Chris Vincent

Christopher Vincent is a couple psychotherapist in private practice. Originally qualifying as a social worker in 1971, he trained with the British Association of Psychotherapists as an individual psychotherapist and as a couple psychotherapist at Tavistock Relationships where he was a senior staff member from 1977 to 2002. He then worked for four years as a consultant psychotherapist in an NHS mental health trust before working exclusively in private practice.

From 2009 to 2017 he was a research student in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Southampton University where he completed a study into the impacts of Huntington’s Disease on couple relationships.

He coordinates a special interest group focusing on illness and couple functioning. He is a member of the editorial board of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis and has recently guest edited its September 2021 issue. His research and writing have focused on how the major challenges of divorce and illness impact couple and family life.