About me
You might seem to be coping with life on the outside, while on the inside things feel much harder than anyone realises. Perhaps you are tired of not feeling ok.
You might notice a nagging self-doubt shaping your choices and affecting how you feel about yourself.
You might notice patterns in relationships that leave you feeling unseen, unheard, or as though you are never quite enough.
If this resonates, you’re not alone.
As a BACP-registered, person-centred and integrative counsellor, I specialise in anxiety, low self-esteem and loss. I provide a safe, supportive space that is shaped around you and your unique experience and needs.
Together, we can gently explore past experiences that may still be echoing in the present, untangle patterns that no longer serve you, and find ways for you to feel more steady, connected, and assured in yourself.
Therapy with me is calm, collaborative, and deeply human. I don’t sit behind a polished professional mask, I bring my full, authentic self into the room.
A real person, who understands what it’s like to sit in the other chair, trying to piece myself back together and through that process finding the real me.
You don’t need to have the right words, or even know where to begin. Whatever you bring, your thoughts, feelings, or experiences will be met with acceptance, empathy and non-judgement.
We will start from wherever you are, and figure things out together.
There is space here for everything: for tears, for silence, for the things you may never have said out loud before. And also for moments of connection, lightness, and even laughter.
“When someone really hears you without passing judgement on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn good…. When I have been listened to and when I have been heard, I am able to re-perceive my world in a new way and to go on. It is astonishing how elements which seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens. How confusions which seem irremediable turn into relatively clear flowing streams when one is heard.” Carl Rogers (Founder of Person-Centred Counselling)
My areas of experience
I have over 16 years’ experience in private practice, along with 10 years working in mental health support. I have supported many people (aged 16 years +) experiencing:
Anxiety
Low self-esteem
Trauma and difficult childhood experiences
Grief and loss. ADHD and Autism. (Diagnosed and self-diagnosed)
Contacting Me
Starting counselling can feel daunting so I offer a free introductory phone call, or we can connect by email if that feels easier. There’s no pressure, just a chance to see whether working together feels right for you.
Fees
Standard fee: £65 per session
Reduced fee (limited availability): £45–£55 for clients experiencing financial difficulty
Professional Standards
I’m a registered member of the BACP and adhere to their ethical guidelines. I engage in regular supervision and ongoing professional development to ensure safe, ethical, and effective practice.
Client Reviews:
"Incredibly intuitive, kind and insightful therapist. Liz can gently prod you in the right direction. She changed my life. I dread to think where I would be if I had not found her". Female client in her 50’s.
"Liz provided me with a safe space in which to explore the previously impossible things I needed to explore. She had compassion and empathy. She kept up with my lengthy rambles, and sat in silence with me, shared her insights when appropriate and really heard what I needed to say. My time with Liz allowed an authentic shift deep inside myself that has been profoundly healing. I would wish anyone finding themselves struggling with painful and challenging issues a ‘Liz’ to go on that journey with. Truly professional whilst also being humanly real, Liz’s skills and abilities as a counsellor are second to none." Female client in her 40’s.
"Liz has helped me immensely with her compassionate and very understanding nature. I feel totally at ease with her and I am able to share my innermost feelings and worries without any risk of being judged. I actually look forward to our sessions each week as a way of cleansing my mind for the week ahead." Male client in his 60’s.
”Having Liz as a counsellor has been the one constant in my life that gives me great comfort. Liz provides a safe, non-judgemental environment that allows me to express my needs and concerns, these are met with the utmost professionalism and expertise. Liz has enabled me to navigate through my trauma and has equipped me with the knowledge and tools to support myself daily. I would highly recommend her as a counsellor, I’ve been seeing Liz for 8 years, this is a testament to her wonderfulness!
Female client aged 30
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications & training:
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling: Brighton University
- BA (Hons) Sussex University: English Literature
- Certificate in Complete Trauma Immersion: Essential strategies for working with Trauma. Janina Fisher.
- Certificate in Couples Counselling- (Healing Relationships): Heartswork
- Drug & Alcohol Counselling Training: SASS (Sussex Alcohol Substance Use Service) (Including CBT & Motivational Interviewing)
- Working with Trauma & Recovery: Wealden Institute & Rise Counselling Service
- Bereavement Counselling: BACP
- Working with ADHD and Autism: BACP
- Working with Men who have experienced Sexual Abuse/ Assault: Survivors UK
- Solution-Focused Counselling: Young People's Centre
- Counselling Young People: Rise Counselling Service & Online CPD with BACP
- Pluralistic Counselling: Brighton Person-Centred Community
- Existential Therapy & Phenomenology: Ernesto Spinelli, KGA
- Recognising & Assessing Mental Disturbance: BPCC
- Personality Inside Out: Human Personality in the Consulting Room: Psychotherapy UK
- Compassion Focused Therapy: Brighton Therapy Partnership
- Zen and the art of Person-Centred Therapy: BPCC
- Traumatic Attachment and Co-Regulation: The Neuro-biology of Relationship: Psychotherapy Excellence
- Internal Family Systems: (Healing from Trauma): Janina Fisher
- Working with Risky Behaviours in Adolescent Clients: Brighton Therapy Partnership
- Part-Time Youth Work Certificate: Kingston Youth Service
Current counselling experience
- Counsellor: Private Practice, Brighton & Seaford (2010- ongoing)
Previous experience
- Counsellor: Young People's Centre
- Counsellor: As You Are, Southwick
- Drug/Alcohol Counsellor: SASS, Hove
- Mental Health Support Worker Roles (2000-2010)
.Further info
I am fully insured, receive clinical supervision and ongoing professional development training. I am also a member BACP (British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy) and I adhere to their ethical framework.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Concessionary Fees: £45-£55
I have a limited number of concessionary spaces, where financial circumstances would make my full fee difficult to pay.
Individual Sessions last 50 mins.
Longer sessions available on arrangement.
When I work
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Further information
I have experience working with adults, young people and couples dealing with:
- Abuse (emotional, physical, sexual)
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Addictions (including drug & alcohol)
- Bereavement & loss
- Cancer
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Divorce & separation
- Eating disorders
- Fears
- Health related issues
- Infertility
- Low self-esteem & low self-confidence
- Panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personal development
- Post-natal depression
- Relationship issues
- Couples counselling
- Self harm
- Separation & divorce
- Stress
- Trauma (PTSD)
- Work related issues
- General counselling.
