Doug Vaughan Psychotherapy

Doug Vaughan is an Integrative Psychotherapist based in Central London, specialising in anxiety, depression, addiction, compulsive disorders & mindfulness.

Psychotherapy does not have a magic cure for psychological suffering. There is inevitably a degree of struggle that is natural in the course of living. However we can recognise when that gets out of balance and becomes something else. That may be the time when we ask for some help or support. Just as we create the conditions for physical healing by cleaning a wound and dressing it, so in psychotherapy we can explore the existing conditions of a person’s way of living and see how that is resulting in suffering. We do not ‘do’ the healing but rather it occurs where the necessary conditions for personal growth are provided. Often we build up whole ways of being around avoiding our inner thorns but, at some point, these ways create only more difficulties. We consider how conditions for struggle are occurring and reflect on what well-being entails for you as a person. While Central London is my main location, I do practice in other areas. I also offer counselling North West London.