John Loewenthal
John is an integrative and relational psychotherapeutic counsellor.
John works with people individually and as couples and families (adult), drawing on psychodynamic, humanistic, and cognitive-behavioural perspectives, and his parallel career as an anthropologist.
From John:
Hello, and welcome to my page. If you are facing difficulties in life, then I hope to be of therapeutic support and intervention. I am attentive to each person's unique experience of the world, including anxieties, frustrations, senses of loss, isolation, being misunderstood, unhappy, or searching for something more. I have supported people facing various challenges from inner states to couple communication to life transitions and changes. Through an empathic and analytical approach, I provide a space and a relationship to explore how you are feeling and to arrive at new realisations and ways of being. I work with people individually and as couples and families.
In relational therapy, I ensure all parties feel heard and strive to cultivate mutual respect and healthy communication. By having meaningful conversations, including constructive arguments, relational therapy can empower all parties with greater clarity about who they are, individually and collectively, and where they are going in life. As your therapist, I will facilitate learning about each other’s worlds and how to avoid unhelpful patterns of behaviour.
My therapeutic work is informed by ongoing research and university teaching as an anthropologist. I am sensitive to how people’s lives are shaped by family, culture, psychology, and society and to the difficulties that people face in love, work, life, and death. I currently work at the Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action at SOAS, University of London, developing educational content on the intersection of anthropology and mental health. At the University of Oxford, I teach a course, ‘What makes life meaningful? Perspectives from anthropology’ and am developing a new course, ‘Therapy as anthropology: engagements with the human condition’ https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/tutors/9769.
I see therapy clients in person and online with most of my availability on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays. I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), and I abide by their ethical framework.
Please reach out for a free telephone consultation by contacting me either via the button below or email drjohnloewenthaltherapy@gmail.com.