Damien Kelly
Attachment-Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, London
Working through your emotions and attachment patterns
within a safe, confidential therapeutic space
Whatever brings you to therapy, I offer a safe and reflective space to talk and work through any issues you may be experiencing. I am focused on developing an open and trusting therapeutic relationship with my clients to support meaningful growth and resilience.
I am a qualified Attachment-Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), and a graduate member of the British Psychological Society (MBPsS). I completed my training at The Bowlby Centre, a UKCP-accredited institution, and follow the professional and ethical standards of the BACP.
As an attachment-based therapist, I have worked with people from many backgrounds facing issues such as trauma, intense emotions, anxiety, relationship difficulties, or moments of crisis. I approach this work with warmth and thoughtfulness, helping you explore these experiences in a way that feels safe and understood.
I offer confidential sessions:
Cavendish Square / Harley Street
&
Highbury Fields
About Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a space where we talk, think, and reflect together so you can better understand your emotional world. It offers a steady, confidential space to talk about whatever feels painful, confusing or difficult. It allows time to slow down and reflect on your emotional world with care.
By paying close attention to your feelings and the patterns that show up in relationships, we can begin to understand how past experiences shape how you make sense of yourself and others today.
Through this process, psychotherapy can help you develop greater self-awareness, work through emotional pain, and make changes that feel authentic and right for you.
About Me & My Approach
As an attachment-based psychotherapist, I am warm and down-to-earth, offering space where my clients' experiences can be explored and worked through with care and curiosity at a pace and style that suits their individual needs. I aim to see my clients as a whole person, not a set of problems.
I draw on psychoanalytic thinking to help yo
As an attachment-based psychotherapist, I am warm and down-to-earth, offering space where my clients' experiences can be explored and worked through with care and curiosity at a pace and style that suits their individual needs. I aim to see my clients as a whole person, not a set of problems.
I draw on psychoanalytic thinking to help you make sense of the parts of your inner world that may be hard to voice. By slowing down and thinking things through together, we can understand the parts of you that feel uncomfortable and support genuine change.
With curiosity and care, we create space for deeper understanding and meaningful emotional growth.
I first trained in psychology at Trinity College, Dublin and later completed an MSc in Clinical Psychology at Goldsmiths.
Before qualifying as a psychotherapist, I worked across NHS and voluntary-sector services supporting people living with trauma, intense emotions, and experiences sometimes diagnosed as EUPD. This work highlighted how of
I first trained in psychology at Trinity College, Dublin and later completed an MSc in Clinical Psychology at Goldsmiths.
Before qualifying as a psychotherapist, I worked across NHS and voluntary-sector services supporting people living with trauma, intense emotions, and experiences sometimes diagnosed as EUPD. This work highlighted how often emotional pain is rooted in lived experience rather than pathology.
I went on to complete four years of UKCP-accredited training in attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Bowlby Centre.
Across all my roles, my focus has been to understand each person’s emotional world with depth, care and respect for their lived experience.
Many people I work with experience longstanding emotional difficulties shaped by early relationships and past experiences:
- Intense emotions
- Anxiety, feelings of overwhelm
- Shame, self-criticism
- Attachment difficulties
- Emotional loneliness
- Trauma
- Childhood sexual abuse
- Feeling misunderstood
- Emotional dysregulation
- Sex, intimacy, sexuality
Services
I offer a thoughtful and supportive in-person therapeutic process for adults, beginning with an initial meeting and moving at a pace that feels right for you. Each stage of the work provides a consistent space to explore your emotional world and the patterns that shape your relationships.
Initial Consultation
The initial consultation is an opportunity for us to meet and discuss what has led you to seek therapy. We will explore your goals and what you hope to achieve through our work together. This session also gives you a chance to ask any questions you may have and to determine whether we might be a good match.
Preliminary Sessions
After the initial consultation, we will begin with five preliminary sessions. These give us time to understand your history, emotional patterns, and what you’re seeking from therapy.
This early phase lays the foundations for deeper work and helps us establish a pace and rhythm that feels right for you.
Psychotherapy
Ongoing psychotherapy sessions take place weekly. This consistency creates a reliable space where deeper feelings and patterns can emerge and be explored with care.
The work unfolds gradually within a supportive therapeutic relationship, offering the opportunity for lasting emotional insight and change.
Locations
Cavendish Square / Harley Street
Located beside Harley Street, this consulting room offers a discreet and steady setting in the heart of Marylebone. Its central position makes it a grounded base for beginning therapeutic work.
17a Cavendish Square, London, UK
Phone: 07521 246 241 Email: kelly.therapy@pm.me
Highbury Fields
Situated alongside the greenery of Highbury Fields, this room has a softer, more contained feel. Close to Highbury & Islington station, it provides a calm environment well-suited to reflective, relational work.
1 Highbury Crescent, London, UK
Phone: 07521 246 241 Email: kelly.therapy@pm.me
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