wide range of emotional difficulties, including trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, infant loss and relationship problems.