Eileen Toibin MA Psychotherapist

North London Psychotherapy, Counselling and Professional Supervision Service in Crouch End. Near to Muswell Hill, Highgate and Holloway in North London

Registrant: British Psychoanalytic Council

My name is Eileen Toibin and I have been working in North London as a psychotherapist for seventeen years. I am based in Crouch End, very close to the Clock Tower. I offer psychotherapy and a counselling service in this part of North London. I also offer professional supervision to psychotherapists and counsellors who are in training, or, who are trained but who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the psychoanalytic method.

I am trained as a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. This means I offer an approach that seeks to understand how present day problems can have their origin in thoughts and feelings that are unconscious.

Examples of areas explored in psychoanalytic psychotherapy:

Relationship Difficulties. Are you feeling overwhelmed by the demands of your relationship? Or, do you feel hemmed in and claustrophobic? These are examples of uncomfortable feelings which threaten successful adult sexual and emotional relationships. Or, is the experience of being a parent exhausting and confusing? Do you ever feel that you are behaving in the same way as your mother or father did and it was something you never wished to do?

Creativity. Are you a writer, musician or an actor who gets stuck and feels unable to develop a character, or a piece of composition? The question of what enables the creative process, and the associated concern of what inhibits this process, is one of my primary interests. I believe a greater understanding of oneself - of why we behave in certain ways or are attached to certain thoughts, or feelings, or beliefs - is likely to liberate and consolidate creative endeavors like composition, playing an instrument professionally or writing. I therefore work with writers who have experienced writers’ block and actors and musicians who experience performance anxiety.

Sexual Difficulties. Do you have concerns about this area of your life? E.g. worries about a lack of sexual desire or sexual performance or are you unsure about who you are attracted too, or are you using Internet Pornography excessively and disturbed by your own behaviour. I was, for eight years, part of a seminar group at the Portman Clinic which specializes in understanding sexual behaviour. (Portman and Tavistock NHS Trust)

Traumatic Experiences. Were there experiences in your childhood, or earlier adult life, that were very hard to deal with e.g. sexual, physical or emotional abuse? Experiences of this kind can leave a person with a variety of complex emotions - fear, anxiety, depression, insecurity etc

Supervision

Professional Supervision
This is offered to psychotherapy and counselling trainees and to psychologists. This includes those those who are training in the NHS and those trainees who have a background in psychology, or are integrative psychotherapists who wish to develop proficiency in a psychoanalytic module that may be part of their training. Intensive psychoanalytic supervision is offered to psychoanalytic psychotherapists and to trainees in this discipline.

THERAPY or COUNSELLING in CROUCH END

NORTH LONDON PSYCHOTHERAPY in CROUCH END - in a safe and confidential setting - and surrounding areas in North London or Central London; near to ISLINGTON, HOLLOWAY, MUSWELL HILL, HIGHGATE and ARCHWAY. Nearest Tubes: FINSBURY PARK, ARCHWAY, HIGHGATE and TURNPIKE LANE

Please feel able to contact me for an informal discussion, or to arrange an assessment. I aim to reply with in 24 hours. Email link to the left of this page or telephone:0208-374-7045