I work from the premise that psychotherapy needs to be a dialogue between two equals. The chemistry between patient and client is an essential healing ingredient. Does the shoe fit? 

People may feel they have unspeakable experiences, or thoughts they have been waiting to express all their lives but for one reason or another have been too afraid. Therapy is the confidential space where we can drop our mask and discover a trained and kind listener. 

I originally worked as an actor at the Royal Court Theatre, until I read the ‘The Divided Self’ by R.D. Laing, which made such an impression on me that I went to study with him before my professional training.  Initially this was as a Jungian psychoanalyst. I now prefer to work through dialogue and a growing sense of relationship.

Using this modality, I co-convene monthly meetings for GP’s and other medical consultants where we explore our own lives rather than focussing on those of our patients. In other words, a ‘Play Group’. 

I worked in St Petersburg, after Perestroika, as Consultant to the Eastern European Institute for Psychoanalysis where I contributed to develop their curriculum and became familiar with different cultural approaches to psychotherapy.

I have published several books including ‘Who is it that can tell me who I am?’ which was shortlisted for the PEN Memoir Prize. My work has been published in publications including Vogue, The Evening Standard and The London Magazine, and I have been interviewed on Times Radio and BBC London a number of times. 

I have a passion for the novels of Marcel Proust, Youth Culture, and the crossroads between Psychology and Creativity. 

I have been invited to become part of a medical and psychological team working in close collaboration at the newly opened clinic (April 2025) Central Health which aims to bring a warm and community focussed care at the same time as providing the highest standards of expertise at 23 Devonshire Place, W1 https://www.centralhealthlondon.com 

Jane works with the following conditions:

• Relationship, identity issues, sexual diversity
• Existential fears and Depression
• Obstetric anxiety for expectant parents
• Postnatal depression
• Menopause and women’s health
• Dream analysis
• Jane also offers mentoring consultations exploring creativity and writer’s block.