Apostolos Fournaris, BACP

Apostolos Fournaris is a psychodynamic psychotherapist with 18 years of professional experience who offers a calm, non-judgemental space for exploration and change. He works with adults, children and adolescents in both short-term and long-term once-weekly psychotherapy, combining clinical training with a practical focus on relationships, emotional patterns and personal meaning. His practice includes individual therapy, family brief interventions, consultation, facilitation of reflective groups and bespoke psycho-educational support for organisations such as schools, charities and businesses.

He is trained and licensed to work across age groups and follows ethical frameworks set out by the BACP and the BPS. His formal training includes an ongoing PhD in Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex, an MA in Psychodynamic Counselling from the University of Essex that is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), postgraduate foundations training at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, and additional degrees in psychoanalytic studies, psychology and art history.

Fournaris offers help for a wide range of difficulties including anxiety, depression, loss and bereavement, relationship and parenting issues, trauma and abuse, gender identity concerns, substance misuse and addiction, anger, eating and sleeping difficulties, ADHD and bipolar conditions, and other challenges related to self-esteem, intimacy and coping with life changes. He also provides targeted work around adoption and foster care, attachment and developmental concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency and family dynamics. For those who wish to explore personal patterns, relationships and identity, he supports a thoughtful and reflective process tailored to each person.

Psychodynamic approaches and online therapy

Psychodynamic therapy explores how past relationships, early experiences and unconscious patterns shape present feelings and behaviours. It offers a space to examine recurring relationship difficulties, emotional conflicts and identity questions by tracing how earlier attachments and inner conflicts influence current life.

In practice Fournaris offers both longer-term psychodynamic work and shorter focused interventions. Long-term psychotherapy allows for deeper exploration of repetitive patterns and emotional history, while brief therapeutic work and psycho-educational support focus on practical coping strategies, family dynamics and problem-specific goals. These complementary approaches suit different needs from in-depth self-exploration to targeted family or organisational support.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Fournaris works with clients to identify goals, preferences and the pace of work that feels most helpful, adjusting the format as therapy progresses. Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging increases flexibility and access, making it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, accommodate different time zones and sustain continuity of care for those living outside the therapist's immediate area.