Counselling in Hove

Deciding to seek therapy can seem like a daunting process. Not only are you bravely taking steps to face the challenges in your life, you are choosing to share your unique story, perhaps for the first time, with a complete stranger. You may be experiencing depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, life transitions, or another form of distress in the complex spectrum of human suffering, or maybe you want to discover more of who you are. Whilst not aiming to solve your problems, I hope to help you develop greater self-awareness, understanding and acceptance, developing resilience, uncovering new meaning and potential for change.

Hello, I’m Naomi (she/her). I know that starting your therapy journey takes courage and therefore I offer a warm, empathetic and non-judgemental space to support you in taking those first steps. An integrative approach allows me to tailor the therapy to each individual that comes to see me, however I do primarily pull from humanistic and neurobiological theoretical viewpoints. My practice has robust foundations in trauma-informed approaches, placing the safety and empowerment of all clients as the priority.

I'm an experienced and engaged therapist working with people whose current strategies of relating and coping are no longer working. As children and throughout life, we learn to behave and feel in certain ways, whilst these patterns are necessary to survive initially, they may get stuck in repeating similar relationships and situations. Therapy supports awareness, adaptation and letting go of what is no longer helpful. The key focus of my practice is to cultivate strengths and new skills.

Hello, I’m Catherine and I’m a registered Clinical Psychologist, specialising in child and family work. I qualified with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of East London in 2013, and have been working within the NHS, at Great Ormond Street Hospital, and privately with children and families since. I specialise in working with children and families to overcome difficulties and reach their preferred futures. I have expertise in working with children and families in Child and Adolescent Mental Health settings, Paediatrics and Schools.

The idea of starting therapy may be overwhelming. You may be feeling anxious, depressed or lost, and not knowing how you got to where you are now. I aim to listen to you share your problems, stories and experiences. I am interested in what you have to say and understand how difficult it may be for you to share your feelings with others, especially if they involve traumatic experiences. I work relationally, meaning that I am invested in supporting you to achieve your goals.

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Hello, I have 32 years experience with one to one Counselling/ Psychotherapy, Couples Therapy, sex Therapy and Clinical Supervision And am Senior Accredited with BACP. I strongly believe that we have a lot more power than we think to heal ourselves . To come and see me, all you have to do is make an appointment with me and we have an assessment session.My specialisations are: anxiety. Self esteem, depression, panic attacks, divorce, separation, bereavement, addiction ( drug, alcohol, gambling, sex addiction etc...), mariage preparation, relationship difficulties ,productive communication, personal development,

Are you looking for help and support with problems that feel hard to overcome? I am an experienced therapist, and offer a warm, welcoming and calm space to explore your difficulties and facilitate positive change. Perhaps your life taken a turn or direction you are not happy with, or you might have tough choices to make. Maybe you can’t quite put your finger on why you feel unhappy or dissatisfied, but you know that something’s not right. Whatever has brought you to therapy, I am here to help.

Are you feeling stuck, unsatisfied or uncertain about life or what is next? Are you struggling with difficult emotions and low motivation? Are trauma's, anxieties and the past holding you back? Together, we can begin to work through these problems. Diving into the unknown parts of our mind and beginning to understand yourself from a different perspective. We can look for new ways to meet with yourself and the world and develop healthy ways to cope with life and all that it may throw you way.

At times life can be difficult. Sometimes it may feel like life isn’t moving forward and you keep repeating the same old patterns and nothing changes. You may be dwelling on the past or worried about the present or the future. You may just be in a place of general unhappiness where you just don’t know what to do. In developing a better understanding of ourselves, increasing our awareness, and learning about how we operate as people we are able to make fresh choices, see new perspectives, change things, move forward and find our full potential. I believe in peoples capacity to thrive when they are given the right conditions to do so.

I offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and work on the premise that there is more to be known about each of us than we might be aware of. My approach is to try and understand how you experience the world and others. As we get to know each other, we will find a way of working together that identifies your struggles and the choices you have in relation to those. I work with the whole person, not with a collection of symptoms. I believe that while your symptoms are important, they are not the whole truth about who you are. The aim of psychoanalytic psychotherapy is to offer you choices and freedom about how you live your life.

I can help you if you’re feeling let down or upset by your relationship with a partner, boss, friend or family member. With me, you will feel understood and emotionally held. I can help you with self-confidence problems to feel safer, grounded, and more in control of yourself, your thoughts, and your responses. My approach is highly empathic, steering towards deep understanding and resolution of your problems. I can help you find clarity and better ways of coping. I work using an integration of evidence-based treatments, offering clients a skilful, supportive path towards healthier states of mind, body, and spirit.

Hello, I work close to nature, in a private and quiet garden cabin and my dog Bertie is with me when he feels to! I want to support you to be OK with yourself. Some of the following questions we might over the time we work together: What are your needs and are you able to express them? What you would like to change in your life and how would life be different after counselling? How do you see yourself and the world and how do you feel you are seen? I like to work creatively, using therapeutic tools to help you connect to different parts of yourself such as sandtray, body awareness, and IFS; exploring what works for you.

My clients have been of all ages and backgrounds. The commonality is the need to find practical and positive solutions to managing complicated emotions. By setting realistic and achievable goals, together, my clients and I forge a path forward for them, learning new thinking skills as we go, alongside home progress tasks and behavioural work too. It's a very collaborative experience and one which is powered by my clients' desire to change. I support people living through periods of anxiety or depression, relationship issues and self-development. An initial assessment session will help us decide if this therapy is right for you.

After 30 years professional experience of working in the field of mental health and emotional well-being in the NHS and in various pastoral counselling settings, I have extensive knowledge and understanding of working with a wide range of people at different places on life’s path. Perhaps you are facing a difficult and challenging time in your life; or feeling that you long to know yourself more truly and seek personal growth and development. Wherever you are on the path of life I offer a comfortable safe space providing support, healing and exploration of needs, anxieties and the things it often feels difficult to say to others.

Are you concerned about things that seem out of your control? Do you find yourself worrying about the future and that this worry impacts on your daily life? I specialise in climate awareness and take an ecological and systemic approach to therapy. I also am studying The Work That Reconnects and involved in Climate Cafes and the Climate Psychology Alliance to help individuals and communities build resilience and resources in this time of uncertainty.

I’m a counselling therapist based in Hove, Brighton & Maidstone, Kent. I specialise in addiction but work with many other issues too including couples counselling. I firmly believe clients should be encouraged to shop around which is why I offer a 50% discount on the first session. We will explore & endeavour to shed new light on your way of being in the world, thus far, & how your past has informed your sense of self in the present & how you might want to enhance your life still further by bringing yourself out of the shadows & into the light? We don’t see the world as it is but as we; so who are we, really?