Joey Lessem - Chartered Counselling Psychologist and Psychotherapist - Forest Row and London

I began my counselling career with Relate in 1976 (then known as Marriage Guidance). I then went on to pursue further training eventually qualifying as a psychologist and psychotherapist. Over twenty-nine years of practice I have worked in several different contexts with a very wide range of clients. I have worked in the NHS as well as in private psychiatric hospitals and I have also developed a private practice which incorporates two different consulting rooms. The clients I have seen over this period have included those who are experiencing problems with relationships, work and redundancy, phobias, anxiety and panic attacks, eating disorders, addictions, depression, bereavement and loss, low self-esteem, as well as personality disorders.

I also work on a freelance basis in universities and other organizations where I run counselling courses as well as introductory workshops in cognitive analytic therapy.

The range of clients I see include individuals, couples, families and other groups. I also see children from age 9.

I am married with two children.