Our Psychotherapists
James du Cann
BA, MA, PgCert (Oxon), FPC, BPC, UKCP, BABCP
James du Cann sees psychotherapy as an opportunity to give your own story more room, taking time to unfold what has happened in your life and to look at it with care together. With James, you will have time and space to explore the relationships, experiences and ways of coping that have shaped you. As you come to understand yourself more deeply, perhaps for the first time, a new sense of what life might hold can begin to emerge.
James is trained in both psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). His work is primarily psychodynamic, but this additional training gives him the flexibility to adapt his approach to the needs of each patient. James frequently works with people who have completed therapy, such as CBT, and would now like to explore the wider emotional or relational patterns in their lives. In addition, James has worked for many years with psychotherapy trainees.
Before training as a psychotherapist, James studied modern languages and worked in media production. Since founding Southbank Counselling, he has been a Guest Lecturer at WPF Therapy, mentors students at the British Psychotherapy Foundation and has served as both a Member and Chair of the British Psychoanalytic Council’s Hearing Panel. James is a member of the British Psychoanalytic Council, the Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling, the UK Council for Psychotherapy and the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.
Judith Barac
BA, PGDIP, PGCERT, FPC, BPC
Judith is a psychodynamic psychotherapist and offers both time limited therapy which focuses on a particular issue, or open-ended in-depth therapy. With both ways of working, Judith uses the relationship with the therapist and what it evokes to help the client nurture a new understanding of themselves.
Judith trained at WPF Therapy and returned there to work as a clinical supervisor and tutor. She has PGCert in supervision from the Society of Analytical Psychology and offers supervision to qualified clinicians and therapists in training. Judith’s considerable clinical experience in the NHS and private sector includes working as a specialist midwife in the Perinatal Mental Health Team for women and she also founded the first NHS clinic for women with a fear of childbirth.
Before training as a midwife and then psychotherapist, Judith studied History of Art and she continues to make use of the creative power of art in all its forms as a way of helping the psychotherapeutic relationship symbolically.
Richard Jenkins
LLB, BA (Oxon), MA, PgDip, FPC, BPC, AJA, IAAP
Richard Jenkins is a Jungian Analyst and Psychodynamic Psychotherapist.
Richard works with you to understand the patterns from the past that can cause pain or blockage today. As well as attending to the suffering and dilemmas that we bring to therapy, Richard works at depth with dreams, the symbolic and mythological aspects of psychological life, understanding that alongside the relationship with the therapist, these hold deep power to heal. As well as an interest in spirituality and spiritual practice, he has a long-standing expertise in policy and social action as a researcher and adviser for government.
Richard has over a decade’s experience of working as a therapist and has NHS experience as an Honorary Psychotherapist at the Royal London Hospital.
Richard teaches a course on Jung at the Bowlby Centre for Attachment Based Psychoanalysis. As a faculty member of WPF Therapy he taught courses on contemporary approaches to Diversity, Clinical Practice and Jung. Richard is a member of the Association of Jungian Analysts.
Our values
We believe that psychotherapy should be available to all who can benefit. We are committed to equality and have a positive approach to cultural and sexual diversity. We have a number of low cost places to help people on low incomes to access our services.
We are regulated by a strict code of professional ethics and are accredited members of the British Psychoanalytic Council.
We have each received rigorous training lasting a minimum of five years and our Practice is rooted in mainstream psychodynamic thinking, which has the longest track record of all the modern talking therapies. Our approach to psychotherapy therefore focuses on addressing the specific issues that each individual brings, rather than taking you through a pre-set programme.