About me
Hello, my name is Marie. I’m a counsellor working in Battle, East Sussex, offering psychosynthesis, Internal Family Systems (IFS) and nature based therapy, including outdoor sessions across 220 acres of woodland, in-person sessions near Battle, and online appointments.
I particularly enjoy working with people navigating:
- anxiety
- the menopause transition
- ADHD, whether newly diagnosed, self-identifying, or living with it for years without the right support.
With over 16 years’ experience, including in the NHS, I know how exhausting it can feel when your mind or body seems to be working against you.
My approach is integrative and depth focused: we explore not just symptoms, but what they’re communicating, and how to build a relationship with yourself that feels less like a battle. If this resonates, I’d love to hear from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I bring together academic training, clinical experience, and a genuine belief in the body’s and nature’s capacity to heal.
I hold a BSc in Psychology and began my career in the NHS, where I trained in CBT for anxiety and depression. That work taught me a lot about what helps in the short term, it also showed me the limits of working with thoughts alone.
That’s what led me to Psychosynthesis Counselling (Postgraduate Diploma, Psychosynthesis & Education Trust), an integrative, depth oriented approach that draws from many schools of psychology. Psychosynthesis isn’t just about easing symptoms it’s about supporting you toward your fullest sense of self. I’m also an Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed practitioner; IFS and psychosynthesis share a similar spirit, and together they shape how I understand the different parts of us that need to be heard, understood, and welcomed home.
I also offer therapy outdoors. Nature has its own quiet way of helping us settle, open up, and reconnect and I love weaving that into the therapeutic work.
I’m a registered member of the BACP (MBACP) and a UKCP trainee, and I practise within their ethical frameworks to make sure you’re always working with someone accountable and safe.
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.
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Fees
£65.00 per session
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Further information
I follow your lead drawing on psychosythesis, Internal Family Systems, parts work nature based therapy. Some of my clients benefit hugely from outdoor sessions taking full advantage of 220 acres of local woodland, others prefer meeting in the therapy room environment and some like the ease of working online, it's really up to you.
