Dr Philippe Jacquet is a private psychotherapist in London with over 25 years of specialist clinical practice. He practises at Harley Street W1 and Central London, with international availability online and in person across Europe and the Middle East.
He is a UKCP-accredited integrative psychotherapist and Jungian analyst, an EMDR Europe-accredited practitioner at the highest level, a trained art psychotherapist, and an addiction specialist with Hazelden Foundation training. He holds a Doctorate of Professional Practice — the only clinician in Europe to have completed doctoral-level research specifically on male eating disorders. He is also in long-term recovery from addiction and eating disorders, and brings to this work a depth of personal understanding that no qualification alone can provide.
Sessions are conducted in English and French.
What brings people to this practice
People come to this practice at many different points. Some arrive in acute distress — anxiety that has become unmanageable, depression that has flattened ordinary functioning, a crisis that has made it impossible to continue as before. Some arrive not in crisis but with a persistent sense that something is missing: that they are managing their lives adequately but living at a partial depth. Some have done therapeutic work before and are ready to go further.
What they share is the recognition that understanding a difficulty intellectually and actually shifting it are not the same thing — and that the gap between those two states is where psychotherapy lives.
This practice works with the full range of presentations that bring adults to psychotherapy:
- Anxiety and depression — in all their manifestations, from acute episodes to long-standing patterns
- Trauma and PTSD — complex and single-incident, using EMDR alongside depth-oriented therapeutic work
- Eating disorders — all presentations, with particular specialist expertise in male eating disorders
- Addiction — alcohol, cocaine, gambling, sex addiction; Hazelden-trained approach
- Relationship difficulties — patterns that repeat, intimacy that fails, conflict that does not resolve
- Midlife and identity — the unlived life, questions of meaning, major transitions
- Executive and professional stress — burnout, leadership difficulty, the gap between external achievement and internal experience
The approach
The therapeutic approach at this practice is integrative and depth-oriented, drawing on Jungian analytical psychology, psychodynamic frameworks, and EMDR. It is not eclectic in the loose sense — it is the coherent application of multiple theoretical frameworks to the specific situation of a particular person.
The Jungian framework provides the overarching orientation: an understanding of the unconscious as purposeful and generative, not merely as a repository of repressed material. Symptoms, repeated patterns, and disturbing dreams are taken seriously as signals of something the psyche is trying to communicate — and, often, of a direction it is trying to move in.
EMDR is integrated into this framework for presentations where trauma is implicated — which is more frequently the case than it first appears. Philippe Jacquet has been practising EMDR for over 20 years and holds EMDR Europe accreditation at the highest level.
The work does not follow a fixed protocol. It follows the person.
Why choose a private psychotherapist in London
The decision to work with a private psychotherapist rather than through NHS or insurance channels is, for many people, a decision about depth and continuity. Private practice offers the ability to work at the pace the therapeutic process requires — not within session limits set by an insurer, not within a waiting list framework, not within the constraints of a NICE-approved protocol.
It also offers choice. Choosing the right psychotherapist matters. The therapeutic relationship — the specific relationship between this person and this clinician — is not peripheral to the work. It is the medium in which the work happens. Getting that relationship right is the most important clinical decision a person makes.
When choosing a private psychotherapist in London, the things that matter are: professional accreditation (UKCP is the leading body for psychotherapy in the UK); the depth and specificity of training; the clinician’s own experience of personal analysis and ongoing supervision; and the sense, from an initial meeting, that this is a relationship in which the necessary work can happen.
Dr Jacquet is UKCP-accredited, has been in his own analysis for many years, and operates under regular clinical supervision throughout his practice — not only, as is sometimes the case, during training.
London locations
Harley Street W1 — The main London practice, in the heart of the Harley Street medical quarter. Consulting rooms are private, discreet, and accessible by Underground (Regent’s Park, Great Portland Street, Bond Street).
Central London — A second London practice, accessible from across the city. The same depth of clinical work in a location that suits different schedules and routes.
Online — Secure video sessions are available worldwide, in any time zone. Online sessions follow the same format and duration as in-person work. The therapeutic relationship is not diminished by the online format, and many clients prefer it for reasons of discretion, convenience, or geography.
No GP referral is required. No formal diagnosis is required to begin.
Beginning
The appropriate first step is an initial consultation — a private conversation in which you can speak about what has brought you here, at whatever pace feels right. There is no obligation to continue beyond it. Confidentiality is absolute.
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Further reading: What psychotherapy offers — a full account of the approach, the theory, and what the work looks like in practice.