I am an experienced and qualified counsellor and psychotherapist working in Eastbourne, Hastings and East Sussex. I have a warm, welcoming and empathic approach which is non-judgemental and moves at a pace appropriate for each client. I hold a post-graduate diploma in counselling as well as other qualifications in hypnotherapy and solution-focused psychotherapy.
I have also undertaken a broad range of other training courses in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Advanced Movitational Interviewing, LGBT affirmative work, safe trauma therapy, suicide prevention, sexual abuse, personality disorders and working with men. I have been working in private practice and in counselling agencies since 1999 and later obtained a full scholarship to attend the post-graduate counselling course at Brighton University, graduating in 2003.
Originally, I studied at the Royal Academy of Music and have helped many clients with anxiety and performance related issues such as creative blockage. I offer counselling and psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and families in Eastbourne, Hastings and East Sussex.
I have also undertaken a broad range of other training courses in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Advanced Movitational Interviewing, LGBT affirmative work, safe trauma therapy, suicide prevention, sexual abuse, personality disorders and working with men. I have been working in private practice and in counselling agencies since 1999 and later obtained a full scholarship to attend the post-graduate counselling course at Brighton University, graduating in 2003.
Originally, I studied at the Royal Academy of Music and have helped many clients with anxiety and performance related issues such as creative blockage. I offer counselling and psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and families in Eastbourne, Hastings and East Sussex.
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The basis of my work is person-centred, which means it has a core of respect for you, the client, and a belief that you have the capacity for growth, well being, and integrity.
In addition to this I also draw on my knowledge and experience of many other counselling approaches, offering you the opportunity to engage in a process that feels right for you.
Counselling is a process of understanding and moving forward.
The counsellor is often able to understand more because they are separate from you and trained to help recognise, unravel and make progress on the issues that you bring to counselling.
In addition to this I also draw on my knowledge and experience of many other counselling approaches, offering you the opportunity to engage in a process that feels right for you.
Counselling is a process of understanding and moving forward.
The counsellor is often able to understand more because they are separate from you and trained to help recognise, unravel and make progress on the issues that you bring to counselling.
Although most of us seem to choose to be in a relationship over being single, being in a relationship can be very challenging.
I'll share with you a few ideas that often come up in my work as a couple's counsellor, but remember - they can also work between family members or close friends.
I not You, try to communicate from the position of 'I' rather than 'you'.
This might mean saying something like 'I need to feel more heard' instead of 'You never listen'.
Feelings sometimes lie, remembering this can help defuse unpleasant feelings before they overwhelm you.
I'll share with you a few ideas that often come up in my work as a couple's counsellor, but remember - they can also work between family members or close friends.
I not You, try to communicate from the position of 'I' rather than 'you'.
This might mean saying something like 'I need to feel more heard' instead of 'You never listen'.
Feelings sometimes lie, remembering this can help defuse unpleasant feelings before they overwhelm you.
I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford.
Then I want to move in with them.
Relationships with our mothers start from the moment we are born (or maybe before) and shapes our expectations and experience of all our future relationships.
Even as we come to the end of our lives, our most common final words often translate as 'mother'.
As a professional therapist, I find that most clients explore their relationship with their mothers at some point.
For some it's the burning core around which all other life events revolve, for others it's an appreciation of lessons learnt or lessons rejected.
Then I want to move in with them.
Relationships with our mothers start from the moment we are born (or maybe before) and shapes our expectations and experience of all our future relationships.
Even as we come to the end of our lives, our most common final words often translate as 'mother'.
As a professional therapist, I find that most clients explore their relationship with their mothers at some point.
For some it's the burning core around which all other life events revolve, for others it's an appreciation of lessons learnt or lessons rejected.
Over the last few years, I've seen an increasing number of clients coming to me to explore their life, post retirement.
Maybe it's because I'm well into my own 'middle age' and people think I'll be able to relate, or maybe there is a shift in what some people really want from their retirement?
If we have been fortunate enough to have worked in a position that has been fulfilling, the losses that retirement brings can outweigh the benefits.
When overworked, many of us dream of the life that retirement will bring: leisurely mornings, lunch with friends, evenings spent cosy at home, trips to the theatre, long holidays in the sun.
Maybe it's because I'm well into my own 'middle age' and people think I'll be able to relate, or maybe there is a shift in what some people really want from their retirement?
If we have been fortunate enough to have worked in a position that has been fulfilling, the losses that retirement brings can outweigh the benefits.
When overworked, many of us dream of the life that retirement will bring: leisurely mornings, lunch with friends, evenings spent cosy at home, trips to the theatre, long holidays in the sun.
In this video you will be able to watch a short example of what it can be like to attend counselling and see the room in which I work.
I hope the video will help to dispel any anxieties that you may have about counselling and give you an opportunity to see a clip of me chatting with another counsellor.
I hope the video will help to dispel any anxieties that you may have about counselling and give you an opportunity to see a clip of me chatting with another counsellor.
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