Navigating Life's Complexities: Psychoanalytic Therapy with Simina
Hello, and welcome. I’m Simina, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with over a decade of training and experience.
We all carry a story. From our first relationships in childhood to the experiences that followed, each moment has shaped how we see the world, how we feel, and how we connect with others. These early bonds, often called attachment relationships, influence the way we navigate life as adults – from how we relate to partners, friends, and family to how we understand ourselves.
What makes my approach different is my deep curiosity about your story and who you are. I believe every person is a whole universe – unique, complex, and deserving of understanding in their own right. My work combines years of psychoanalytic training, relationship like therapy, a degree in psychology, and up-to-date insights from neuroscience, all woven into a warm, human approach.
I’ve worked with people from diverse backgrounds across the world and know that no two stories are the same. Here, you’ll find a compassionate and safe space where we can make sense of the patterns, emotions, and relationships that shape your life. Together, we’ll explore these deeper layers so you can move forward with greater clarity, freedom, and meaning.
Your story matters – and I’m here to help you honour it.
Services
Individual Psychotherapy
A space dedicated to you. I provide weekly, in-depth psychotherapy sessions to help you understand yourself on a deeper level, work through difficult emotions, and uncover patterns that may be holding you back. Together, we’ll explore your unique story and experiences with care and curiosity, helping you move toward greater clarity and growth.
Fees and What to Expect
My fee for regular ongoing therapy is £100 per 50-minute session. A single, one-off session is available at £120.
For clients attending twice weekly, I offer a reduced rate of £80 per session.
Lower fees may be considered for more intensive psychotherapy (three to five sessions per week), and a small number of reduced-fee places may occasionally be available.
Sessions last fifty minutes and take place weekly, at the same time and day each week. Invoices are issued at the end of each month and are payable by your next session, by BACS. If you ever experience difficulty in settling your bill, please let me know.
I have a 48-hour cancellation policy for initial or one-off appointments. Once we begin working together, your time is reserved specifically for you each week. You remain responsible for your agreed session fees, except for bank holidays and my planned breaks. I provide advance notice of my annual leave.
Missed sessions are chargeable, as your appointment time is held exclusively for you. In the case of an emergency, I will do my best to reschedule within the same week if possible, although the fee for the original session will still apply. This maintains the continuity and integrity of our work.
When the time comes to end therapy, I usually ask for at least two weeks' notice. Endings are an important part of the therapeutic process, and allowing time for reflection helps to bring our work to a thoughtful close. If you have any concerns about these terms, please feel free to discuss them with me.
Therapy for Young Adults (18–25 years old)
Navigating life as a young adult can feel overwhelming. Whether you're facing uncertainty about your future, struggling with relationships, or coping with anxiety, this is a space for you to feel heard and understood. I help young people make sense of their experiences, find their voice, and develop the tools to move forward with confidence.
This work combines my expertise in psychoanalytic therapy and attachment theory to help you uncover patterns, understand emotions, and navigate the challenges of adulthood with greater clarity.
Losing Yourself In Love - Individual sessions, group work and workshops
When love costs you yourself. I help people who lose themselves in relationships find a way to stay connected without disappearing.
Who it’s for:
- Adults who: keep rescuing, fixing, or over-giving in relationships
- feel anxious or empty when alone
repeat patterns with emotionally unavailable or demanding partners - carry guilt for wanting space
confuse intensity with intimacy
To enquire please email me at [email protected]
Wellbeing Sessions for Employees
Supporting your employees' mental health and emotional resilience is essential for a thriving workplace. I offer individual wellbeing sessions to help employees:
Manage stress and overwhelm
Develop emotional resilience
Improve focus and clarity
Build healthier personal and professional relationships
These one-to-one sessions provide a private, safe space for employees to explore challenges, develop coping strategies, and feel supported in their work-life balance.
Details:
Format: Online individual sessions
Duration: 50 minutes per session
Frequency: As agreed upon with the organisation
Workshops for Personal Growth
I offer workshops designed to help you better understand yourself and your relationships. These sessions focus on key themes like attachment, relationships, and self-awareness, providing insights that foster personal growth and emotional clarity.
