Nova Nolan

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Brighton And Hove BN2 & Brighton BN3
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

My name is Nova Nolan, I am a humanistic integrative counsellor working in Brighton, Hove and online. I’m a member of the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy).

I provide a therapeutic counselling service for people who feel they need support, guidance, a safe space to explore themselves or simply a need to be witnessed and heard. Gently and with compassion, I listen, I observe, I reflect and support exploration. Sometimes what emerges is a desire for change, for others it is a want to understand themselves more deeply or perhaps to make an important decision. We work together to create a pathway that makes sense to you.

I aim to provide a space that feels safe, warm and free from judgement, criticism or discrimination...with these conditions in place, we can start to explore.

It all begins with me listening carefully, as your thoughts, feelings and stories begin to emerge, we choose which paths to follow. Sometimes this might include some creative experiments, perhaps a writing exercise or playing with objects, it's not always talking and listening.

I will also pay attention to your body, perhaps to the way your breath is moving or noticing what a clenched fist might be trying to communicate, your body expresses in all sorts of ways.

At the centre of my practice is a compassionate curiosity and a desire for all the different parts of you to take up space and be heard. I invite you to contemplate that we are not a singular self, but a collection of selves. Some parts are more dominant than others, but all are valuable and have something useful to communicate. It may have value to do some reorganising, to allow quiet and perhaps denied parts to be heard too. Welcoming all of our selves can feel like a homecoming, a settling into an experience of self that makes sense.

I work from a position of 'what has happened to you?' not 'what's wrong with you?' We are moulded by our experiences and relationships, so we might visit your history and your family stories in order to better understand how you relate to yourself and others. Gathering information can provide a sense of choice, you may want to update some strategies that no longer serve you...what could be different, how can you be different? Safety and choice also come from connection and the relationship...not being alone with sadness, distress and challenge is so very important.

The first session or initial consultation, is a chance for you to share something of what is bringing you to therapy, and a chance for us to decide if we feel like a good fit. It's also an opportunity to share hopes (and maybe fears) for counselling and to explore how we might work together.

I will ask questions to guide the session, including information about your physical as well as mental health, check in around risk factors and ask a little about your history and impactful experiences. If you are a person that menstruates, I will be curious around how you experience your cycle and your relationship to it.

I look forward to hearing from you and supporting you on your journey.

Training, qualifications & experience

Write Yourself: Trauma Informed Therapeutic Writing Foundation Programme. Katy Watson.

NICAMB Working with Core Beliefs of 'Never Good Enough'.Pat Ogden, Ron Siegal, Joan Borysenko.

Sex, Relationships and attachment, Victoria Settle.

Working With the Menstrual Cycle in Psychotherapy, Dr. Margaret Altemus, Jane Catherine Severn.

Embracing Compassion Focused Therapy; Theory and Practice, Dr. Erin Hope Thomson MBE, The Loss Foundation.

Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Mick Cooper.

Anxiety;Attachment, Neuroscience and The Body, Victoria Settle, Smita Rajput Kamble, Suzanne Worrica.

ASIST Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training

CPCAB Level 2 Introduction to Counselling Skills

CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies

Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Fees

£60.00 per session

Additional information

£60 for a 50 minute session.

I am happy to discuss fee reductions to support clients with a low-income.

I offer initial consultations at the reduced rate of £50

When I work

My diary is constantly in flow, as clients come into therapy and end, so please do contact me to get up-to-date availability. I am currently accepting new clients.

Further information

I work online on Mondays and Thursdays.

From Down Terrace (Queens park) on Tuesdays.

From the Ochre House clinic (formerly UMEUS) on Wednesdays 

I have limited availability for evening sessions on Thursdays.

46 Down Terrace, Brighton And Hove, BN2 9ZH

15b/c Cambridge Grove, Hove, Brighton, East Sussex, BN3 3ED

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Adults

Key details

There is a short flight of stairs from street level to the first floor, where the therapy rooms are situated.

Online platforms

Zoom

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