About me
*Free Initial Consultation Via Phone Or Zoom*
You
Is life feeling difficult right now? Maybe you're feeling anxious or depressed for reasons that are clear e.g. bereavement or trauma. Or maybe you’re feeling anxious or depressed and you’re not quite sure why?
Maybe you want to look at concerns such as:
- Anxiety/ panic/ panic attacks
- Depression/ low mood
- Abuse - emotional/ sexual/ physical
- Loss/ bereavement
- Identity - questions around 'who am I?' across personal/ social/ gender/ sexual
- Loss of purpose/ direction
I will provide you with a therapeutic space where you will begin to feel safe enough to explore what is going on for you and, from this, we will work together to support you in creating positive change including relief from the concerns detailed above.
Me
I am an accredited and experienced counsellor and psychotherapist, who has been working with clients since 2009, and my role is to help you make sense of what is happening for you and, through the process of our work together, free you up to live your life more fully. I hold a trauma-informed perspective and I have trained in Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) in order to help you process any traumatic life events or experiences.
I truly believe that we are all doing our best and that sometimes our survival strategies stop being so helpful - and that can be one of the times that we find ourselves in the therapy room. During my lengthy career of working alongside my clients, I have found myself continually delighted by our human ability to face our challenges and begin to not just survive but thrive.
Us
In order for counselling, pschotherapy and EMDR to be of support to you the relationship between you and I needs to be one that feels supportive and safe. Therefore I offer a free consultation so that we can see whether we feel like a good fit.
Where
We can work together in person in Fiveways Brighton, Central Brighton (New Road) or online wherever you happen to be in the UK.
How It Works
I find that the experience of being truly heard is so often missing from our lives – this seemingly simplistic of act of feeling listened to, and understood, can provide the first step towards deeper personal understanding and a relief from what you are experiencing right now.
Our work together can lead to:
- Relief from trauma symptoms such as panic/ nightmares/ flashbacks/ hypervigilance/ self-alienation/ low self-esteem/ anxiety/ depression
- A clearer and more compassionate view of yourself
- Developing greater acceptance of yourself
- Increased trust in your ability to make your own decisions
- Increased general confidence
- Deeper connection to yourself alongside more profound connection with others.
Through the process of us working together we may decide that utilising Eye Movement Densensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) might be supportive to assist you in working through past trauma and/ or the impacts that can include a negative self image. Please note that EMDR can help us process a number of life's challenges beyond trauma e.g. feelings of worthlessness or not feeling good enough.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have been practicing as a counsellor & pyschotherapist since 2009 and I’ve completed specialist online training in order to provide Online Therapy. I have gained my BACP accreditation. I am a Person-centred counsellor & psychotherapist – this means that I believe that you are unique and you have the innate ability to grow towards your own full potential. I have a trauma-informed perspective & I have trained in EMDR in order to help you process any traumatic life events or experiences.
Beyond individual therapeutic work, I completed training in working with groups in 2011 and since then I have worked with groups of young people, groups of therapy students, groups of adults within an NHS setting.
I have also completed EFT Couple Counselling training in order to work with those who wish to work on their relationships with another person/s in the room. This training also enables me to offer further insight when working with individuals on their relationships when their partner is not in the therapy room.
I didn’t take a direct career path into counselling. I spent many years working in the IT industry before deciding that I needed a new direction in my life – I signed up for an introductory counselling course and sought my own personal therapy – the experience was transformative. My initial training, and my positive experience as a client, motivated me to proceed further and complete my full counselling and psychotherapy training.
I work in an LGBTQIA+ Affirmative way and I welcome people from all lifestyle choices and sexual orientations. I am continually informing myself about the breadth of cultural backgrounds and experiences that come together to make each one of us unique – I’d always hope to be able to meet you fully regardless of the differences between us.
My qualifications to date (most recent first):
- Janina Fisher’s Master Class in Trauma-Informed Stabilisation Treatment (TIST) - Janina Fisher 2025
- Eye Movement De-sensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) Parts 1, 2 & 3 - EMDR Nexus 2024
- Impasses and Challenges in EFT - Rebecca Jorgensen 2023
- EFT Stage 2-3: Deepening Engagement & Consolidation - Rebecca Jorgensen 2023
- EFT Stage 1: Reaching De-escalation - Rebecca Jorgensen 2023
- Core Concepts and Interventions in EFT - Rebecca Jorgensen 2023
- MSc in Contemporary Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Applications - Metanoia Institute - 2022 (return to study - fully qualified in 2010)
- Working with shame - Carolyn Spring 2020
- Talking about sex in the therapy room - Meg-John Barker 2020
- Working with survivors of sexual violence - Rape Crisis 2017
- Diploma in Online Therapeutic Counselling - Online Training For Counsellors 2015
- Making Trauma Therapy Safer - with Babette Rothschild 2015
- General Certificate in Online Counselling Skills - Online Training For Counsellors 2013
- Group Facilitation - City Lit 2011
- Diploma in Practitioner Counselling Skills (person-centred approach) - City Lit 2010 (= fully qualified)
- Certificate in Counselling Skills - City Lit 2008
- Time Limited Counselling - City Lit 2008
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
£70.00 - £90.00
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Our initial telephone or online consultation will be free of charge - let's work out whether we're right for each other without a financial commitment.
Individual work begins at £70-£80 for a 50 minute daytime session and £90 per 50 minute session for sessions after 5pm.
I am 'recognised' by Aviva Health Insurance, BUPA, Vitality and AXA PPP Healthcare therefore you can access my services through your healthcare insurance.
When I work
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I offer individual therapy and EMDR therapy sessions daytimes Monday to Thursday & Thursday evening
Further information
In Person:
I currently offer sessions in 2 locations in the Brighton area:
Fiveways Hub, 360B Ditchling Road, Brighton, BN1 6JG
New Road Psychotherapy, 28 New Road, Brighton, BN1 1UG
Online Therapy:
I have received comprehensive training to offer safe and secure therapy online (and have also trained other therapists to work online). I offer therapy online via a secure platform and I am also able to offer EMDR online utilising the bilateralstimulation.io platform.
