Dylan Lopich
I’m Dylan, a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with 17 years of experience in private practice. I work with adults focusing on difficulties with emotion, patterns in relationships, and experiences of shame and self-criticism.
People come to therapy for many reasons: depression, anxiety, loss, relationship difficulties, trauma, or a general sense of disconnection or being stuck. Others recognise they keep running into the same difficulties in different relationships or situations.
You may have had the experience of understanding something intellectually — knowing why you do something or feel a certain way — yet find it difficult to change. Intellectual insight isn’t the same as emotional insight.
In our work together, we would focus on putting feelings into words, making sense of emotions that feel unclear, threatening, confusing, or contradictory. We would pay attention to patterns — the ways you relate to others that create difficulty, the feelings you avoid, the meanings underneath your struggles. We would think about how past experiences shape what’s happening now.
This kind of therapy provides space to explore rather than simply manage symptoms. The therapeutic relationship itself becomes important — what happens between us can illuminate what happens elsewhere in your life.
My approach is grounded in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking, though I draw on other approaches when helpful.
What is Psychodynamic Psychotherapy?We would usually begin with a brief initial phone conversation. This gives you a chance to ask questions and lets me get a sense of what you’re looking for help with.
If we decide to meet, the first few sessions are an opportunity to talk in detail about what’s troubling you. I’ll listen carefully and ask questions where I need more detail. These initial sessions also give you time to ask anything you want to know about the process — therapy shouldn’t be mysterious.
If we agree to work together, we would typically meet weekly for 50-minute sessions. We would discuss the likely duration of therapy based on what you’re hoping to address.
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