Attachment-Based Psychotherapy with Aida Kerdoudi

Attachment-Based Psychotherapy with Aida Kerdoudi Attachment-Based Psychotherapy with Aida Kerdoudi Attachment-Based Psychotherapy with Aida Kerdoudi

As an attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist, I offer confidential therapy sessions designed to address your unique needs. My psychotherapy services focus on building a strong therapeutic relationship to explore and understand your emotional experiences.

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At Aida Kerdoudi Psychotherapy, your well-being remains my top priority. I am a cross-cultural, attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist, with a particular interest in supporting clients navigating:


- Parenthood

- Managing cross-cultural identity

- Adapting to diverse social norms in London

- Relationships, family dynamics, and intergenerational trauma

- Career changes and challenges

- Identity, cultural challenges, and social isolation

- Anxiety and depression


Having grown up in South Asian, Continental European, Arab, and African cultures, I work with clients from diverse multicultural backgrounds who are navigating life in London. I am fully bilingual in English and French.


Before starting my UKCP-accredited training at the Bowlby Centre, I gained professional experience as a qualified accountant in both London and Paris, working with multinational companies. I also gained valuable insights through collaborations with charitable organisations and small businesses. I genuinely understand how rewarding yet challenging it can be to balance a satisfying personal life with a busy career in a vibrant city like London.


I aim to create a warm and welcoming space where you feel comfortable exploring both past and present challenges. Together, we will identify unhelpful patterns that may be holding you back, supporting your journey towards growth and positive change.

I offer private and confidential therapy sessions, available both in-person and online. 


My practices are located at:

- Highbury and Islington

- Shoreditch

- West Essex (Buckhurst Hill)


Please do not hesitate to contact me to arrange a consultation call.

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ABout Me & My Approach

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I am an attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist with four years of UKCP-accredited training from the Bowlby Centre, the birthplace of attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapy. 


I am a fully qualified psychotherapist and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). 


Alongside my private practice, I work with parents and infants as a perinatal psychotherapist within a parent-infant mental health service for the NHS (NELFT) in East London.

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Approach

My therapeutic approach is grounded in Bowlby’s attachment theory, which emphasises the lasting impact of our earliest relationships with caregivers during childhood. 


My work concentrates on rebuilding a coherent sense of self, regulating emotions, and exploring past emotional traumas that continue to influence the internal world. 


I also utilise psychoanalysis to examine unconscious processes, providing a deeper understanding of the human psyche. 

Areas of Interest and Specialities

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My additional areas of interest as an attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist include:


Attachment dynamics, 

Relationship difficulties, 

Emotional dysregulation, 

Anxiety, 

Identity, 

Loss, 

Loneliness and social isolation, 

Self-esteem and confidence issues, 

Shame, 

Unresolved trauma, 

Depression and low mood, 

Racism and social biases, 

& Navigating parenthood. 


I offer confidential therapy sessions and comprehensive psychotherapy services to address these challenges.

Services

I offer both in-person and online confidential therapy sessions for adults, along with a range of psychotherapy services.

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Initial Consultation

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Preliminary Sessions

Psychotherapy Sessions

Locations

Highbury & Islington

1 Highbury Crescent, London N5 1RN, UK

Contact me

Please get in touch with me using the form or details below

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Aida Kerdoudi Psychotherapy

Phone: 077 0613 3765 Email: aidakerdoudi@proton.me

Frequently Asked Questions

If you can’t find the answer you’re looking for, feel free to contact me at aidakerdoudi@proton.me

Aida Kerdoudi Therapy is an attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapy practice providing individual therapy services for adults.


I graduated from the Bowlby Centre - a UKCP-accredited training provider - as an attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist in training. I am also a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)


I offer in-person and online psychotherapy sessions from Tuesday to Friday


As an attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist, I aim to create a safe and confidential space where you can explore whatever you choose to bring to therapy. My role is to offer as much reflection, support, attention, and expertise as possible. I provide long-term, open-ended, one-to-one, in-person therapy sessions. My therapeutic approach is attachment-based, relational, and psychoanalytic.


A session lasts for 50 minutes.


All sessions are expected to be attended to ensure consistency in the therapy process, 

We will take breaks over Easter, Christmas, and summer.


I work directly with clients and do not accept third-party referrals or insurance payments.


I adhere to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions (https://www.bacp.co.uk)


Therapy is a fully confidential activity and an aspect I rigorously adhere to. As part of my ethical code of practice, I have regular clinical supervision during which I discuss my work. I also write session notes that are anonymised and held securely for five years after you leave therapy. Any other personal information, such as your address, telephone number, and information disclosed on the pre-therapy questionnaire, is confidential and stored securely. However, if I need to consult anyone else about your case, such as your GP, I will only do so after discussing it with you.


In exceptional circumstances, where there are severe acts of harm to oneself and others, in criminal cases or if I am summoned to appear before a court of law, maintaining confidentiality may not be possible. It should be stressed, however, that this is unusual, and you will be consulted and kept informed in all cases.


You can terminate your therapy whenever you wish. Yet, as reviewing our work together is an integral part of the therapeutic process, I suggest committing to at least six sessions once therapy is embarked upon before you decide not to continue. 


In the case of longer-term treatment, I also recommend spending several sessions working towards an ending. Our relationship will potentially be significant, and an essential aspect of our work together is to address the relationship’s ending.


If a life-threatening or urgent emergency arises, contact the emergency services on 999, go to your nearest hospital A&E department, or phone a crisis helpline such as the Samaritans (free call: 116 123).


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