My Approach

My approach is based on listening. I work in-person or online. A video call gives us a good sense of shared space, visual, auditory, and imagined. I also offer sessions by walk-and-talk in Hackney and Walthamstow Marshes. Space and the body are important to my approach to psychoanalysis. Philosphically, I am informed by Maurice Merleau-Ponty's work. We are in and of the world.

About Me

Sessions available in-person or by video-call or walk-and-talk in Hackney and Walthamstow Marshes. I also offer a free 15 minute phone or video-chat for thoe considering therapy or looking for a supervisor.

If you are considering psychoanalysis or psychotherapy or are looking for a supervisor, please phone, text, or email, and we'll schedule a free 20 minute Zoom or an initial session at a time that’s mutually convenient.

Do you want time and space to talk? My name is Dr Laura Chernaik; I offer open-ended psychoanalytical psychotherapy or supervision in East London (Walthamstow, Leyton, Dalston and Hackney). This can be once-weekly therapy or 2-5 times a week psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytical psychotherapy is a mixture of two processes. Analysis focuses on listening and questioning; it is a thoughtful way to explore what it is that you desire. It can open up a space for change. Therapy is care: the therapeutic aspects of the work. Every psychoanalytical psychotherapy is unique, a mixture of analytic and therapeutic processes. It can open up possibilities; it can help you find stability and a way of living with whatever challenges life poses.A psychotherapist listens with her heart. As we work together, something unpredictable and unknowable happens. It's rare to be truly listened to, and that's what psychoanalysis offers --a chance to be heard, a chance to explore questions that mean a lot to you or to address the loss of meaning that sometimes occurs.

I offer a free 20 minute video appointment, if you have questions. If you are considering psychotherapy and have questions, please email or phone me to book a free 20 minute phone or video appointment.

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I work with

• Couples
• Individuals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Anxiety
• Cultural Issues
• Depression
• Gender
• Online Counselling
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Relationships
• Sexuality
• Supervision
• Transgender