Sean Kelly, London, NW1

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

I’m Sean, the founder and principal therapist at Anima Therapy.

I trained and qualified in Psychosynthesis: an integrative, humanistic approach based on psychoanalysis that explores human nature holistically: mind, body, and feelings.

I work creatively, exploring what is current, historical, and unknown to help make sense of complexity, uncertainty, and the chaos of life.

I have over thirty years’ experience working across the voluntary, statutory, and commercial sectors, exploring broad therapeutic themes, and specialist areas of interest; change - cultural and behavioural, identity and sexuality, trauma, grief and loss.

I am a registered member of BACP, no: 407626, and adhere to their code of ethics.

Sexual identity:

Gay
Queer

Gender identity: Male

Gender history: As assigned at birth

Non-monogamy: No

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: No

Personal pronouns: He/Him

Qualifications - Links to websites:

Post Graduate Diploma, Psychotherapeutic Counselling - Level 7, The Psychosynthesis Trust

BACP Membership:

https://www.bacp.co.uk/therapists/407626/sean-kelly/primrose-hill-camden-nw1?search=Sean%20Kelly

Qualifications - Additional:

Award	Awarding body	Year of award
Certificate in Psychosynthesis Foundations	The Psychosynthesis Trust
MSc/PG Dip Counselling Psychology	Birkbeck, Univsersity of London
BSc Psychology	UCL

Experience and approach:

My therapeutic philosophy is everyone is unique, and our uniqueness should be celebrated. At times we can feel disconnected from our uniqueness and what makes us feel whole. My approach explores the connection between mind, body, and feelings, in a soulful way to help reconnect you to you.

Working out who you are, and how you’d like to express your identity, and sexuality can be both daunting and liberating. It can help to work with a therapist who has lived experience and is part of the queer community. I am gay/queer identifying and committed to a queer-affirming and anti-racist approach, alongside working with oppressed and minority communities.

I worked within the field of HIV and Aids during the late 80’s and 90’s - a time of great challenge in the gay/queer community. During this time, I experienced the human condition in-depth; complexity, resilience, trauma; death, loss and grief, and conversely the wonder of life; love, will, compassion, curiosity, and acceptance.

I have an attuned understanding and interest in working with people from the LGBTQ+ community and other oppressed or minority communities with exploration in gender, sexuality, identity, culture and intersectionality.

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