The wound underneath
Much of what arrives in the consulting room as an eating problem, a drinking problem or an anxiety that will not settle is, underneath, a wound: something that happened, or happened repeatedly, and was never allowed to be spoken. In Kuwait, where privacy is precious and the cost of being seen is high, trauma tends to stay buried longest, managing itself through food, work, or substances until it no longer can.
Dr Philippe Jacquet has practised EMDR for more than twenty years, alongside Jungian analysis and art therapy for what cannot yet be put into words. He works with clients in Kuwait by secure video, in English and French, on Kuwait time, with the same preparation, containment and pacing as at Harley Street: the work goes at the pace you can bear, and no faster. Because his practice spans trauma, eating disorders and addiction, what usually needs three clinicians is held in one confidential relationship.
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Dr Philippe Jacquet is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, a Jungian analyst and an HCPC registered art psychotherapist, with twenty-five years of clinical practice. His Doctorate of Professional Practice at the University of Essex examined male eating disorders from the perspective of analytical psychology. Registration can be checked on either public register.
How the work is delivered from here
All international sessions are by secure video, in English or French. Online therapy is not a reduced version of consulting room work: it is the format that lets weekly work survive living abroad, travelling, or relocating. Sessions run in United Kingdom hours, which suits most regions, and if your time zone makes none of it workable, say so when you enquire rather than assuming it rules you out.
For clinicians and treatment services
Dr Jacquet supervises clinical teams in private residential addiction treatment and in a private psychiatric hospital. For treatment centres, psychiatric units and group practices looking for external clinical supervision, including in places where no supervisor of this seniority is available locally, team supervision is also delivered by video. For individual practitioners, see clinical supervision.
Common questions
Is EMDR available in Kuwait?
Yes, online: Dr Philippe Jacquet has practised EMDR for more than twenty years and delivers it by secure video to clients in Kuwait, in English and French, with the same protocols and careful preparation used at his Harley Street practice in London.
Does EMDR work online?
Yes, when it is done properly: the bilateral stimulation is adapted to the screen, the stabilisation phases are respected, and the pace follows you. Online EMDR has been widely practised and studied since 2020, and the privacy of your own home is, for many clients in Kuwait, exactly what makes the work possible.
Is it confidential?
Completely. The work is independent and based in London: nothing touches your local medical record, employer or family without your consent, save for the narrow legal and safeguarding limits explained at the outset. For trauma especially, that separation is often the condition for speaking at all.
How does trauma connect to food and addiction?
Very directly: much of what looks like an eating problem or a drinking problem is a regulation problem, and underneath the regulation problem there is often a wound. Because Dr Jacquet works across trauma, eating disorders and addiction, all three can be treated in one confidential relationship.