Our Team

Harrinder Singh Dhillon, MSc, M.InstGA, M.GASi, UKCP Registered, is a Group Analyst and Psychotherapist offering individual and group therapy at the Fitzrovia Group Analytic Practice.

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Harrinder originally trained as an individual psychodynamic therapist at Regent’s College and then completed a certificate in working with couples and families at the Institute of Family Therapy. He is a Training Group Analyst with the Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) and a Clinical Supervisor of individual and group work. He currently is a Clinical Supervisor on the Reflective Practice in Organisations Diploma and a Personal Tutor on the Supervision Diploma both at the IGA.

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He has a background of working in the third sector for a number of years both managing and clinically leading substance misuse services. He is currently a Principal Psychotherapist within the NHS at two London NHS Foundation Mental Health Trusts working with secondary care populations.

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UKCP Reg: 2011165251

Sara Scott is a UKCP and BCP registered psychotherapist at the Fitzrovia Group Analytic Practice working with individuals, couples and groups.

 

She manages the historical childhood abuse service as part of the Trauma Unit at the Tavistock Clinic. In a previous role at the Women's Therapy Centre she worked as a senior manager and ran groups for refugees, young women and women who experienced severe trauma as children.

 

Sara’s first training was at Goldsmiths College where she trained as an Art Therapist. She qualified as a Group Analyst at the institute of Group Analysis and has been a tutor on the qualifying course as well as running seminars. She is a Training Group Analyst.

 

She trained as an Individual Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic as well as taking courses in organisational consultancy there. She supervises both groups and individual work.

 

ICO REG NO: ZA388482

Sarah Tucker, BA Hons, MSc, M.Phil., M.InstGA, M.GASi, M.BACP, UKCP Registered, is a Group Analyst and Psychotherapist offering therapy in groups and individually at the Fitzrovia Group Analytic Practice.

 

She is a Training Group Analyst for the Institute of Group Analysis and Supervisor for the Group Analytic Network London and at Freedom from Torture. Having published several papers, Sarah continues to write as well as teach.

 

Previously Sarah was National Director of Training at the Institute of Group Analysis where she developed the National Diversity Working Group: Power, Privilege and Positioning. With a deep commitment to social justice, she has worked as a psychotherapist for many years with refugees and asylum seekers at the trauma service at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust and at Freedom from Torture. Sarah has also worked at Intercultural Counselling and Psychotherapy, Tavistock Relationships and HMP Grendon.

 

ICO REG NO: ZA384800

Peter Wilson has worked as a psychotherapist for over twenty years and is UKCP registered. During this time he has specialised in various areas of work including, forensic psychotherapy, therapeutic communities for acute psychiatric patients, adolescence, children & families, eating disorders and personality disorder.

 

Peter was Director of Training for the Institute of Group Analysis for ten years, during which time his succesful innovations strengthened, developed and diversified both the training and membership of the IGA.

 

A highly experienced teacher, trainer and supervisor, Peter has taught on courses across the UK as well as overseas. Most recently he co-convened the Diploma of Supervision in Moscow. He has published several papers in the UK and the USA and in translation.

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Peter currently works primarily in private practice where he offers specialised groups for young adults aged 20-30 years. He also continues to provide clinical supervision to management and multi-disciplinary teams in the national health service.

ICO REG NO: A8316221

Valentina J. Krajnović is an experienced group analytic psychotherapist, training supervisor and teacher, with accreditations from the UKCP and memberships in the IGA, GASi and the Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis.   

 

She received her initial training in clinical psychology in Belgrade, Serbia, before qualifying as a group analyst in the UK, over two decades ago. Since then, Valentina has worked therapeutically and in supervisory and consulting roles with a diverse range of clients and groups (small and large ones), within organisational settings and in private practice, both in the UK and abroad.

 

In recent years, Valentina has held various educational roles, including as a visiting lecturer for the doctorate in clinical psychology students, at the University of Hertfordshire, as well as supervisor, teacher and a course convenor at the Institute of Group Analysis in London. She has also facilitated reflective practice groups for teams and supervised therapeutic work with trauma within the NHS Mental Health Services, Freedom from Torture and New Art Studio in London.  

 

Valentina’s interest lies in promoting communication among people and in fostering dialogue to address socio-political and cultural changes. Her published work and much of her practice have focused on understanding our inner sense of home and belonging in today's rapidly changing world.

Alan Larney is a group analyst and clinical psychologist at the Fitzrovia Group Analytic Practice, working with individuals and groups. 

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He completed his clinical psychology training in South Africa and went on to work with adolescents in a substance misuse service. He emigrated to London in 1999, working in the NHS, initially with adults in acute psychiatric settings, and then for twelve years as the Lead Psychologist in an adolescent inpatient service. During this time, he completed his Group Analytic training at the IGA in London, graduating in 2012. 

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Following his work with adolescents, he took up the post of Psychology Lead in a high security women’s prison, running a project for persistently violent offenders. He currently runs a complex trauma service within a London NHS psychotherapy department and works in private practice with adolescents, adults and specialises in complex trauma.

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He is actively involved with the training of group analysts in London, having held the roles of Year Group Coordinator on the Qualifying Course at the IGA, core teaching staff member and Clinical Placement Supervisor. 

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Alan is registered by the British Psychological Society, the Health Professions Council, and the Institute of Group Analysis.