About me
If you're feeling overwhelmed, unable to move on from past events, or have relationship issues, I can help you find a way forward.
When you're faced with challenges, it may help to talk with someone who won't judge or overreact at what you want to say.
Instead, I will listen and focus on you. This is your time. Everything else can wait.
Our sessions provide a shared space where you can speak freely without fear or shame. Working at your pace, our relationship offers you safety to explore what is happening now and consider a different reality for the future.
I bring warmth and empathy and years of experience in working with people who may struggle to understand or accept why they behave or feel the way they do. Perhaps you're exploring your identity, your sexuality, or your relationship, with others or yourself. You don't have to do this alone.
I’m a qualified and registered counsellor (MBACP), trained to work with adults, couples and all kinds of relationships. I'm polyamory and LGBTQ+ affirming and experienced in working with polyamorous and CNM relationships.
Let me help you find greater acceptance and compassion for the version of who you are today, and who you would like to be going forward. We can work together to bring about meaningful change for the next phase of your life.
I work in-person, online or over the phone. We can meet in a counselling room, or outside in my beach hut, or have 'walk and talk' therapy at different locations in Sussex. These include Hove, Horsham, Chichester and Worthing.
See my website for further details: https://therapywithsarahhill.my.canva.site/
I work flexibly to support shift patterns and accommodate your changing schedule. I have previously worked as a teacher and hold an enhanced DBS certificate.
Training, qualifications & experience
I'm qualified to work with adults, couples, and teenagers. I'm experienced in helping partners explore their relationship and improve how they communicate, connect, and conflict in a healthier way.
I'm polyamory and LGBTQ+ affirming and have worked with clients emerging into new relationships or sexual identities, including CNM and polyamorous partnerships.
I have previously worked as a teacher, and I am experienced in working therapeutically with former boarding-school pupils. I understand the pressures of working or studying in our education system, across all ages and sectors.
I work with clients employed by airlines and within the travel sector, and I understand the opportunities and challenges this industry may present. I can work flexibly to accommodate your changing schedule, combining in-person and online sessions to fit around your location.
I have worked with survivors of abuse or sexual assault, people affected by suicide, childhood or adult bereavement, young carers and those who are care-experienced, dual-heritage, other-abled, or working in education, charity or emergency-response sectors.
I'm experienced in supporting people with anxiety, burnout, low self-esteem or self confidence, family estrangement or complex early childhood issues. I work with Cruse Bereavement Charity, supporting bereaved children, young people and adults. I have previously worked with the Samaritans in outreach work and supporting callers in crisis.
Training and Qualifications:
- Brighton University, Post Graduate Diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapy & Counselling Diploma (Level 7).
- Relationship and Couples Training, Juliet Grayson.
- Sexual Diversity and Relationship Training, Juliet Grayson.
- Registered member of the BACP.
- Certificate in Counselling Studies, CPCAB Level 3.
- Certificate in Counselling Skills, CPCAB Level 2.
- Cruse Bereavement Training, Adults, Children and Young People.
I qualified to work with relationships through Juliet Grayson's relationship training, which is accredited by the National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists (NCIP). My approach encompasses practitioners including Sue Johnson's Emotionally Focussed Therapy (EFT) for couples, John and Julie Gottman, David Schnarch and Harville Hendrix.
I attend regular training: recent workshops include Affairs and Conflict; Working with Shame; Consensual Non-Monogamy and Polyamory; Bisexuality and Sexual Fluidity.
I hold an enhanced DBS, with current safeguarding training, and I'm fully insured.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Consensual non-monogamy. Polyamory.
Boarding school syndrome.
Family estrangement.
Childhood trauma.
Low self-confidence, low self-esteem.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 - £160.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Fees start from £70 for an individual and £110 for a couples session.
Sessions last 50 minutes, or an extended couples sessions may last an hour and a half, with an extended fee agreed in advance.
I am able to work flexibly with clients who may work shift patterns or away from home, and can also blend in-person and online counselling if required.
Fees are payable 48 hours ahead of your session, if you need to cancel please give 48 hours notice to avoid a cancellation charge of the full fee. I will try to offer an alternative time if you need to cancel within 48 hours of our planned session.
I have some low-cost slots available, please email me for further information.
When I work
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Further information
I'm a humanistic counsellor. My Person-Centred approach integrates creative techniques such as drawing, painting, and creative writing, to explore your dreams, challenges and life story.
I work in-person from comfortable therapy rooms that are accessible from Hove, Horsham, Steyning, Dorking, Henfield, Heywards Heath, Worthing and Crawley. I also work from my beach hut in West Sussex, and offer 'walk and talk' therapy outside.
I'm comfortable working online or over the phone if that’s more convenient.
We can work short-term or long-term, and this can be discussed at the start and revised as our therapeutic work develops.
