Eric Bettelheim

I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with over 15 years of personal and professional experience, trained with the Society of Analytical Psychology and registered with the BACP and BPC. I also hold an MSc and a PhD in Neuroscience from King’s College London and currently serve as a director of the Freud Foundation. My work is client-led and open-ended, combining psychoanalytic thinking with contemporary understanding of the mind to support people with depression, anxiety, trauma, and other emotional difficulties. I work with adults both in person and online, with a particular interest in life transitions and relationships, bringing a grounded understanding shaped by my earlier career in law and business.

Member of the British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy, the British Psychoanalytic Council, and the Neuropsychoanalysis Association. I hold an MSc in the Neuroscience of Mental Health and a PhD in Neuroscience from King’s College London, and I serve as a director of the Freud Foundation.

I have over 15 years of personal and professional experience in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. I qualified as a psychotherapist with the Society of Analytical Psychology and I am a member of the British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy, the British Psychoanalytic Council, and the Neuropsychoanalysis Association. I hold an MSc in the Neuroscience of Mental Health and a PhD in Neuroscience from King’s College London, and I serve as a director of the Freud Foundation.
My client-led, open-ended approach combines traditional and modern techniques to address depression, anxiety, trauma, and other distressing feelings, experiences and behaviours, while fostering personal growth and lasting change. I work with adults (18+) in person and online, focusing on life transitions, relationships, and other challenges. Before becoming a psychotherapist, I practiced law in the US and in the UK and worked as an environmental entrepreneur, enriching my understanding of diverse life experiences.