1. Losing Yourself in Love: Understanding Codependency and Emotional Fusion
A 90-minute workshop exploring why we sometimes give too much, struggle with boundaries, or lose ourselves in relationships. Through gentle psycho-education, reflection, and guided somatic work, you’ll begin to recognise your own relational patterns and what it means to stay connected without disappearing.
Follow-on course: Boundaries and Belonging – six-week group work.
2. The Mother Wound: How Early Care Shapes Our Adult Relationships
This 2-hour workshop looks at how our early relationships with caregivers echo through adult life. We explore inherited messages about love and care, and how these shape self-criticism, guilt, or the need to please. The session blends analytic reflection with gentle grounding and self-soothing exercises.
Follow-on course: Healing The Mother Wound – eight-week psychoanalytic group process.
3. The In-Between Self: Finding Home When You Never Feel at Home
A 90-minute reflective workshop for those no who live between cultures or worlds and never feel fully rooted. We explore belonging, identity, and how dislocation lives in the body, using discussion, visualisation, and psycho-somatic awareness.
Follow-on course: The Home-Within Journey – six-week group on creating inner stability after displacement
Who I am and What I offer
I’m a UK-trained, UKCP-accredited psychoanalytic psychotherapist with a background in forensic psychology.
Before I ever sat in the therapist’s chair, I spent a decade in my own analysis, often three or four times a week. That experience shaped me more than any book or lecture. It taught me that real change happens in a steady relationship where you can think with someone when you feel you can’t, and where hope can be held for you when it feels out of reach.
I began this work early in life. At fourteen, I volunteered in children’s homes in Romania and by sixteen, I was supporting young people on weekends. In London, I trained in forensic psychology and joined the Youth Offending Team while still at university. Later, I worked in both male and female UK prisons for eight years.
Alongside this, I’ve worked in the NHS, GP surgeries and Employee Assistance Programmes, supporting professionals under pressure, parents and students. Across these settings, one theme has stayed constant: a respect for complexity and the care it deserves.
That same spirit guides my private practice today: a place to think, reflect and find meaning, even when life feels uncertain.
Here are some of the areas I specialise in:
- Relationship issues
- Specialised in ADHD
- Loneliness and codependency
- PTSD, depression and anxiety
- Stress management
- Childhood trauma (especially developmental trauma)
- Attachment and separation difficulties
- Identity exploration, relationship dynamics, and interpersonal issues
- Employment and financial difficulties
- Pre- and Post-natal depression, challenges of new parenthood
- Fertility problems, coping with miscarriages
- Gender and sexuality concerns
- Grief and loss
- Anger management and emotional difficulties
- Migration and acculturation
- Marital problems and relationship struggles
- Personal growth and improving relationships
Therapy is also:
• A way to grow into your potential and become your best self.
• A path to self-awareness, to understanding why you live the way you do and how you might live differently.
• A confidential space where even professionals who hold other people’s secrets can finally have room to speak and be heard.
I offer long-term, confidential psychotherapy, to people ready to look beneath the surface, heal what holds them back, and grow into who they truly can become.
If this sounds like the kind of space you’ve been needing, I offer a free 30-minute consultation to explore if we’re the right fit.
For enquiries or appointments, you can reach me by email at [email protected] or phone at +447449326119.
Warm regards,
Simina
NEW WORKSHOP SERIES FOR MOTHERS
Understanding and Strengthening Maternal Bonds
Join me for a special series of online workshops designed to help mothers deepen their connection with their children through the lens of attachment theory and psychoanalytic insight.
First Workshop: Introduction to Maternal Attachment
Duration: 1.5 hours
Location: Online via Microsoft Teams
This first session will explore:
The foundations of maternal attachment
How trauma can affect the mother-child bond
Practical strategies for fostering secure emotional connection
Perfect for mothers who want to understand their child’s inner world and nurture their relationship with care and clarity.
Limited spaces available.
Book now by sending me an email at [email protected]
Simina Simion is an exceptional psychotherapist. Her deep understanding and compassionate approach helped me navigate through difficult times. I am truly grateful for her expertise and guidance. Highly recommended!
- Sophia
Contact Us Today
Connect with us through our contact form. Let's start a conversation about how we can help you with your psychotherapy needs.
You can reach me on my mobile number 0044 744 9326 119 or my email address: [email protected]