Venetia Elphick

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Trauma-Informed Embodied Therapy for Adults

About me

My approach is holistic and embodied, combining traditional talk therapy with body-awareness, mindfulness, and gentle movement techniques. This integration of mind and body helps clients process emotions, relieve tension, and reconnect with a sense of presence, vitality, and balance.

I aim to create a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental space where you can explore your inner experience and work toward meaningful, lasting change.

Training, qualifications & experience

  • Advanced postgraduate-level training in psychotherapy
    BACP-registered and fully insured
  • Extensive experience supporting adults with stress, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions
  • Integrative approach combining talk therapy and body-based techniquesDiploma in Integrative Therapeutic Counselling
  • A strong clinical background in bodywork and somatic awareness, with many years’ experience supporting people experiencing physical and emotional pain.
  • BACP Certificate of Proficiency
  • Registered member of BACP, which has strict ethical code and professional standards of confidentiality and practice to which I subscribe.
  • Worked for the NHS as a counsellor in GP practices and experience in primary care, for NHS Psychological Services IAPT Program.

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

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

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Fees

£65.00 per session

Concessions offered for

  • Low income
  • OAPs
  • Students
  • Trainee counsellors
  • Unemployed
  • Refugees

Additional information

In person  £65 per 50-minute session.

Online or phone  £60 per 50-minute session

Further information

Please contact me to arrange a free 30 introductory session to see how I can be of help to you and if work and if we are a good fit. 

You are not under any obligation to rebook and can end therapy at any time. 

Hove Therapy Rooms, 69 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2BB

Rooms For Therapists Ltd, Unit 1, Kemptown House, 72 Carlton Hill, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 0GW

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Key details

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Online platforms

Whatsapp
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