Welcome, I am Alexia
I am a UKCP-accredited psychotherapist in London. My two main areas of focus are relationships and the psychological meaning of money.
In my experience relationships with others are a mirror of other relationships that we have internalised inside ourselves. It is by helping you connect to what is happening inside you that we can improve your relationships - with yourself first, so that your relationships with other naturally improve too. I am the founder of The Relational Field, a 12-week program to transform relationships.
The other important theme I work with is the meaning of money, especially as it impacts relationships (couples and family with power dynamics for example).
I am trained in psychodrama psychotherapy (UKCP) and I hold a Master of Sciences in Theoretical Psychoanalysis from UCL which informs the way I work. In my practice, I use a combination of verbal and embodied techniques, bringing together psychodrama psychotherapy techniques and the depth of psychoanalytic theory and practice.
My Professional Journey
After completing advanced mathematics studies in France (Maths Sup/Maths Spé), I studied at EDHEC Business School. I worked in marketing and advertising, and after graduating from business school, I worked at Google. I quickly realized that this career path wouldn't satisfy my curiosity, my need for depth, and my desire for reflection. So, I pursued a Graduate Diploma in Psychology and fell in love with the field. I am fascinated by people, by how we function, by our mechanisms, and by the interactions between the different parts of ourselves.
When I arrived in England, I started as a research assistant in a psychology and neuroscience laboratory (at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging) at UCL, and then continued as a student at UCL in a MSc in Theoretical Psychoanalysis Studies.
Since psychoanalysis is very "heady," I wanted to balance it with a more embodied discipline. I therefore trained in Psychodrama Psychotherapy and fell in love with the psychodrama technique. I realized that the body is a royal road to accessing the unconscious.
More recently, I trained in Transgenerational Therapy at the Anne Anceline Schutzerberger School.
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I have worked in charities (CCIWBS, CPU), in the NHS (Lambeth Integrated Psychological Therapy Team, Greenwood Centre, and finally East London Foundation Trust), and for a private clinic (The Blue Door Practice). The NHS centers where I worked specialized in providing therapeutic services to adults with complex and enduring difficulties ("secondary care").
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In 2021, I created Psychodrama Around the World, a series of workshops for psychotherapists where leading psychodrama teachers from around the world came to teach.
I now work primarly in private practice, mainly in person at my consulting room in central London. I offer individual, couple, and group psychotherapy, in either English or French.
I organize and manage The Relational Field, a 12-week program which I created to help people transform their relationships.
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You can find more details about my background on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexialonnoy/
To schedule an initial session, or if you have any questions, please contact me using the form below.
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I provide a safe and confidential space where we can explore your difficulties and what is holding you back in life. By bringing gentle awareness of your situation, you have the opportunity to make sense of what is going on for you, so that you can find more freedom and energy in living your life. Psychotherapy is a healing process that necessitates your participation and investment as well as mine, in order to find a new and freer way of living.
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