Dr Johanna Goll
I am an experienced HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist, offering Psychoanalytically-informed Psychotherapy. I work with emotional, relational, and identity-based difficulties, and how these are often shaped by key life experiences such as trauma, loss, absence, and lack.
You might be struggling with overwhelming emotions or turbulent relationships. Or perhaps you’re troubled by a sense of numbness, emptiness, unease, anxiety, loneliness, or a general dissatisfaction with life. You may even feel that something isn’t quite right, but find it hard to put into words.
Psychological difficulties often show up as repeating patterns in how we relate to ourselves, others, and the world. These patterns can be difficult to fully grasp, and can even feel outside of our conscious control. Moreover, where these patterns hold pain, we will often find ways to ignore them —‘out of sight, out of mind.’ Sometimes, we bury difficult experiences so deeply that we lose sight of them altogether, even if we remain acutely aware of other struggles. These unresolved experiences then continue to affect us, and our patterns of relating to the world—and this usually happens outside of our conscious awareness.
Psychoanalytically-informed psychotherapy offers an opportunity to move beyond immediate concerns and explore your difficulties on a deeper level. By meeting regularly, we can create a space where your inner experiences may gradually surface—allowing them to be more fully felt and brought into clearer awareness. Over a period of months or longer, you may begin to discover new insight, meaning, choice, and a greater sense of freedom in your life.
Please see my website to find out more about me and my practice.