Rebekah Golds-Jones - Founder of Stepping Stones Counselling and Psychotherapy

About me

Stepping Stones Counselling and Psychotherapy is an established business, providing counselling, psychotherapy, Mindfulness, hypnotherapy and CBT across the South East, for clients experiencing a wide variety of presentations.

Stepping Stones was founded by Rebekah Golds-Jones, Psychotherapist and fully trained and certified EMDR therapist, who additionally offers Mindful Meditation as a Mindfulness Instructor. Mindfulness is being used more widely as this method of support at times of emotional stress becomes more well understood and accepted within societies and cultures. From additional systemic and CBT training, Rebekah also offers couples counselling and integrative CBT.

Rebekah is about to complete the ACTO accredited post graduate Diploma in Online Counselling, and will be offering online sessions using email, IM or webcam from the beginning of April 2020. All platforms used are secure and encrypted in order to fully protect the client.

Rebekah has over 27 years of professional experience in working with people experiencing mental health difficulties within the NHS, supporting  people from a wide variety of contexts and with a mix of different issues. Since retraining as a therapist, Rebekah has particularly specialised in working with emergency personnel, as well as those who have experienced a range of life traumas and mental health challenges. Rebekah offers EMDR therapy, which can be used to reprocess trauma, phobic reaction and a variety of mental health issues with very good effect.

Rebekah has experience of working with students to university level and is a qualified teacher. She offers reduced fee sessions for trainee counsellors. Rebekah teaches on a Level 2 and Level 3 Counselling Skills course for an organisation in West Sussex, and additionally offers training around well-being and mental health for a variety of organisations and businesses throughout the UK.

Rebekah is joined by Rachael Martin, who is an Advanced Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and Hypnotherapist. Rachael holds a wide range of experience in working with young people and adults, and specialises in working with young people as well as mothers. She has particular experience in working with people who are experiencing difficulties with phobias and eating / weight issues, as well as depression and anxiety.

Rebekah is also joined by Richard Berry, who is an Advanced Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and Hypnotherapist. Richard has a background in the health sector and specialises in working with people experiencing work and relationship stress, as well as phobias, self confidence issues and anxiety. He particularly enjoys working with couples.

Rebekah additionally is joined by Fiona Small, who is an Advanced Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and Hypnotherapist. Fiona holds a wide range of experience in working with young people and adults with learning disabilities, and specialises in working with women who have experienced trauma. She also has particular experience in working with people who are experiencing relationship difficulties, as well as depression and anxiety.

Face to face sessions are held in Worthing and Haywards Heath, West Sussex. Rebekah has an additional clinic in Central London. From April 2020, Rebekah will also be offering online counselling, using secure email, IM and webcam platforms.

Stepping Stones therapists generally work in a '12 session model' but all decisions surrounding duration of sessions will be agreed in the assessment session, with both short and long term therapy being possible. Sessions last for 50 minutes and are payable at the time of the session.

Our approach to therapy enables each client, as an individual, to process and work through thoughts, patterns of behaviour and life challenges, as well as meet times of crisis with a reflective mind.

Our work with people is focused upon enabling them to develop and improve their quality of life, and explore any problems and difficulties, whatever they may be caused by.

Life's stress can derive from a wide variety of sources including relationship difficulties, work pressures, family histories and dynamics, as well as social anxieties, self-esteem and image issues and other mental health difficulties. Human experience also often involves trauma and bereavement, which, when unexplored, can lead to noticeable relational difficulties in all manners of life, not just with those we are closest to.

Reviews made by clients regarding their work with Rebekah in particular can be found here:

https://www.bark.com/en/company/stepping-stones-counselling-and-psychotherapy/Mao0y/