When managing alone is no longer enough.
CBT & EMDR therapy, online and in Queen's Park, London.CBT & EMDR therapist in London.
Online and face to face.
Specialist therapy for adults with OCD, Anxiety, Trauma, Perfectionism and Burnout. Sessions by secure video across the UK, or in person on Thursdays.
Specialist therapy for adults struggling with anxiety, unwanted thoughts, difficult memories, challenging situations or patterns that are hard to break.
Most people who reach me are high-functioning: outwardly successful, inwardly struggling.
The clarity you've been looking for starts here.
I'm Guy Klein, a BABCP-accredited CBT therapist and EMDR practitioner with more than ten years' clinical experience. I specialise in anxiety and the difficulties that so often come with it, including:
- OCD: checking, reassurance seeking and mental rituals
- Moral OCD: constant doubt about whether you are a good person
- Intrusive thoughts of things that feel cringy, scary or disgusting, like they don't belong
- Constant “what if” worries about the future, or going over the past
- Panic attacks and the fear of the next one
- Social anxiety and the fear of being judged
- Troubled sleep and a mind that won't switch off
- High stress, exhaustion and burnout
- Perfectionism and impossibly high standards
- Never feeling good enough
- Low mood, and losing interest in things you used to enjoy
- Re-experiencing traumatic experiences: flashbacks, nightmares and intrusive thoughts
- Avoidance: the silent killer of freedom
Most of my sessions are online, across the UK, and I also see people in person in Queen's Park, North West London. More about me and how I work.
Where I do my best work.
CBT is a structured, evidence-based approach, but structure alone does not create change. I bring 10+ years of clinical depth to each of these areas, and I am specific rather than general in how I treat them.
OCD and anxiety
- OCD
- Specialist ERP-based treatment for all OCD subtypes, including contamination, harm OCD, moral OCD and intrusive thoughts. One of my primary areas of clinical expertise.
- OCD therapy with ERP in London and online
- Anxiety Disorders
- GAD, health anxiety, social anxiety, panic disorder and phobias. Evidence-based protocols tailored to the specific anxiety.
- CBT for anxiety in London and online
- Panic Attacks
- Sudden waves of intense fear that can feel like a medical emergency, and the dread of the next one that starts to shape everyday life.
- Therapy for panic attacks in London and online
Perfectionism, burnout and self-esteem
- Perfectionism
- Clinical perfectionism that has crossed from asset into obstacle. Particularly common in senior professionals and high-achievers navigating pressure from multiple directions.
- Perfectionism: how CBT can help
- Burnout & High Performance
- High performers often miss the point where demands become unsustainable. You may still be getting things done, while feeling exhausted, irritable or unable to switch off.
- Burnout: how CBT can help
- Low Self-Esteem
- A persistent sense of not being good enough that success never quite settles, often sitting underneath perfectionism, anxiety or burnout.
- CBT for low self-esteem in London and online
Mood and focus
- Depression
- Behavioural activation, cognitive restructuring and relapse prevention for clinical depression, including depression comorbid with anxiety or burnout.
- CBT for depression in London and online
- ADHD Support
- CBT adapted for adults with ADHD: managing dysregulation, procrastination, and emotional reactivity using evidence-based, ADHD-specific techniques.
Trauma
- Trauma & PTSD
- Specialist trauma therapy using trauma-focused CBT and EMDR for single-incident trauma, complex trauma and PTSD, helping you move beyond experiences that have become stuck.
- Trauma-focused CBT in London and online
- EMDR
- Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, an evidence-based therapy recommended in NICE guidelines for PTSD. I am an accredited EMDR practitioner.
- EMDR therapy in London and online
A clear process. No ambiguity.
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Free Call and Assessment
A free 10-minute phone call to see whether I can help, then a 50-minute assessment session where I listen carefully, ask precise clinical questions, and form a clear picture of what you're experiencing and what treatment would look like.
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Formulation
I develop a personalised CBT formulation: a clinical map of your difficulties, their origins, and the mechanisms maintaining them. This is the foundation of everything that follows.
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Structured Treatment
Weekly 50-minute sessions, online or in person. CBT is active, structured, and collaborative. Most courses run 8-20 sessions depending on presentation and goals.
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Relapse Prevention
The final phase consolidates your progress and builds the tools to maintain it. Good CBT ends with you needing less of it, and knowing how to use what you've learned for life.
What people say after treatment.
“I feel like I now know how to live without being blown around by the winds of my OCD.”
“He helped me understand, for the first time, not just what I was doing - but why. That distinction changed everything.”
“When I first came to see you, I felt like my anxiety was running my life. I didn't really think that could change but looking back now, it really has. I feel more confident, more relaxed, and much more like myself again.”
“Before we started, it felt like my past was always just beneath the surface. I could function, but just barely. The memories haven't disappeared, but I'm remembering them differently now. They no longer dictate how I live my life. For the first time in a very long time, I feel like I'm looking forwards instead of backwards.”
“Not being able to find meaning or see a way forward became so normal for me that I stopped believing there could be anything else. Realising that I didn't have to wait for those feelings to disappear before I could start living again made all the difference in the world.”
Fees and sessions.
Begin the conversation.
I respond to all enquiries personally, usually within a few hours. Getting in touch doesn't commit you to anything.
- Online
- Secure video sessions across the UK. Most of my sessions are online, so this is where most of my availability is.
- In person
- Thursdays at Re-Mind The Body Therapy Centre, 260a Kilburn Lane, London W10 4BA, about five minutes' walk from Queen's Park station (Bakerloo line and London Overground). Easy to reach from Kilburn, Kensal Green, Maida Vale, West Hampstead, Willesden and St John's Wood.
- First step
- A free 10-minute phone call, then a 50-minute assessment
- Response
- Usually within a few hours
- Availability
- More availability online; in-person spaces on Thursdays are limited. Enquire to check current availability.
I'm not able to respond to urgent messages. If you are in crisis or at risk, call 999 or contact Samaritans on 116 123.
Send an enquiry
Reading that might help.
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Getting started
What to Expect in Your First CBT Session
What happens in an initial session, what I'm listening for, and how to know whether therapy is the right next step.
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Anxiety & OCD
Intrusive Thoughts: Why They Happen and How CBT Can Help
Why some unwanted thoughts get stuck, how they relate to anxiety and OCD, and what actually helps.
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OCD
How ERP Therapy for OCD Works
What exposure and response prevention actually involves, why it works, and what sessions look like.
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Anxiety
Social Anxiety: Why It Persists and How CBT Can Help
Why the fear of being judged persists even when nothing goes wrong, and what effective treatment involves.
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Self-esteem
Low Self-Esteem and How CBT Can Change It
The beliefs and rules for living that sit beneath low self-esteem, and how treatment works on both.
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Perfectionism
Perfectionism: Why It Keeps Going and How CBT Can Help
Why perfectionism keeps itself going, and how CBT loosens its grip without lowering your standards across the board.
Referring a patient.
I welcome referrals from GPs, psychiatrists and other clinicians. Please email me to discuss a referral, or pass on my details so your patient can contact me directly.
- Accreditation
- BABCP-accredited CBT therapist. EMDR Europe accredited practitioner. In clinical practice since 2015.
- Approaches
- CBT, including ERP for OCD and trauma-focused CBT. EMDR.
- Main areas
- OCD, anxiety disorders, PTSD and complex trauma, perfectionism and burnout.
- Suitable for
- Adults (18+), private self-pay, weekly outpatient therapy. Online across the UK or in person in Queen's Park (Thursdays). No crisis or out-of-hours support.