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Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Tutoring for Psychotherapy Students, Trainees and Clinicians

Support with clinical thinking, psychoanalytic theory, case formulation, supervision material and reflective writing

 

Studying psychotherapy, counselling or psychoanalytic theory can be intellectually rich, but also demanding. Many students and trainees find that the difficulty is not simply understanding the theory, but learning how to use it clinically: how to think psychodynamically, how to formulate a case, how to speak about transference and countertransference, and how to move from description into deeper psychological understanding.


I offer online psychodynamic and psychoanalytic tutoring for psychotherapy students, counselling trainees, psychology students, art therapy students and clinicians who want to strengthen their clinical thinking, reflective writing and ability to communicate psychoanalytic ideas more clearly.
 

My work may be especially useful if you are trying to make sense of supervision material, write a case study, prepare for a presentation, structure an essay, or develop more confidence in speaking about clinical work.
 

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What I can help with

 

I can support you with:

  • Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic theory

  • Clinical formulation and case discussion

  • Thinking about transference and countertransference

  • Understanding defences, anxiety, resistance and unconscious communication

  • Linking theory to clinical material

  • Preparing supervision material more clearly

  • Developing reflective writing

  • Structuring essays, case studies and assignments

  • Moving from descriptive writing into deeper critical thinking

  • Understanding Freud, Klein, Winnicott, Bion and object relations theory

  • Proofreading and improving the clarity of academic or reflective work

  • Developing your own clinical voice when writing or speaking about cases
     

The aim is not to give you ready-made answers, but to help you think with more depth, structure and confidence.

 

Who this is for


This support is suitable for:

  • Psychotherapy students

  • Counselling trainees

  • Psychology students

  • Art therapy students

  • Trainee psychodynamic counsellors or psychotherapists

  • Clinicians who want to develop psychoanalytic or psychodynamic thinking

  • Students writing essays, case studies, process notes or reflective assignments

  • Practitioners who want help articulating clinical material more thoughtfull
     

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Support with supervision material and clinical formulation

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Many psychotherapy students struggle to know what to bring to supervision, or how to speak about clinical material in a way that is thoughtful, concise, clinically meaningful and connected to their countertransference feelings.
 

We can work together on how to organise your thoughts around a client, including:

  • What feels emotionally significant in the work

  • What may be happening in the therapeutic relationship

  • Possible transference, countertransference responses and how to utilise them productively to formulate working hypotheses

  • Defences and anxieties that may be present

  • Repeated relational patterns

  • What the client may be communicating unconsciously

  • How your own feelings and responses might be clinically useful

  • How to present the material clearly in supervision, training or writing

This is not a replacement for formal clinical supervision. If you are seeing clients, you should continue to meet the supervision requirements of your course, placement or professional body. My role here is educational and consultative: to help you develop your psychodynamic thinking and your ability to articulate it.
 

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Support with psychoanalytic and psychodynamic writing

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Psychoanalytic writing can be difficult because the concepts are often abstract. Students may understand parts of the theory but struggle to turn that understanding into a clear argument.

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I can help you with:

  • Essay planning

  • Assignment structure

  • Case study writing

  • Reflective writing

  • Critical analysis

  • Proofreading and editing

  • Clarifying your argument

  • Linking theory to clinical examples

  • Moving beyond summary or description

  • Writing in a more thoughtful, precise and academically convincing way
     

I do not write essays or assignments for students. Instead, I help you understand your material, develop your own argument and express your ideas more clearly.

 

Areas of psychoanalytic theory we can explore

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Depending on your course, interests or assignment, we may work with ideas from:

  • Freud

  • Klein

  • Winnicott

  • Bion

  • Object relations theory

  • Attachment and early relationships

  • Transference and countertransference

  • Projection and projective identification

  • Defences and resistance

  • The therapeutic relationship

  • False self and true self

  • Containment

  • Unconscious communication

  • Repetition and relational patterns
     

The focus is always on helping you understand these ideas in a way that becomes usable, rather than simply theoretical.

 

How sessions work

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Sessions take place online and last 60 minutes. Concessionary rates currently available.
 

You can bring:

  • An essay question

  • A draft assignment

  • A case study

  • Process notes

  • Supervision material

  • A reading or theory you are struggling with

  • A presentation you are preparing

  • A clinical situation you want to think about more carefully
     

My style is thoughtful, clear and collaborative. I will take your work seriously and offer honest feedback, while helping you develop confidence in your own thinking.

If cost is a concern, affordable therapy options are available.

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