WHERE INTELLECT MEETS
EMPATHY, AND DISCRETION MEETS RIGOUR THROUGH:
PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHT
INTELLECTUAL DEPTH
EMOTIONAL CONTAINMENT &
PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT
WE ARE
MINDS IN SESSION
Minds in Session is a London-based boutique psychological consultancy supporting international organisations.
We work at the intersection of psychology, leadership, and social impact to offer insight-led services for those who have accepted the responsibility to shape culture, guide institutions, and to seek clarity in complex times.
We act as a trusted wellbeing partner, to help organisations embed psychological insight, wellbeing, and psychological safety into strategy as well as everyday practice.
FROM THE FOUNDER
“When I founded Minds in Session, I intended to build a place of belonging. Somewhere for people who think deeply, lead seriously, and hold themselves to high standards, but also feel unsupported.
My background in psychology gave me the language to describe what people carry, and the tools to work with it.
Leadership taught me how much is often unsaid, especially in the rooms where decisions are made.
Minds in Session exists for those navigating high-stakes environments: leaders who carry legacy, philanthropists shaping futures, organisations rebuilding trust, and individuals on transformative journeys.
I want Minds in Session to be the place that restores the depth, dignity, and intelligence of psychological work both in the clinic and in the boardroom.
Minds in Session recognises that while the world is saturated with performance, productivity, and policy, it is easy to forget that behind every strategy, every conflict, and every moment of change, there is a person: a nervous system and a story.
We prefer to build trust quietly, and if you’re here, perhaps you’re someone who leads in the same way.
Thank you for being here.”
HCPC, AFBPsS, RAPPS
MEET
THE TEAM
ESTHER JOHN
Founder, Clinical & Forensic Psychologist, CPsychol, AFBPsS, RAPPS
BARRIE VINCE
Director
RAPHAEL BU
Head of Partnership and Marketing
