BA (Oxon) MA, PhD, UKCP Reg., CP-UK Reg
Psychotherapist
12 years of experience
London, SE23 3DY
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12 years of experience
London, SE23 3DY
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1 connection in healthcare
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Dr Ajay Khandelwal is an experienced Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and Sociologist with over 25 years of experience. His expertise lies in supporting adults facing mental health challenges, specialising in high achieving professionals across diverse backgrounds including artistic, financial, commercial, and public sectors.
His extensive academic journey includes a PhD focusing on intergenerational family dynamics, exploring how familial influences shape individual life paths. As the Clinical Director of a pioneering psychotherapy service in London, Dr Khandelwal leads a team dedicated to understanding the complexities of mental health within the broader social and familial context.
With a background in psychoanalysis from the Guild of Psychotherapists and training as a sociologist from the University of Essex, Dr Khandelwal integrates both individual-focused and systemic approaches in his practice. He encourages initial consultations to explore the potential for collaboration, offering both short-term interventions and open-ended psychotherapy to address a variety of concerns.
Dr Khandelwal's expertise includes addiction, alcoholism, anxiety, depression, career challenges, cultural identity, family dynamics, fertility issues, loss, relationship difficulties, psychosis, and sexuality issues.
In his work with couples and family groups, Dr Khandelwal utilises his understanding of intergenerational family dynamics. By uncovering unconscious "family scripts" embedded in relationships, he assists couples in recognising and reshaping these patterns, enabling them to achieve deeper insights and enhance the quality of their relationship. He guides individuals and families in rewriting their narratives, fostering new, healthier 'scripts' for living and relating.
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United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
No. 2011168113
BA (Oxon) - Oxford University, UK
PhD - University of Essex, UK
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UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy) Reg
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Dr Ajay Khandelwal is an excellent, thoughtful, and insightful therapist. He helps patients explore their subconscious and offers invaluable guidance for personal growth. His approach supports individuals and couples through challenging periods, leading to self-understanding and improved communication. Common themes in his work include relationship issues, personal development, anxiety management, and family dynamics.
Ajay was extremely helpful to us. He was able to do this with both calmness and perseverance, starting to gently prize apart some of the ways of thinking and behaviours that were causing us problems in our relationship. His calm but persistent manner created a very safe environment in which we were comfortable exploring things that we had never talked about before.
I’ve been working with Ajay for just over a year and the progress I’ve made has been life-changing. I’ve tried therapy before but always struggled to stick with it because my own thinking and patterns would get in the way. It took me a little time to feel comfortable with the analytic style of working, but now that I’m in it, I can honestly say it’s been invaluable. Ajay holds the space with care, insight and consistency. He’s helped me work through some deeply held stuff that I never thought I’d be able to face. Highly recommend. Ajay is an exceptional therapist.
Dr Khandelwal Is an excellent therapist who had provided insurmountable value to my life since starting talking therapy with him, I would highly recommend him to anyone considering him along their therapy journey
I've found working with Ajay completely transformative. The effect is subtle but appears in all aspects of my life, personal and professional. I've found looking at my subconscious and conscious brain really interesting and something I'd like to learn to continue doing for the rest of my lift.
Dr. Ajay is an exceptional listener and jumps in on points of thought that are valuable which the patient might overlook as they are speaking. He also provides valuable insights when prompted by the patient. It is very easy to be forward and totally honest, though a little more interjection from time to time might be valuable as he has many good thoughts to impart.
Ajay has helped my wife and I work through a challenging period in our relationship. Reaching out to Ajay was absolutely the right decision. Over the past few months my wife and I have re-discovered elements of our relationship and ourselves that we had lost touch with. Although there is still a long journey to complete, Ajay had put us on the right track for which we are grateful.
Ajay is excellent, I saw him for a few years and he helped me to better understand myself. I would highly recommend seeing him.
Highly recommended, an excellent therapist. Through video and in person, over 6 months in weekly meetings, Dr A provided insight and invaluable tools to understand my relationship with adult estranged child. Dr A was supportive, his conversational style caused me to more openly consider my behaviour and unconscious drivers. The sessions allowed mutual anger and sadness to be expressed and acknowledged, whilst painful this has led to healing. I found Dr A empathetic, his thoughts and questions have provided continuing guidance on previously unresolved family tensions. Importantly, enabled constructive loving communication with family, so as to try to avoid repetition of this in the future . This is the best therapy, well worth the cost, taken at the pace needed by my son and me.
An excellent experience. You are a very good listener and I am able to relax, confident in your competence! You've helped me to understand myself and my relationships better and I feel a natural rapport with you. The only very small suggestion I would have is to send meeting invites at a consistent time before the meeting as once or twice I wasn't sure if the meeting was happening. Thank you so much for all of your support
Ajay is very gentle and kind - sometimes almost too much for me. I wasn’t sure initially that much progress was being made but I can now see (after maybe 6 months) that we have moved considerably.

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What are Dr Ajay Khandelwal's reviews like?
Dr Ajay Khandelwal's overall patient rating is 4.74 out of 5 stars on Doctify. This is based on 43 reviews.
What languages does Dr Ajay Khandelwal speak?
Dr Ajay Khandelwal speaks English
Where is Dr Ajay Khandelwal located?
Dr Ajay Khandelwal primarily practices at Dulwich Office, located at 27 Wood Vale, London, United Kingdom, SE23 3DY
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What are Dr Ajay Khandelwal working hours?
Dr Ajay Khandelwal is working Monday (07:00 - 20:00), Tuesday (07:00 - 11:00), Wednesday (11:00 - 15:00), Thursday (16:00 - 21:00), Friday (14:00 - 17:00)
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