James Sussex

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MSc, BSc (Hons) & MBACP (Accred), PNCPS (Acc.)

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I’m a UK-based BACP & NCPS Accredited integrative psychotherapist and supervisor with over 10 years of experience across private practice, EAP, organisational wellbeing, and complex therapeutic work. Alongside clinical practice, I deliver wellbeing and psychoeducational training internationally and have held clinical leadership roles across both national and global services.

I have led and managed large, diverse, international clinical teams, often providing clinical guidance, supervision, and post-incident support within high-pressure and time-sensitive environments. This experience complements my previous background within the armed forces and policing.

My approach to supervision is reflective, pragmatic, and collaborative. I aim to provide a space where therapists can think clearly, develop confidence, deepen formulation skills, and work safely with complexity without losing themselves in overwhelm, self-doubt, or rigid theory.

My practice is integrative with a strong interest in trauma-informed practice, emotional regulation, attachment dynamics, dissociation, burnout, relational patterns, and systems thinking. My work is informed by psychodynamic, humanistic, and relational foundations alongside ongoing specialist training in EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), DBT-informed approaches, Compassion Focused Therapy, Gottman-informed couples work, Motivational Interviewing, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, and Single Session Therapy approaches.

Supervisees often describe me as warm, grounded, direct, and able to bring clarity to difficult clinical, ethical, and relational situations. I particularly value helping therapists develop confidence in their own clinical judgement while maintaining a safe, ethical, and sustainable practice.

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.

NCPS
National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)

The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.

Accredited register membership

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
Accredited Register Scheme

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).

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National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
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London, Greater London, W5

Stockport, Cheshire, SK6

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Helping therapists think clearly, work safely, & grow confidently within complex clinical work. Integrative, reflective, & compassionate supervision.

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