London Psychologist - London

Georgia A.

Dr Tom was so professional, kind, understanding and knowledgable. He was able to understand my perspective and offer alternative ways of thinking, coping mechanisms and exposure therapy. Organising sessions was easy and adaptable. I would highly recommend!

Carolyn

After a really difficult couple of years, we were lucky enough to find Blake to treat our teenage daughter's OCD, and what a difference he has made to her! Now, rather than living with near constant anxiety she tells us she is enjoying her life and seems so much happier within herself. Obviously, the sessions were between Blake and her alone but, it is clear he genuinely cared for her wellbeing and progress, coming at the problem with amazing compassion and sensitivity. She was really comfortable with Blake and would be eager to share issues with him at her next session. We were particularly impressed with how Blake would adapt his treatment and with the various tools and techniques he shared which we know our daughter now uses on a regular basis. We would 100% recommend Blake and feel extremely grateful to have found him.

Leo

I have been under Blake’s care for over a year predominantly treating social anxiety, GAD and OCD.

His support has been excellent at a very challenging time. I find more intensive treatment as well as monthly top up sessions extremely helpful in managing my anxiety. Blake offers excellent flexibility in appointment scheduling and is very responsive to emails.

If you are struggling to access specialist CBT support I highly recommend the investment in seeing Blake and team at London Psychologist.

Claire R.

Blake combines expert knowledge with an extraordinarily compassionate yet encouraging approach. His support has been crucial in helping me to manage and address longstanding and deeply entrenched issues with anxiety generally and OCD specifically, as well as interconnected problems including low self-esteem.

Our sessions equipped me with an understanding of how anxiety problems work, why they persist, and the skills to challenge them. All of that is valuable on a daily basis and across every aspect of my life. And while therapy can be challenging, and can feel scary, and while progression definitely isn't linear, I came out of every session feeling better than I had going in. I’d also laughed at least once – Blake’s excellent sense of humour frequently serving to restore the sense of perspective of which anxiety had robbed me!

I cannot recommend Blake highly enough to others experiencing similar problems. I’d particularly recommend him to anyone who has been previously made to feel their anxiety or OCD is too complicated or challenging to fully address. There is no intrusive thought or worry you can share that he will find shocking or that he hasn’t previously heard or that he won't be able to help you deal with. Trust me. I’ve tried *very* hard to catch him out, entirely without success.

Anna B.

I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Blake Stobie earlier this year on some CBT sessions before a big move to another country. In the limited time we had before the move, Blake set me up with the perfect toolkit to manage the problems I was facing. His expertise and dedication to helping me was amazing and it’s had such a positive impact on my daily life. I started the sessions feeling hopeless and overwhelmed but left feeling empowered with a fresh perspective on handling my anxiety and low moods. It was so lovely getting to know Dr. Blake and I wholeheartedly recommend him to anyone seeking CBT.

FB

I’d had a long-standing anxiety problem and I was very apprehensive about beginning therapy. I needn’t have worried as Blake helped me to feel at ease from my very first online session. I was also concerned whether online sessions would work as well as face to face sessions. But they worked really well. The work I did with Blake was incredibly helpful and useful. My anxiety has reduced considerably. I’m so pleased that I decided to go for it.

Richard G. M.

I have been plagued from an extreme phobia ever since I can remember. I have over the years and decades made attempts at trying to deal with this, seeing various counsellors but with no success at all.
I had given up hope of ever being free of the revulsion, fear and horrific night time images.

I was recommended London Psychologists by a close friend whose son had been treated successfully for a phobia and anxiety. This was probably the best advice I have ever been given.

My wonderful CBT psychotherapist Cilem Hussain, has been my saviour and guide through what has literally been a life changing experience. When I first started seeing Cilem (pronounced Chilem) I was incapable of saying the name of the phobia, reading or writing it.
I was naturally full of trepidation starting again, not believing my goals were possible but Cilem has changed all of the above with her guidance, patience, professionalism, understanding, and compassion and was 100% supportive throughout my therapy having to experience things I had never been able to do before, in order to be able to function outside normally.

Am keeping up with the habituation process in order to preserve my new freedom … it worked!

I trust Cilem’s knowledge and experience completely and cannot recommend her or London Psychologists highly enough.

joseph R.

I saw Blake for about 15 sessions re CBT. I found him helpful and professional. It was very clear to me that he has very good knowledge and a lot of experience. He is approachable, good at answering e-mails and very much wants to do his best for his clients. In other words I thought he was very good.