A space
for reflection
My name is Ahmed Kandeel. I am a psychodynamic counsellor working in Oxford and online. I see individuals who are trying to understand themselves — their patterns, their history, and what shapes their experience of the world.
Initial consultation
A 20-minute telephone conversation is available at no charge.
To arrange a time, please call or message
07345 522503
What people
bring to sessions
The concerns that bring someone to therapy are rarely simple or singular. What follows is a broad indication of the territory this work often covers.
Curiosity
before answers
On the work itself
Much of what shapes our present life — how we relate, what we fear, what we repeat — has its roots earlier than we realise. Psychodynamic work is a process of bringing those roots into view, not in order to fix or resolve quickly, but to allow genuine understanding to develop over time. That understanding, in itself, tends to change things.
The setting
Sessions take place face-to-face in Oxford, or online. The work is open-ended: there is no prescribed number of sessions or fixed programme. The pace and direction are shaped by what the individual brings, week by week.
Work and institutional life
A significant portion of our lives is spent within organisations — workplaces, institutions, professional structures. These environments carry their own pressures and dynamics, and the effects on a person’s inner life are often underestimated. Having spent years in the software industry before training as a counsellor, I have a particular understanding of this territory.
Understanding
how the past
inhabits the present
Psychodynamic counselling proceeds from the observation that much of what we feel, think, and do is shaped by processes we are not fully conscious of. Early experiences, relationships, and the meanings we formed from them continue to exert an influence long after the original circumstances have changed.
The aim is not to offer solutions, but to create conditions in which those unconscious patterns can gradually become visible — and, in becoming visible, lose some of their hold. This is slow, careful work. It asks something of the person undertaking it.
The method draws on a long tradition of psychoanalytic thinking. Within sessions, attention is paid not only to what is said, but to what is left unsaid — to the gaps, repetitions, and feelings that arise in the room itself.
Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling, Wessex Counselling Services
Member, OTS Oxford Therapy Centre
Member, Oxford Psychotherapy Society
Clear and straightforward
An opportunity to speak briefly, ask questions, and consider whether to proceed. To arrange, please call or message 07345 522503.
Sessions are held weekly at a regular time. Continuity is an important part of the work.
A limited number of places are available at a reduced rate for those on low incomes or facing financial difficulty. Please enquire directly.
If you need to cancel or reschedule, please give at least 24 hours’ notice — otherwise the full fee is charged.
Beginning
a conversation
If you would like to find out more, or to arrange an initial telephone consultation, you are welcome to call, message, or use the form. There is no obligation in making contact.
1st The Old Bakehouse, 2A S Parade, Summertown, OX2 7JL
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