L Baretto De Souza

Integrative Psychotherapy MBACP, Mindfulness Teacher

Hove BN3 & Seaford BN25

About me

As an Integrative Therapist, I use different modalities to fit my clients needs, learning curves and communications styles, personality and state of mind. I also adapt to fit my clients ‘physical health, integrating body and mind work within the process of change.
I have been working as a Psychotherapist since 2004 and I am a Mindfulness Practitioner. As well as running my private practice, I work for the Priory in Hove (now Elysium Healthcare) within both the Cognitive Behavioural team and within the Addiction Treatment team. I have helped people through a wide range of issues using a variety of tools and methods to fit each person's ways of being. I believe that we are all different and also that we all have a lot in common.

I offer:
1 to 1 counselling
Solution focussed
Short-term counselling
Medium to long term counselling
1 to 1 walking counselling
Couple counselling with 1 therapist or 2 therapists
Family counselling
Group therapy

1 to 1 supervision

group supervision

Training, qualifications & experience

2016: I am a qualified Mindfulness Teacher,
Mindfulness-based Approaches Foundation
Sussex Mindfulmess Centre. This Training enables me to deliver 8 weeks MBCT and MBSR courses.

2009 Advance Diploma in Integrative Counselling at Northbrook College.
This course integrates Humanistic, Psychodynamic, Jungian, CBT, Transactional Analysis and Gestalt theories and practices.

I have been working as Counsellor/Psychotherapist for over 15 years. During this time I have accumulated over 1000 hours of 1 to 1 of counselling and I have facilitated 800 therapeutic groups.

Member organisations

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Mindfulness practitioner and Teacher.

Dance of Awareness facilitator

Photos & videos

Fees

From £40.00 to £100.00
Free initial telephone session

Concessions offered for

Keyworkers
Low income
OAPs
Students
Trainee counsellors
Unemployed

Additional information

Our Services and fees

Individual Counselling:

Available from all our locations

Fees are worked out on a sliding scale depending on earnings:

from £50 per session, concessions may be available for people earning less than £15k/annum.

Sliding scale:
basic fee then add £0.5 every £1000/annum earned above £15K.
Eg:
£50.50 for people earning £16k/annum
£51 for people earning £17k/ annum.

Maximum fee is £100 for individual.

Any payments over your individual fee will be used to provide concessions for people earning less than £15k/annum.

Couple Counselling:

Available from all locations

from £60 depending on your combined earnings as a couple:

sliding scale

£60 for non tax payers and for couples earning up to £25k/annum.
Then add £1 every £1000/annum earned above £25K.

Eg:
£61 for couples earning £26k/annum
£62 for couples earning £27k/annum

Maximum fee is £150 for individual. Any payments over your individual fee will be used to provide concessions for couples earning less than £25k/annum.

Walking Counselling priced as individual therapy: Available from Friston Forest

Family Therapy:

Please contact us to discuss fees.

Mindfulness 8 week course (MBCT)

Cost: As this will be the first group offered at Revitalise there is an introductory fee of £120 for the full 8 week course to be paid prior to the first session.