Susanna Abse

I am Co- Director of the Queen Anne Street Practice and have been practicing as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist for over 30 years. I specialise in working with couples, individuals and parents who are struggling with issues around their relationships. I believe our emotional and mental health is deeply affected by the health of our connections and bonds with others, whether those are with family, friends, work colleagues or partners. I have an open, enquiring approach and over my years of practice have come to see that development and change emerge from the in-depth conversations I have with those who come to see me. Though I will offer online sessions when necessary, I do not offer ongoing online therapy as I think I work most effectively, face to face.

My book, Tell Me the Truth about Love (Penguin – Ebury Press) has been published in twelve countries. I co-edited the Library of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis for Routledge Books for many years, and I have written extensively about couple therapy, family relationship issues and family policy for professional journals, books, magazines and newspapers including Vogue, the Guardian and the Times. I also presented a series of films called Britain on the Couch for Channel 4 News and have been a consultant to the development of numerous television programmes about couple and family relationships.

I also have a special interest in organisations and was from 2006-2016 the CEO of Tavistock Relationships, the leading centre for training, research and clinical services for couples. Since I left that post, I’ve worked as an organisational consultant and executive coach for senior leaders in the NHS, higher education, charities, the legal profession as well as the corporate sector. I was the Chair of the British Psychoanalytic Council from 2018-2021 and currently serve as a trustee for The Freud Museum in London.

I am a Senior Fellow of the Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology and a registered member of the British Psychoanalytic Council.

s.abse@qaspractice.com