Dr Tom Pennybacker is a Consultant Psychotherapist and Psychiatrist who works privately with the Chelsea Psychology Clinic, where he offers consultations and psychiatric care options to visiting patients. He has comprehensive experience of diagnosing and treating an entire range of psychiatric problems, including psychosis, bipolar disorder and personality disorders, with medications and psychotherapy. He offers psychodynamic psychotherapy, Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT) and supportive and problem-solving therapy.

Dr Pennybacker qualified in medicine in 1999 from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and worked as a physician for a number of years before specialising in psychiatry. He trained in psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic and developed a special interest in combining psychological interventions with medication. He has extensive experience in the NHS and was working as a full-time consultant at Camden & Islington Foundation Trust until 2018.

Dr Pennybacker has been involved in research projects related to the functioning of the brain in mental disorders and was the Assistant Editor of the journal Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. An ardent educator, he has been actively involved in teaching medical students and psychiatrists both in his NHS Trust and at University College London.