We are a friendly and approachable team of professional psychologists with a particular experience of Church life and structures.
We were founded by a religious priest and a lay psychoanalytical psychotherapist under the guidance of a member of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. We often collaborate closely with bishops, vocations directors, formators and religious superiors.
Team Members:-
Director and Co-Founder, Assessor
BD, STB, PGDip (Theol), MSc (Psych), GradCert (Psych)
He is a Norbertine priest based in the Archdiocese of Southwark. He has supervised numerous assessments of future clergy and others since 2021. He is a psychodynamic psychotherapist in training. He is a former Hospital Chaplain and is currently also a novice master and parochial assistant. Fr Gildas also teaches Human Formation and Pastoral Theology at the Pontifical Beda College, Rome.
Elizabeth Anscombe, MACP, MBPC
Director and Co-Founder; Psychoanalytical Psychotherapist
Liz is a highly qualified and experienced psychoanalytical psychotherapist based in London and the South-East. Her qualifications include: PGDip (Art Psychotherapy), MA (Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy), MA (Psychoanalytic Studies and Developmental Psychology), MA (Psychodynamic Psychotherapy), Member of Neuropsychoanalysis Association-UCL Department of Experimental Psychology.
Sister Thuy Tien Nguyen FMM, BACP
Assessor and Team Member; Psychotherapist
Sr Tien is a member of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) based in the Archdiocese of Southwark. Since 2018, she has worked in mental health and forensic environments, particularly supporting survivors of trafficking and prisoners. She has facilitated various intercultural workshops for diverse groups. BSc (Psychology), MA (Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Counselling), Diploma in Trauma Therapy, Certificate in Psychosexual Therapy.
Marta Drzewiczewska, HCPC-Registered Counselling Psychologist
Specialist in Adult Psychological Assessment and Therapy
Marta is a highly experienced Counselling Psychologist based in London. Her clinical expertise includes psychological assessment, consultation, and therapy for adults presenting with a range of conditions, including mood disorders, personality difficulties, trauma, and eating disorders. Marta’s training integrates psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural, and mentalization-based approaches. In addition to her core qualification in Clinical Psychology, she has undertaken postgraduate training at the Anna Freud Centre, the Tavistock Clinic, the University of Oxford, and University College London. Marta has extensive experience providing comprehensive psychological formulations and evidence-based interventions within the NHS, third sector organisations, and private practice.
The team also regularly consults others, such as leading psychiatrists, who support some assessments and / or provide supervision.
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