Lili Owen Rowlands

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

I offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy to adults in Kennington/Camberwell and Waterloo, London, as well as online. I provide in-depth and open-ended help to people who are struggling with issues like: feeling anxious, depressed, sad; struggling with low mood or self-esteem; experiencing grief or loss; struggling to make or sustain good relationships; questioning their gender expression or sexuality. It may also be that there is no specific problem, but a feeling of wanting life to be different somehow. I am currently in training at the Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, which is accredited by the UK Council for Psychotherapy.

I work in a psychoanalytic way, which means that during treatment, I will listen closely and without judgement, following your words, memories and dreams to help bring into focus what has been difficult and what the unconscious reasons for these difficulties may be. Central to my practice is an awareness of how social power shapes experience and suffering.

My practice is underpinned by readings of classical and contemporary psychoanalytic thinking but also feminist theory, literature, and political writing. I do not pathologise sexuality or gender identity.

My background is in helping adults and young people who have experienced sexual violence and abuse. I worked for nearly a decade in Rape Crisis Centres. I am also an academic with a special interest in gender, sexuality and feminism.

I recommend that we begin with a free introductory call where we can discuss what has led you to therapy, my availability and how we can work together.

Sexual identity:

Heterosexual

Gender identity: Female

Gender history: As assigned at birth

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: No

Qualifications - Additional:

Award	Awarding body	Year of award
Advanced Training in Psychoanalysis/ Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy	The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis	Present–
Counselling Skills for Survivors of Sexual Violence	Open College Network/Rape Crisis South London	2020

Experience and approach:

I am currently training at The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, which is accredited by the UKCP. I abide by their ethical frameworks. This training is underpinned by extensive personal psychoanalysis.

I have an extensive background of working with trauma and sexual abuse/violence. For nine years, I worked in Rape Crisis Centres in London and Oxford.

I also hold a PhD and work as an academic in the fields of gender and sexuality studies.

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