Dr Sonja Falck

Sonja combines teaching, research, and writing with a private practice working as a psychotherapist in Harley Street since 2004 and as an executive coach and organisational consultant. She integrates several theories and techniques in her work to respond collaboratively to each individual client's needs but holds an overall relational psychodynamic framework based on contemporary neuroscientific findings.

Sonja is a South African who has long been settled in London. She graduated with a BSocSc(Hons) in Clinical Psychology from the University of Cape Town, then completed an MA in Psychoanalysis (with distinction) at Middlesex University. She completed her coaching training, at EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) Senior Practitioner level, through the Tavistock. Her DPsych - Doctorate in Psychotherapy by Professional Studies - was gained through Metanoia Institute and Middlesex University. She used interviews, textual analysis, and a Constructivist Grounded Theory methodology for her final dissertation, which was titled "The Child, the Emperor, and the Fabulous Clothes: Constructing a theory of how interpersonal difficulty in gifted adults arises, is perpetuated, and can be overcome".

What underpins all of Sonja's work is fascination with relationships of all kinds (parenting, siblings, romantic, workplace, etc), and how these play out in pairs, in groups, and in whole organisations, and her particular research and practice specialism is with gifted/high-IQ/high ability individuals. She has presented at the SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted) conference in the USA and has given several presentations for British Mensa.