Holly Austin

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Psychotherapist (M.A) (HCPC, MBACP, BAAT registered)
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

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Worthing BN13 & Hove BN3
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

Are you looking to begin to make sense of your inner and outer landscapes, to understand and learn more about yourself, to process your experiences and to improve your relationships with yourself and others. 

Hi, I’m Holly. I am a qualified Psychotherapist offering face to face creative and explorative mental health support for adults (18+) in Worthing, West Sussex and Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. I specialise in supporting adults experiencing anxiety, low mood and depression. 

How will psychotherapy help you?

Sometimes we need a safe and confidential space to begin to make sense of the world, to understand or learn more about ourselves, process experiences, improve our relationships with ourselves and others, or simply a place; To be seen and heard. Whether you feeling anxious, sad, overwhelmed, stuck, burnt out, depressed or curious. I work collaboratively and creativity with you to process your experiences, supporting you with tools and techniques, keeping your connection with all that you are, to improve your emotional and social wellness.

Through collaboration we can create space to work through all the feelings and find room to embrace the freedom to explore what it truly means to be you. Honouring all aspects of you. Whether you are feeling anxious, sad, overwhelmed, stuck, burnt out, depressed or curious about what is actually going on?!

Together we can rediscover intuition, tune into the body to help you feel grounded and less stuck and learn to rest along the way too! Even in this wild and wonderful world we can find balance and discover what brings you joy and peace again.

Some of the ways in which I can support you are;

  • Developing and implementing coping strategies and practical steps to help you feel grounded amongst life’s storms.
  • Talking through and creatively exploring your experiences to see, hear and understand what you are feeling.
  • Clarifying and understanding what you need.
  • Improving upon self awareness and reflectivity through identifying unknown causes and triggers.
  • Exploration of your past in order to have a better understanding of what is happening in the here and now. In the hope of identifying where your emotions may be coming from.
  • Helping you gain clarity on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
  • Enabling you to navigate things different to find new ways of being.
  • Looking at ways in which to promote and build upon self esteem, acceptance, confidence and kindness for oneself. Helping you to gain a clearer picture of who you are as the perfectly imperfect human you are.
  • Exploring different ideas and perspectives in your experiences.
  • Having a space to just be, without judgement.
  • Looking at ways to implement positive change in order to walk along a new road and create a different story for the future. 

I have helped people experiencing; anxiety, depression, low mood, historical trauma, work related stress, burn out, bullying, identity and self esteem difficulties, life transitions, shame, anger, interpersonal difficulties, relational issues, emotional issues, developmental issues and other psychological difficulties.

My practice is LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent affirming. To find out more please visit my website. 

If you feel that you need support, you can book a free 15 minute consultation to find out more about how we may be able to work together to improve your emotional wellbeing and support your mental health maintenance.

Training, qualifications & experience

I am a clinically trained and insured art psychotherapist. I hold an MA in art psychotherapy from Roehampton University. Accredited by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC), the same body that regulates doctors and social workers and a member of the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (MBACP) and the British Association of Art Psychotherapists. (BAAT). In addition to Psychotherapy services, I now offer EMDR ( Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing). EMDR is an evidence-based technique used to process a person's past experiences and core belief systems held from childhood. 

I have had the honour of working with people across a variety of different sectors inclusive of NHS community teams (tier 1 - 3) in adult learning disability, neurodevelopment and child and adolescent services, school settings (private and comprehensive), charity sectors and in private health sectors.

For further information please visit my website or please do get in contact to discuss my offers further. 

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HCPC
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Fees

£65.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session

Concessions offered for

  • Low income
  • Students
  • Trainee counsellors

When I work

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Worthing, West Sussex, BN13

Hove, East Sussex, BN3

Type of session

In person
Online

Types of client

Adults
Groups
Organisations
Employee Assistance Programme

Key details

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Holly Austin
Holly Austin