John Loewenthal PhD

John is an integrative and relational psychotherapeutic counsellor working with individuals, couples, and families.

Dr. John Loewenthal offers an integrative and relational approach to therapy informed by humanistic, psychodynamic, and cognitive-behavioural perspectives, and by his career as an anthropologist. His therapeutic style is empathic and analytical, offering compassion and insight into personal and relational problems. For individual therapy, John can help you to address difficulties in your life through engaged conversation and philosophical insights.

Through organisations including NHS Talking Therapies and Thrive Together Psychotherapy, he has supported people through various psychological and relational challenges. John has helped people to address and overcome issues ranging from inner states (anxiety, depression, self-esteem, mood) to relational difficulties to existential questions of meaning, purpose, identity, and belonging. 

For relational therapy, John pays attention to each person’s experience of the world, biographical journey, and interaction with others. He ensures that all parties feel heard and strives to cultivate mutual respect and healthy communication. By having meaningful conversations, including constructive arguments, relational therapy can empower all parties with greater clarity about who they are, individually and collectively, and where they are going in life. As your therapist, John will facilitate learning about each other’s worlds and how to avoid unhelpful patterns of behaviour.

John holds a Diploma in Relational Counselling and is a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. He is an anthropologist working at the Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action (SOAS, University of London) and at the University of Oxford where he teaches a course on what makes life meaningful.

On Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, John provides therapy in Peckham, Clapham, and online both privately and through Cassel Associates. For an informal enquiry, please write to drjohnloewenthaltherapy@gmail.com or else, please see the Cassel Associates website with more information and the referral form:

https://www.casselassociates.org/to-make-a-referral