ADULTS
Funmi Deinde
Funmi is a psychiatrist and an accredited dynamic interpersonal therapy (DIT) practitioner. She primarily works in the NHS. She completed her DIT training at the Anna Freud National Centre, a world leading mental health charity, while her psychiatric training was completed via the internationally renowned Maudsley Training Programme. She therefore has many years of experience in managing and treating various mental health conditions.
Funmi is a dedicated therapist specialising in holistic, client-centred care that integrates emotional, physical, and social dimensions. Her compassionate, empathetic and intuitive approach fosters a therapeutic environment where clients feel heard, understood, and empowered.
Professional registration: GMC, MRCPsych, BPC (Kite Marked Therapist)
Languages spoken: English
Availability: Blackheath & Online
Fee: £95 individuals
Funmi's approach and qualifications
DIT can address and treat low mood, anxiety or depression that may be caused by relational difficulties. It focuses on how past experiences and relational patterns influence present relationships. Exploration of this can help with emotional regulation, improved and healthier relationships, better mental health, and a better understanding of the self and others. With a dynamic interpersonal style, Funmi tailors each session to meet individual needs, supporting authentic connection, collaboration, and sustainable personal growth. Funmi offers DIT to individuals from our Blackheath clinic in Southeast London, easily accessible from Lewisham, Greenwich, and Central London, as well as online. Please note that DIT is limited to 16 sessions, though in certain situations it may be appropriate to extend this.
Older Adults
Funmi’s psychiatry specialism is in the mental health of older adults. DIT can be especially beneficial for older adults by helping them process long-standing relationship patterns, unresolved emotional conflicts, and life transitions such as retirement, bereavement, or changes in social roles. It can foster emotional resilience, improve communication, and enhance the quality of late-life relationships and well-being.
Women’s Mental Health
Funmi has a keen interest in the mental health and wellbeing of women. She has previously been involved in the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Women and Mental Health special interest group (WMHSIG) and is a trustee of a women’s health and wellbeing charity. DIT can enable women to explore how early and ongoing interpersonal dynamics, such as family roles, caregiving expectations, and societal pressures, shape their emotional responses and relationship patterns. It provides a safe, structured space to express emotions that may have been suppressed due to cultural or gender norms. As women navigate significant life transitions, such as motherhood, career shifts, or menopause, DIT can help support them in processing the emotional impact of these evolving roles and identities. It can enhance insight into relational triggers and allow a better understanding of the self, which it turn may reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, which women are statistically more likely to experience.
Global Majority Communities
Funmi understands how both racialisation and racism can negatively affect mental health and wellbeing. She is actively involved in a charity dedicated to increasing awareness and education around mental health within global majority communities. Her work reflects a strong commitment to promoting equitable and culturally sensitive and responsive mental health care. DIT can help individuals explore how cultural identity, racism, and discrimination affect their emotional well-being and relationships. It can help individuals feel empowered to recognise and change harmful relational patterns shaped by cultural expectations, bicultural stress or internalised oppression.
Qualifications
Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT) Practitioner accreditation, Anna Freud National Centre
Kite Marked Therapist, British Psychoanalytic Council
Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Hull York Medical School
Clinical Sciences (BSc), University of Leeds
