About Myles Medwell

The foundation of analysis is that one may say anything. Therapy should be a space where the unconscious can begin to speak – through words, silences, repetitions, and contradictions. This is not a space of advice-giving or solution-finding rather a space for serious reflection. 

At the heart of this practice is a psychoanalytic framework that explores how the unconscious mind shapes relationships, behaviours, and experiences of self. This method values not only what a person thinks and feels, but also what remains unsaid – providing space for new meanings and transformations to emerge. 

Foundations of the Practice

• Respect – Each person brings a unique structure of thought, speech, and experience. The aim is not to correct or fix, but to listen to what emerges in its own terms.
• Openness – Anything can be said. In keeping with the principle of free association, therapy invites unfiltered thought, affect, and speech – without censorship or expectation.
• Empathy – Not in the sense of simple reassurance, but through a sustained effort to take the inner world seriously, even (and especially) when it is difficult to articulate.
• Curiosity – Attention is paid to the symbolic, the unconscious, and the unsaid – to what returns in repetition, slips of the tongue, symptoms, and fantasies.
• Non-Directive Engagement – Insight is not imposed from the outside, but discovered through dialogue. The therapist is not the expert on the client’s life – only a careful listener to what unfolds.
• Trust in the Process – There is no rush toward interpretation or solution. Space is made for ambivalence, ambiguity, and the time it takes for unconscious material to emerge.
• Freedom to Speak – Silence, hesitations, humour, dreams, or even what feels like “nothing to say” are all treated as significant – expressions of the psyche in its own rhythm.