Jenny Perkel

CPD points & talks · Psychologists

Jenny Perkel qualified as a clinical psychologist in 1996 and is registered with both the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) in the United Kingdom and the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). During three decades of clinical practice, she has accumulated more than 20,000 hours of psychotherapy experience.

For much of her career, she specialised in supporting the psychological wellbeing of babies, children and families. That work gave her a deep appreciation of how our earliest relationships and experiences shape emotional development and continue to influence us throughout life. Although her practice has evolved and she now works predominantly online with adolescents and adults, those years remain central to the way she understands each person's story, bringing a developmental perspective to her work. Jenny is interested in the ways in which we are shaped and influenced, not only by our biology, genetics and early history, but also by relationships, context, culture, online engagement and the wider world in which we live.

Today Jenny works with anyone experiencing psychological distress, including anxiety, depression, burnout, the effects of autism and ADHD, and the many uncertainties that accompany being human. Alongside adult psychotherapy, she continues to offer parent therapy for families experiencing difficulties with babies, children or adolescents. Perinatal mental health, including postnatal depression and anxiety, remains one of her longstanding areas of specialist interest. She also provides clinical supervision for psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors. Her professional online training covers psychotherapy, the ethics of AI therapy, child psychology, infant mental health, child psychiatric diagnosis, and the relationship between genetics and mental health. She is the author of Babies in Mind and Children in Mind, she serves on the editorial board of the academic journal, Psychoanalytic Practice, and she has published extensively for both mental health professionals and the general public.