Rachel Hine
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About me
I am a psychoanalytic psychodynamic Art Psychotherapist, offering a safe, warm, professional and trusted therapeutic space, affording clients the potential for hope and positive change. I offer a combination of talking psychotherapy, art psychotherapy, one -to -one and in groups. My service aims to empower clients to reveal their resilience and ability for self reflection and awareness in order to alleviate painful emotional experiences towards improved mental health and emotional wellbeing.
My clients include children, adolescents and adults. I specialise working with clients described as neurodiverse, including clients who experience physical complex support needs. I work with clients who describe themselves as marginalised and displaced.
My therapeutic service aims to afford clients a creative and inclusive space to begin to understand and process complex trauma, loss and emotional pain. By understanding our previous attachments patterns and ways of coping, we can begin to understand and improve our emotional and relational responses with others and ourselves in the here and now. This insight is encouraged within the safe and containing therapeutic relationship.
At times in our lives, we may need to seek out answers to unknown thoughts and feelings which cause us distress, low mood and depression. We may experience relational difficulties and feel isolated and misunderstood. My service aims to develop a sense of belonging and a more secure sense of self.
My service focuses on how our unconscious can be made conscious using our relationship with art materials and processes, so that our symbolic narratives and dreams are revealed in a way that is understood and explored safely, within a non judgmental and non interpretive way - together.
I offer clinical assessment and formulation, consultation and clinical supervision for individuals, groups and organisations.
Training, qualifications & experience
I qualified as an HCPC Clinical Art Psychotherapist, gaining a Masters over three years at Goldsmiths University London in 2018. Previous to that, I have a BA (Hons) in Art developing my own art practice, and then specialised in training in Inclusive Community Arts Practice. Along with my Post Graduate Degree in Art and Design as a Qualified Art Teacher and Lecturer, these experiences have afforded me a specialism in working with a range of people, cultural and community groups, supporting the mental health and emotional wellbeing of through joint collaboration and co production.
I currently work as an NHS Art Psychotherapist for Adults with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder and Complex Trauma within a Therapeutic Community as part of the NHS community recovery treatment programme. This role is currently affording me training in Mentalisation Based Therapy (MBT), developing awareness of how our previous relational patterns impact us in the here and now. I work for the NHS Discovery College, part of Recovery College as an Art Psychotherapist, working in cultural settings with groups of young people experiencing mental health challenges.
My other work includes working as a freelance Art Psychotherapist, Clinical Consultant and Clinical Supervisor for various schools, community charities funded by the third sector and the NHS.
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 - £85.00
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
When I am referred by schools or charities, I conduct our sessions in their facilities, in order to work as closely as possible with the care team that has made this referral on behalf of a child or young person
I offer a free initial phone appointment.
The Sessions are 50 minutes from £55 - £85. Fees are higher for groups. We can discuss what feels comfortable for you to pay.
After x6 sessions, we can review and think about how you would like to proceed in terms of the length of therapy required.
Further information
My Private Therapy Practice is based in Hastings, East Sussex, and is a face to face service, held in a confidential and safe therapy studio within my home.
This service is 1:1, small groups and dyadic (parent/carer and child) sessions.
I can offer online talking therapy if this is required.
The sessions are weekly at the same time and day. An initial face to face consultation takes place after a short phone appointment to ascertain if you would like to work with me and your hopes for the therapy.
