Name: William Fley
Address: Chichester, PO18, GB
Telephone: +447802841444
Price range: £70.00 per session

About me

Welcome to the honouring grief counseling page- where you may find a solution to your mental health needs.

The first stage of overcoming related trauma difficulties are:

1. Getting are road map and trajectory of the healing process

2. Establishing stability and balance in ones body, relationships and holistic approach.

3. Recognition of one’s own core inner strength and potential, our resources.

4. Regulation of our emotions and recognition of trigger points and overwhelm.

5. Developing and enhancing our skill set for manging painful and unwanted experiences and minimising unhelpful response.

I’ve trained in integrated counselling and various other modalities, and worked in various settings including the NHS, EAPS, the emergency services and private practice. My work has ranged from PTSD, depression and anxiety and how this presents itself in our day-to-day functioning and belief patterns.

Long-term therapy can be helpful and complementary to understanding how our early attachment patterns can, for example, influence and inhibit intimacy and right decisions, and steer the direction of our lives. But sometimes we can only manage short-term focussed solutions to managing stress, anxiety and depression. I offer a safe space to think outside of the box and consider a more dynamic and fluid approach to counselling sessions based on some 20 years’ experience of working with individuals. Below is a list of my preferred - but not exclusive - areas I work with.

I offer both long and short-term in the following areas:

Absent Father or/and early attachment issues.
Childhood trauma and abandonment
Grief, bereavement and loss
Divorce, change and reset
Midlife crisis
Belonging and identity

Depression and anxiety

Self worth, self esteem and complex trauma

Where do I belong?

Life's unexpected circumstances can leave you feeling that you have neglected a part of your own development. But somehow you now find yourself unable to deny that you need to attend to yourself. Crises can be an indicator that something profound needs to change; and we may need help to take the necessary steps to enabling that change.

My service provides an assessment process and inventory of trauma, our sense of belonging and goals and trajectory. Because life is never simple, and our current global conditions indicate that we need modalities which are both fluid and all embracing.

While these “symptoms” may become the focus of treatment, it is also important to consider the root cause and address the whole person and the experiences that led to these concerns. A trauma-sensitive approach to therapy will allow you to explore your current difficulties while keeping in mind that each of us is a complex being with histories that impact us. We look to understand how we survived our most difficult experiences and how to utilise our strengths while learning new tools to continue to thrive.

Session structure

The goal of therapy is not only to cultivate a deep level of healing, but to bring forward your intuition and inner capacity to better manage stress and maintain a healthy mind-body connection. A commitment to trauma-sensitive counselling leads to a renewed commitment to yourself through which you can master methods to self-soothe, feel grounded, and connected.

I am an experienced psychotherapist of 20 years, including the NHS, emergency services, universities, and private practice, employment assistance programs, providing training and specializing in grief, bereavement, childhood trauma and relationship issues, those moving through difficult transitions in life. I work with individuals, couples and groups. I live in west Sussex and provide both online and face-to-face sessions.

I empower people to find solutions to their situations and challenges on their journey through life and to undergo positive life transformations

I run a private practice in the South Downs (Chichester) and work face-to-face and online.

Thank you

William Fley

Winner of the 2023 Faith and belief forum award and 2024 Kings garden party invitee.

www.honouringrief.com

Training, qualifications & experience

Qualifications/Accreditations:

MA Birkbeck College. The University of London.
BA (Hons) in Psychology. Richmond American International University, London.
Post Graduate Certificate in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Regent's College, London.
Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of Surrey
2 year teacher certification in mindfulness
Ancestral healing and ritual
Working with TA model for couples

Experience

Qualified as an integrative counsellor and psychotherapist from Roehampton University. I have 20+ years of experience, including within the NHS, firefighter charity (focussing on bereavement and trauma), the private sector (Employment Assistance Programmes, the Life Centre, and in private practice helping people get their lives back after serious life events, trauma and depression.