Update: I have had 3 further sessions since my original post; a total of 15 sessions in total. I appear to have turned a corner since the new year and have been tolerating the therapy a lot better. I am really pleased and am planning to continue with it. My mental health has improved since September 2017 when I started the therapy and it is definitely doing something.

I did contact three private Psychodynamic Psychotherapists in early January. Two of them encouraged me to continue with the Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy; as they said it was rare to get this on the NHS and re-assured me that it can take time to trust the therapist.