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Trauma Counselling · Ditchling
Trauma Counselling in Ditchling
Trauma Counselling for Ditchling and the surrounding area, in person or online. Trauma is not only about what happened, but what is still happening inside you now. When we gently turn towards it, the memory is finally consigned to the past, where you control it rather than it controlling you.
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you
Trauma Counselling for Ditchling
Ditchling is a beautiful Downs village beneath Ditchling Beacon, long associated with artists and craftspeople. Wherever in Ditchling you're coming from, whether Ditchling Beacon, the village pond and the Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft are on your doorstep or a little further out, you're welcome here.
My counselling room is at Intergen House on Western Road in Hove. From Ditchling it is around twenty minutes over or around the Downs into Brighton and on to the Hove office. If getting here is difficult, or you'd simply prefer it, we can meet by secure video instead.
Just along the way, the same support is available in Hassocks, Lewes, Burgess Hill.
So whether you are searching for trauma counselling near you in Ditchling, or weighing up in-person against online sessions, you are in the right place.
What I help with
How trauma counselling can help
Hypervigilance
Help when your nervous system is stuck on high alert.
Numbness and avoidance
For when you cope by shutting down.
Trauma behind addiction
Healing the wound that drives the habit.
Sub-threshold trauma
Reaching the quieter, accumulated hurts.
Feeling safe again
Working always at a pace that is led by you.
What to expect
Why people from Ditchling choose to work with me
A free first call
We start with a free fifteen-minute consultation, no obligation, so you can see if I'm the right fit before anything begins.
Integrative and flexible
I draw on whatever genuinely helps you, from Human Givens and IFS to solution-focused and relational work.
Confidential by training
As a BACP-registered counsellor, everything you share is held to a strict professional and ethical framework.
Flexible slots
Evening and weekend appointments mean sessions can usually fit around work and life in Ditchling, not the other way round.
How I work
What actually happens in our sessions is collaborative and unhurried. I am integratively trained and draw on approaches designed specifically for trauma, including the Human Givens Rewind Technique, a calm, non-intrusive method that returns a memory to ordinary recall. You do not have to relive the detail or even speak it aloud for this to work.
I see people from all over Ditchling and the wider area. Wherever you are, near Ditchling Beacon, the village pond and the Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft or further out, the work is the same: a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
You can read more about trauma counselling and about my methods, sessions and fees. There is no obligation: we begin with a free fifteen minute call to see whether we are the right fit.
Start the conversationFinding support in Ditchling
My counselling sits alongside the help available locally, and it can be worth knowing what else is there. For free NHS talking therapy in Ditchling, you can refer yourself directly to NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies, with no GP referral needed. You can also find your nearest service through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
Seeing me privately usually means you can start sooner, stay with the same counsellor throughout, and work at greater depth and pace; the two can run side by side, and I'm glad to work alongside any NHS or GP support you already have. If you are waiting for NHS therapy, beginning privately can be a way to make a start now rather than putting things off, and we can always work in whatever way fits best alongside what is already in place.
If you need urgent help now
This practice is not a crisis service. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999.
For urgent mental health support, call NHS 111 and choose the mental health option. The Samaritans are free, day or night, on 116 123, or text SHOUT to 85258.
Ditchling questions
Trauma Counselling in Ditchling: common questions
Do you offer trauma counselling in Ditchling?
Yes. I see clients from Ditchling and the surrounding area in person at my private room in Hove, and online by secure video right across the UK. Trauma Counselling is available whichever suits you best.
How do I reach your Hove counselling room from Ditchling?
From Ditchling it is around twenty minutes over or around the Downs into Brighton and on to the Hove office. The room is on Western Road in central Hove, with on-street parking nearby and good bus and rail links.
Is online as good as coming in from Ditchling?
For most people, yes. Online sessions are just as effective and just as confidential, and some clients in Ditchling prefer the comfort of working from home. You can also blend the two.
How much do sessions cost, and how do I start?
Standard sessions are £80, with 90-minute and two-hour options, and we always begin with a free fifteen-minute call. See how I work for the detail, or just get in touch from Ditchling.
Trauma Counselling in Ditchling, whenever you are ready
Start with a free fifteen-minute call. From Ditchling or wherever you are, it's a relaxed, no-pressure way to find out whether we click.
Trauma Counselling in nearby areas
Not local to Ditchling? I also offer online counselling UK-wide, and you can see every area I cover or read more about trauma counselling.