Anxiety Counselling
Feel steadier and more in control, with practical support for panic, worry and social anxiety.
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Counselling Services in Brighton & Hove
Identify the root cause, and relieve its hold on daily life. Anxiety, Depression, Addiction & Relationship‑Trauma counselling seeks to find and address the source of pain, reframing it so it no longer controls your day to day. Available in Brighton/Hove and online.
A.D.A.R.T & more
A distinct service for each issue
Anxiety, Depression, Addiction, Relationship and Trauma counselling, plus dedicated support for substance use and drinking. Each one has its own page.
Depression Counselling
Move through low mood, exhaustion and disconnection, and reconnect with the life you want.
Find out moreAddiction Counselling
Understand why the same patterns repeat, and heal the pain beneath alcohol, drugs, gambling or behavioural addiction.
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Work through conflict, distance and trust, as a couple or on your own.
Find out moreTrauma Counselling
Process difficult memories gently, including the Rewind Technique, so the past stops haunting you.
Find out moreSubstance Use Counselling
Empathetic, non-judgemental help to tackle the root causes of drug and substance use.
Find out moreCounselling for Drinking Problems
Make sense of your drinking and find a steadier way forward, without shame or lectures.
Find out moreOnline counselling
All of these services are also available online by secure video, right across the UK.
Online counsellingSubstance use counselling, Brighton/Hove & online
When "self‑medication" quietly becomes addiction
As human beings we naturally shy away from pain and turn towards pleasure. Pain makes us feel afraid, sad and alone, and that can pull us into denial, building a false self that doesn't feel the hurt. As we lose sight of who we really are, we believe more and more in the protection that false self seems to offer, and the self‑medicating accelerates.
We commit to what we believe keeps us safe, even though it's actually hurting us. Instead of healing the wound, it deepens it.
If you're facing substance‑use issues, I'm here to offer empathetic, non‑judgemental help to tackle the root causes and move on. Stop fighting yourself, turn towards your true self, befriend it, and make it safe to be the real you again.
Counselling for drinking problems
Turning the light back on
When we lose sight of our true selves, confusion reigns. Our substance of choice seems to clear up the confusion, but all it really does is turn off the light. Years of habitual medicating distances us from any other way of being and locks us into a pattern we feel powerless to change.
In our sessions we take an integrative approach, viewing your "problems in living" from an existential, humanistic perspective. That means we accept that you are the expert on yourself. With support, you can find yourself again, without the anaesthetic you've grown accustomed to using to numb the pain.
Addiction counselling & therapy
Change your thinking, and your feelings follow
Using substances creates a cycle of dependency and confusion. Counselling helps you understand and shed the false persona of addiction so you can embrace your true self. It won't be instant, but it will be worth it.
BACPRegistered member
25+Years of experience
1:1Tailored, confidential sessions
Free15‑minute consultation
Articles written for the Counselling Directory: Addiction: Illness or Indulgence? · Practice Makes Permanent · The Four R's for Addictions
How it works
Take the steps to recovery
There are various therapy options to help you understand what caused your addiction, and to build a recovery plan that lasts.
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Take the first step
Book a consultation or call me on 07914 681995. That first contact is often the hardest, and the most important.
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Choose how we meet
In‑person in Hove, by phone, or by secure video, whichever feels most comfortable for you.
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Book a consultation
Share as much, or as little, as you feel safe and comfortable to. Therapy will gently tease out the rest.
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Begin turning your life around
With repetition and reinforcement at the right pace for you, freedom from the patterns that hold you is possible.
Fit the therapy to you, not you to the therapy
Let's explore your story: how you got to where you are, and where you actually want to be. I can help. How much remains to be seen, but I can help.