Dr Jan McGregor Hepburn

Psychoanalytic psychotherapist

Dr Jan McGregor Hepburn is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in independent practice and a trainer for both adult and child psychotherapists. She was the Registrar of the British Psychoanalytic Council for 15 years and currently chairs the Professional Standards Committee. She is the author of several papers, most notably those published in the British Journal of Psychotherapy and European Psychotherapy Journal. She has presented papers at conferences nationally and internationally and devised and facilitated both seminars and workshops on a variety of subjects and clinical topics.

Jan is part of the ScopEd project which is the collaboration between BACP, UKCP and BPC to map the core competencies for clinical work. She is on the Reading Panel of the British Journal of Psychotherapy and has a doctorate from the University of Northumbria. Her book: Guilt and Shame, A Clinician’s Guide (2021) is available from nscience publishing house. She was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the British Psychoanalytic Council in 2023.