Peter Rigg
email: office@peterrigg.com
Phone (for messages only): 07568 157781
Normally I will reply within 24 hours by email or phone, and we can agree upon an initial fifty-minute consultation session.
In this first consultation session we can think about what you are looking for, and whether or not I might be helpful to you. This meeting can be useful in itself, even if we do not decide upon a course of therapy.
If we arrange for you to come into therapy, we will decide on a session time which you can observe consistently, and a starting date. Then I will write you a formal letter putting our agreement in writing, and the therapy can begin.
My fee is £75.00 per session
It is best to come to Ducie House no earlier than five minutes before your appointment, to avoid waiting outside. Press the bell for Unit 111, and I will release the door remotely to admit you to the building.
Please wait in the entrance area with the yellow seats, and I will come and bring you to the consulting room.
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The psychoanalytic therapies seek to cast light on them, helping to bring lasting, long-term flexibility and decisiveness to life and relationships.
These treatments are derived from psychoanalysis, which was founded by Sigmund Freud in the first half of the twentieth century. Freud saw his patients for four or five sessions per week. This type of work is still offered and is of great value, but is provided only by a psychoanalyst. If that's what you're looking for, you should consult the Institute of Psychoanalysis for details.
I offer the analytically-based therapies of:
I am available to provide supervision for registered psychotherapists and counsellors.
I offer supervision to doctors in training who are undertaking psychdynamic work as part of their general medical training or in pursuing psychiatric medicine.
I am available to supervise trainee psychotherapists on UKCP-accredited and other courses.
Please note that there is an important exception, for which see below.
I am not available as a training supervisor to those pursuing the BPC-accredited courses such as the Tavistock D58, D59 and M1 courses. The reason is that my registration with the BPC is in the psychodynamic rather than the psychoanalytic category which is the requirement for these supervisions.
Patients suffering from depression, anxiety, phobias, or trauma, or otherwise struggling with their thoughts or feelings, can find relief in diagnosis and medication, or can be treated in the Adult Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme. With persistent symptoms, however, psychoanalytic psychotherapy can make a real and lasting difference. It pays attention to hidden or ignored mental activity, in a systematic and creative way, and strengthens the patient's independence and individuality. This can bring durable self-assurance, and an enhanced capacity to derive satisfaction from life.
The strength of psychoanalytic psychotherapy lies in its effectiveness during the treatment, but also, crucially, for an extended period after the therapy has come to an end.
The 'Analytic Notes' on this website provide some detail about real evidence of efficacy.
I am a convenient choice for patients living or working in central Manchester. I am happy to see enquirers for an initial consultation, or to meet GPs or practice managers who would like to discuss what psychoanalytic psychotherapy can offer.