About
Talid Khan is a senior psychotherapist at Priory Hospital Roehampton. Having joined Priory in 2017 as an art psychotherapist, he went on to specialise in both addictions and sex addiction therapy.
Talid is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), is an advanced practitioner member of Addiction Professionals UK, a professional associate of The College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) and is registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO).
Position at Priory
As a senior psychotherapist, Talid works with inpatients on the addiction treatment programme delivering group and individual therapy, art psychotherapy, psychoeducational and relapse prevention workshops, as well as leading inductions, assessments and aftercare support for clients. In addition, he supervises and mentors staff working on the addiction treatment programme and contributes to ongoing programme development.
As an art psychotherapist, Talid works across the wider hospital setting delivering individual and group sessions for the day care service and in the past, for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and the adult general mental health service. He continues to offer some sessions remotely via online platforms.
Prior to his current position, Talid worked for Priory Hospital Woking as an art psychotherapist within the addiction, general mental health and eating disorder services. Historically, he has held various positions within the NHS.
Outside his practitioner work, Talid is passionate about art making, nature and yoga.
Training
Talid has considerable expertise and extensive clinical experience spanning over 10 years, working with both adults and adolescents with addictions, eating disorders and general mental health issues.
Research interests
Talid’s research interests are currently focused on the role of art psychotherapy and digital art in the treatment of an addiction population. During his time in both the NHS and Priory Hospital Woking, he was successful in piloting and establishing new art psychotherapy services for NHS CAMHS and in Woking for adults with other specified feeding or eating disorders (OSFED). The NHS service continues to operate today.
Talid is currently undertaking further training in eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR), while continuing to research and write academic papers for journals in the field of art psychotherapy and addictions.
Links to clinical articles/research papers
- Khan, T. (2012). Musings on the impact of Aniconism and the practice of Art Therapy within a Muslim Community, ATOL: Art Therapy Online, 3(1). www.gold.ac.uk
- Khan.T cited in Case, C. and Dalley, T. (2014), (2018) The 13th Addition of the Art Psychotherapy Handbook, Routledge Publishers. P53-54.
- Khan.T in Sharma, M. and Ryan, J.F. (2021) Eastern Spirituality and Western Psychology Revering the Difference, Transpersonal Press. P47.
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Phari
- Urdu