Dr Lee Snowden is a highly specialist psychoanalytic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist working with children and young people (aged 0-25), their families and carers as well as with the networks that support them (teachers, social workers, health visitors, doctors, nursery staff and youth workers.)
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Lee has been working in various capacities with children, adolescents and their families for over 30 years. This has included working in children’s centres, schools, sports clubs, music and arts centres, as well as specialist inpatient units for young people with eating disorders.
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For the last 12 years Lee has been working as a child and adolescent psychotherapist. He completed his Doctoral training at the Tavistock and Portman, a world-renowned mental health clinic and training centre. Lee published his doctoral research thesis on the experiences of hope and hopelessness in therapeutic relationships.

Since the start of his career as a child and adolescent psychotherapist, Lee has worked in NHS CAMHS teams (child and adolescent mental health services) working with children who are care experienced, have gone through significant trauma and present with complex and challenging behaviour. Lee has also worked for over 9 years in specialist adolescent and young adult services at the Tavistock and the charity Open Door, where he was the schools service lead. Lee is currently one of the lead psychotherapists in the fostering adoption and kinship care team at Tavistock.

Lee also works as a lecturer, academic tutor and service supervisor on various courses including the doctoral child and adolescent training course at the Tavistock and Portman.
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At MOAI Lee offers ongoing individual psychotherapy sessions for children, adolescents and young adults, parent infant work – seeing the child and parent together, psychoanalytically informed family work and parent support.
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‍What is psychoanalytic child and adolescent psychotherapy?
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Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is an evidence-based, specialised treatment for individuals up to age 25, focusing on understanding the unconscious, emotional, and psychological difficulties underlying behaviour. It uses play, drawing, and talking to help young people process complex emotions, reducing distress and improving developmental, social, and relational functioning.