Eileen Toibin MA Psychotherapist

My Qualifications and Orientation

I under took a seven-year training, which included personal psychoanalysis at a frequency of four times a week with a psychoanalyst from the British Psychoanalytic Society. My training was with the London Centre for Psychotherapy. I am registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council.

I have worked in private practice for sixteen years and in the NHS for eight years. I carry out assessments in the NHS, as well as seeing NHS patients, and I supervise the work of honorary therapists and psychiatrists training in psychotherapy. I have a position as a senior psychotherapist.

I have carried out assessments on perfomers who request psychological help at BAPAM for the last eight years.

For eight years I was at the Portman Clinic, Hampstead (The Portman and Tavistock NHS Trust). The clinic deals with sexual behaviour that is a cause of concern for the person who is engaging in that behaviour and gender related issues.

I am also trained in a more active technique,EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). I have supervised the work of CBT practioners in my NHS work and I can occasionally offer a cognitive approach, were the concern is, for example, to eliminating negative thoughts.

I have a certificate in counselling from the Lincoln Clinic.

My first degree was a combined degree in Sociology and Psychology. I have a master’s degree in Criminology.

My Orientation
I am influenced, in particular, by the writings of S. Freud, M.Klein, W.R.D. Fairbairn, W.Bion and D. Winnicott alongside more contemporary psychoanalytic writers. As I work in the NHS, I also draw on the ideas of neuroscientists, like A. Shaw and M. Sohms, who argue that it is necessary to think about the structure of the brain and the need for ‘affect regulation’ when assisting someone to gain greater insight into their behaviour, feelings and thoughts.