BACP Registered & Accredited · 20 Years' Experience · Farringdon, London
Therapy to help you
make sense of your life
Therapy offers a unique and confidential relationship — a safe, supportive space to explore your thoughts, feelings, and concerns, and gain insight into what is driving them.
"Psychodynamic therapy concentrates on discovering the root cause of distress — and through understanding, comes change."
— Leanne Hoffman, Psychodynamic Psychotherapist
Registered with most major health insurers. Accepting new clients for in-person sessions in Farringdon, London, and online.
About Me
20 years helping people understand themselves
I'm Leanne Hoffman, a psychodynamic psychotherapist and counsellor with 20 years' experience in improving mental and emotional health. I work from the Farringdon Practice in Central London, offering both short and long-term work with individuals.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy concentrates on discovering the root cause of distress — and through understanding, comes change. Over the years my practice has evolved to draw on a range of approaches including body work, breathing exercises, CBT, existential therapy, coaching, and neuroscience, always tailored to the individual.
Alongside my private practice, I am a partner at Healthy Minds at Work, providing coaching, training, supervision, and consultancy for organisations focused on employee mental health and resilience.
- MA & PG Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling & Psychotherapy (WPF)
- BACP Registered and Accredited Member
- Qualified Psychotherapist for Psilocybin Medical Trials (2021)
- Executive Coach, Trainer & Organisational Consultant
- Registered with most major health insurers (excluding BUPA)
Areas of Expertise
What I can help with
Anxiety & Depression
Stress often stems from internal fears and catastrophic thinking rather than external reality. Therapy helps you take control of your internal narrative and understand the roots of low mood.
Bereavement & Trauma
Grief and trauma need space to be heard and understood. I provide sensitive, confidential support to help you process loss and find a way through.
Relationship Difficulties
Primary relationships from childhood typically repeat in current connections. Therapy explores these patterns to help you build healthier relationships and break negative cycles.
Addiction & Compulsive Patterns
Breaking unhealthy patterns — whether addiction, eating disorders, or other compulsive behaviours — by understanding the emotional needs and unconscious drivers behind them.
Life Direction & Meaning
Exploring questions of life direction, purpose, and meaning — including career crises, major transitions, and a sense of being stuck or lost in your own story.
Workplace & Executive Coaching
As an executive coach and partner at Healthy Minds at Work, I support professionals and leaders with resilience, performance, and the psychological demands of organisational life.
My Approach
Understanding the root cause, not just the symptom
Our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs are often unconsciously driven by past experiences, evolution, and cultural influences. Psychodynamic therapy works to make these drivers conscious — so you can better manage your responses and make decisions aligned with your long-term wellbeing.
Research shows that people who can name and express their emotions experience fewer physical and mental health problems. Therapy helps replace harmful coping mechanisms with healthier ways of regulating how you feel.
Book a consultationPsychodynamic at the Core
Psychodynamic therapy concentrates on discovering the root cause of your distress. Through understanding the unconscious patterns shaping your behaviour, lasting change becomes possible.
Integrative & Individually Tailored
My practice draws on body work, breathing exercises, CBT, existential therapy, coaching, and neuroscience — whichever combination best serves your individual needs.
Short or Long Term
Short-term work typically runs 12–20 sessions. Long-term therapy is open-ended, allowing progressively deeper understanding over time. All sessions are 50 minutes.
In-Person & Online
I see clients at the Farringdon Practice, 59 St John Street, London EC1M 4AN. Online sessions are available where face-to-face isn't possible, though in-person is preferred.
Fees & Location
Clear, straightforward pricing
Individual Therapy
Per 50-minute session
- In-person at Farringdon Practice
- Online sessions available
- Short and long-term options
- Insurance accepted (excl. BUPA)
- Reduced fees available for low incomes
- Payment by bank transfer
Initial Consultation
A chance to meet and see if we're a good fit
- No obligation to continue
- Discuss your needs and goals
- Ask any questions you have
- By phone or in person
59 St John Street
London, EC1M 4AN
Reduced fees available
Circle, Metropolitan & Elizabeth lines
A few minutes' walk
Get in Touch
Take the first step
Reaching out is the hardest part. I offer a free initial consultation so you can decide if working with me feels right — with no pressure or obligation.
Counselling Directory
The Farringdon Practice
Resources
Articles & Further Reading
Thoughts on psychotherapy, mental health, and the inner life. Written for anyone curious about how the mind works.
Why we struggle with difference — the rise of black and white thinking
An exploration of polarised thinking and how psychotherapy can help us hold complexity.
Emotions · Mar 2022Why do we hate?
Psychotherapeutic views on some of the origins of hatred and what lies beneath it.
Resilience · Jan 2022How does creating balance in our work lives help to build resilience?
On the relationship between sustainable work habits and lasting emotional resilience.
Leadership · Mar 2022The perils of unconscious leadership
Successful leaders get the best out of their people — but unconscious patterns can undermine this.
Psychotherapy · Jan 2022Why do we want to voyage to Mars but few want to explore their internal world?
Understanding our resistance to self-knowledge and what makes the inner journey worthwhile.
Anxiety · Mar 2022How to manage our emotional response to Coronavirus
On navigating unprecedented collective anxiety and grounding yourself in uncertainty.
Useful Organisations & Links
Trusted resources for mental health information, support, and finding the right help.