Letitia Hardy

I am a UKCP registered full clinical psychotherapist working in Hove, Shoreham-by-Sea and online. 

People seek therapy at different points in their lives and for many unique reasons. You may be feeling anxious, depressed or 'stuck'.  There may be a sense of not reaching your potential, or there may be family issues or difficulties in a relationship. It may be health issues that bring you to counselling, or a mental-health diagnosis.​ You may have experienced a transition, loss or bereavement or want to work through a challenging situation.

​I work with several humanistic models of therapy such as existential-phenomenological, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis and elements of CBT, systemic and somatic approaches, all underpinned by a person-centered approach. In the room, I will follow your lead and work in whichever way is most helpful for you.

​The techniques are not as important as the relationship in therapy and I aim to ensure that you feel safe with me and comfortable to explore anything you wish. I am here to really listen to you, in confidence and with out judgement to work together with you to understand where you are and what you might need.

I offer both short-term and goal-orientated counselling, as well as longer-term psychotherapy for perhaps a deeper exploration of your personal patterns of relating to yourself, others and the world. You decide how long you wish to continue therapy for, and we will review this together regularly as we go.

Humanistic therapy is concerned with 'how' it is to be you in the world, and works to heighten awareness of how you may have interpreted your experiences to date, and how these interpretations may be impacting your way-of-being in the world today. 

​“Much of what we call personality is not a fixed set of traits, only coping mechanisms a person acquired in childhood”   - Dr Gabor Mate

​Therapy enables an opportunity to make sense of your experiences, and a safe place should you wish to release that which no longer serves you. Integrating our experiences and the different aspects of ourselves can enable a sense of greater wholeness so that we can be more authentic in how we live our lives. This will always be taken at your pace.

I work with many issues including anxiety, depression, eco-anxiety, bereavement/loss, trauma, health, stress, spirituality, family and relationship issues, work related problems, abuse, anger, identity, self-esteem, addiction and more...