Dr Robin Lawrence

Dr Robin Lawrence is a highly qualified consultant psychiatrist with decades of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of all forms of psychological medicine. He has practised from his clinic at 96 Harley Street since 1997 and leads a highly experienced team of psychotherapists and counsellors.

Dr Lawrence qualified from Birmingham Medical School MB ChB in 1980. He became a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1983 and the Royal College of Psychiatrists one year later.

During his time at Birmingham, he was supervised in neo-Freudian one-to-one psychotherapy and group Gestalt therapy.

He continued his training at the Maudsley and the Institute of Psychiatry before taking up his first consultant post in psychiatry at St Thomas’s Hospital.

After attaining his consultant post, he completed five years of psychoanalytic psychotherapy with a training Jungian analyst. He later went on to complete a further seven years of psychotherapy with a senior Tavistock-trained Kleinian analyst.

Dr Lawrence now runs the Department of Psychological Medicine at 96 Harley Street where he personally treats patients with bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety. He also treats ADHD, works with PTSD and Asperger’s and is also experienced at relapse prevention in addiction.

Over the past 20 years, Dr Lawrence has successfully built within his practice an excellent team of psychotherapists including CBT clinical psychologists, analytical psychotherapists and humanistic counsellors.

The practice also offers a limited number of low-cost counsellors who provide therapy on a sliding scale.