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ABOUT ME

Meet Alan Archibald - Online Psychodynamic Psychotherapist

Hi, I'm Alan

Thank you for visiting Archibald Psychotherapy. Below, you’ll find a full overview of my professional background, therapeutic approach, and the services I offer. I invite you to explore and reach out if anything resonates. I offer compassionate, culturally sensitive therapy designed for long‑term sustainable change.

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Struggling with emotional pain, trauma, or grief?

I offer a safe, experienced space to begin your healing.

I’m a qualified psychodynamic psychotherapist offering online therapy across the UK, with a specialist focus on trauma, grief, loss, and depth psychotherapy. I also have a strong interest and experience in intercultural psychotherapy, supporting individuals from diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds as they navigate identity, belonging, and emotional pain.

With clinical experience in the NHS and advanced training at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, I work with issues such as miscarriage, stillbirth, childhood trauma, sexual abuse, and long-term emotional struggles. I provide a compassionate, confidential, and professional therapeutic space where we can explore the deeper roots of your difficulties.

Together, we’ll look at how past experiences, relationships, and cultural influences shape your present, working toward emotional resilience and lasting mental health recovery.

My Approach

A Safe, Reflective Space

The therapy I give (psychodynamic psychotherapy) provides a safe space that we can explore and think together about the issues and challenges you bring.

Rooted in Tradition and Evidence

It is evidence-based and with a long tradition of success.
I believe it provides long-term sustainable change in people's mental health.

Unhurried, Compassionate Exploration

It allows for unhurried exploration to really get to the bottom of what’s been going on and provide you with the understanding that is often needed to be able to identify, grieve, and move on from the pain that you have gone through.

Carrying the Weight Together

I will think with you and together hold the weight that you carry. We can then unpack, with care and attention, the difficulties you have faced and try to make sense of it together.

Understanding the Roots

Often patterns set in your early life can have an impact on how you feel now and how you see what goes on around you. I will be able to help you look at these things in a non-judgmental and safe space that allows you to find some peace and resolution.