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Meet Eric

Following careers in law and in environmental business, Eric Bettelheim trained as a psychodynamic psychotherapist with the Society of Analytic Psychology.  In addition to his clinical practice with adults of all ages Eric has pursued academic research in the Neuroscience of Mental Health and in Neuroaesthetics, the study of art and the brain, at King’s College London. 


Eric began his professional career as a commercial lawyer and became a specialist in the law and regulation of financial markets becoming the managing partner in London for a Wall Street law firm. His clients included a wide variety of global financial institutions and businesses.

After 20 years practising law he founded and was the executive chairman of a private group of companies dedicated to the ethical and sustainable use of tropical forests. His experience includes working with major industrial, financial and not-for-profit organisations to achieve environmental goals. 

Eric has published numerous articles and papers on his subjects of expertise including in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He was co-editor and contributor to a seminal work on carbon sequestration published by The Royal Society.

Eric's Professional Experience

In addition to managing his private practice Eric currently serves as a director of the Freud Foundation and WildEarth. Prior to qualifying as a psychotherapist he served as Founder and Executive Chairman of a Group of Companies dedicated to combatting climate change and to the restoration of tropical ecosystems; as the Managing Partner in London of a prominent Wall Street law firm, as director of companies engaged in insurance and internet communications and as a consultant to businesses in the energy, forestry and paper sectors.

In addition to managing his private practice Eric currently serves as a director of the Freud Foundation and WildEarth. Prior to qualifying as a psychotherapist he served as Founder and Executive Chairman of a Group of Companies dedicated to combatting climate change and to the restoration of tropical ecosystems; as the Managing Partner in London of a prominent Wall Street law firm, as director of companies engaged in insurance and internet communications and as a consultant to businesses in the energy, forestry and paper sectors.

Professional Education & Qualifications

2025 - PhD. Neuroscience King’s College London

2022  - Member, Society of Analytical Psychology, British Psychoanalytic Council, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

2019 - MSc Neuroscience of Mental Health

1984 - Admitted New York Bar

1979 - Called to Bar of England and Wales

1979 - Inns of Court School of Law, London

1976 - Admitted to California Bar

1976 - JD University of Chicago

1975 - BA Jurisprudence, Oxford University (MA 1980)

1972 - AB History and Political Science, University of Rochester

Professional Associations

Society of Analytical Psychology

British Psychoanalytic Council

British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy

International Neuropsychoanalysis Society

International Association for Analytical Psychology

Research & Publications

Acting out and enactment: An effort at clarity

Neuropsychoanalysis, 24:1, 71-85, DOI: 10.1080/15294145.2022.2053190

The Art of Pain: A quantitative color analysis of the self-portraits of Frida Kahlo

Front. Hum. Neurosci., 02 September Sec. Sensory Neuroscience

https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.1000656

Painting Schizophrenia: An Empirical Investigation of the Self-Portraits and Portraits of Edvard Munch. 

DOI: 10.20944/preprints202406.1631.v1

Self Images:  An Empirical Enquiry into Rembrandt’s Self-portraits and Portraits 

DOI: 10.20944/preprints202406.1621.v1

Further Publications Available Here

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London

W8 6PA

Mobile No. +44(0)7721539447

Email: dre@ericbettelheim.com

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About Eric

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Therapy That Moves You Forward

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