Dr Stephen Blumenthal has worked in the NHS and in private practice for over 35 years
Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Psychoanalyst
Dr Stephen Blumenthal
He helps people improve their lives by assisting them in understanding themselves better through talking therapies. He began his career researching mental health difficulties at the Institute of Psychiatry and soon focused on developing his work as a clinician.
He works in private practice and has an NHS post of consultant at the Portman Clinic where he has worked for the past 25 years. He specialises in the treatment of a range of clinical problems, including depression, anxiety and more complex personality problems. He has a particular interest in understanding and helping people with a variety of difficulties, including problems with imposing their authority, or being overly controlling. He specialises in treating people who suffer with psychosexual difficulties, including sex addiction, and managing and expressing their feelings of anger.
Wide range of experience
Over 30 years experience for the NHS and private practice
Stephen trained as a clinical psychologist and received his doctorate in 1997. He is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He then did a four-year training to become a psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic, which he completed in 2005. He followed this with a further six-year training in psychoanalysis, an intensive form of psychotherapy, at the Institute of Psychoanalysis and gained his membership of the British Psychoanalytical Society in 2012. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Psychoanalysis. He currently works at the Portman Clinic, part of the North London NHS Foundation Trust. He works to the highest ethical standards of his profession and he is regulated by both the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC).
In addition to his clinical, research and teaching work, Stephen is an experienced supervisor and consultant. He offers individuals and teams supervision and consultation to understand the people they are working with. He has a particular interest in understanding the connection between the mind and behaviour, and the risk of acting out in ways which are harmful to self and others. He has published widely in the academic press and in the popular press. As well as his trainings in psychology, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, he is also trained in Mentalisation-Based Therapy (MBT).
He regularly undertakes various teaching engagements, including conferences and has done so locally and internationally.
Stephen’s wide range of training and experience with a variety of therapeutic methods provides the foundation for his approach to assessing a person for psychological therapy. He believes that assessment needs very careful thought about a person’s presenting issues, the approach that fits with them and what is likely to be most effective for their particular problems.
Training and Experience
Stephen’s wide range of training and experience with a variety of therapeutic methods provides the foundation for his approach to assessing a person for psychological therapy.
He believes that assessment needs very careful thought about a person’s presenting issues, the approach that fits with them and what is likely to be most effective for their particular problems.
Depression and Anxiety
Problems with relationships and intimacy
Managing and expressing anger
Psychosexual difficulties
Sex addiction and impulse control
Unresolved trauma
Problems with feeling effective in the world
Living without a sense of purpose
