Dr Letticia Banton

About the therapist

Biography

My motivation and passion as a psychotherapist and psychologist are rooted in my own experience of therapy. I recognised the value and significance of having a confidential therapeutic space to talk freely and feel seen, within a holding and trusting relationship.

As a young adult, I was drawn to voluntary roles that involved working with facing emotional, mental or relational challenges, including as a Samaritans’ Listener. I discovered a sense of fulfilment through working with someone in a one-to-one capacity, to help them overcome challenges and make positive change in their lives.

Based on this experience and my curiosity for learning, I pursued psychology and psychotherapy as a career. I studied and trained part-time for a decade, first at Birbeck University of London (MSc Psychological Sciences) then at the Metanoia Institute (Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and Integrative Psychotherapy), while working as a strategy director in the corporate world along the way. As an undergraduate I read history at the University of Oxford.

Letticia Banton Psychotherapy

   

Clinical experience, training and qualifications

 

I have a decade of clinical experience working with people from a diverse range of backgrounds who have faced different difficulties in life and experience a range of difficulties to their sense of Self and mental wellbeing.

I have worked in a variety of settings and have experience as as clinical manager of a community clinic.

Currently, in addition to working in private practice, I teach trainee psychotherapists on a Master’s course. I also consult for TR Together, the new CPD division of Tavistock Relationships.

My doctoral training as a psychotherapist and psychologist was extensive, including a clinical dissertation and viva on my integrative model. I also conducted a research dissertation, which is on the menstrual cycle in psychotherapy.

Alongisde my professional training and work with clients, my own personal therapy over many years has informed my formation as a therapist.

I continue to regularly attend supervision, my own analysis and CPD. Recent CPD trainings include CFAR’s year long course: ‘Freud to Lacan: Fundatmentals; AJA’s Foundations of Analytical Psychology, and specific clinical trainings on autism, and dissociation.

 

Qualifications and Professional Memberships

Registered Member, United Kingdom for Counselling and Psychotherapy (UKCP)

Practitioner Psychologist, Registered with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Chartered Counselling Psychologist, British Psychological Society (BPS)

Doctorate in psychotherapy and counselling psychology by professional studies, Metanoia Institute, Middlesex Univesity

MSc, Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London

MA (Oxon), Modern History, University of Oxford

 

Writing

I enjoy writing about psychotherapeutic subjects. You can read some of my articles through clicking on the links below:

  • Understanding family estrangement: https://t.ly/o-w2W
  • Book review ‘The Truth about Trauma and Dissociation’ by Valerie Sinason: https://t.ly/o-w2W

Training and events

I regularly facilitate and speak at psychotherapy training events for mental health professionals. Some recent recordings can be accessed through the links below: