Intrusive memories
Support for flashbacks, nightmares and re-experiencing.
Trauma Counselling · Hove
Trauma Counselling for Hove and the surrounding area, in person or online. Hove, with its elegant Regency squares, Church Road shops and wide seafront lawns, is home to my practice. From my room in nearby Hove I offer a calm, confidential space to do this work.

In and around Hove
Life in Hove
People walking along Church Road on a Tuesday morning are carrying all sorts of things, and a fair number of them are carrying something that happened years ago and never got processed. Trauma is not visible. It shows in irritability that arrives from nowhere, sleep that will not go deep, a jolt at an unexpected noise, or a determined avoidance of a place, a person or a date. Some people here moved to a quiet neighbourhood in order to feel safe again, and then find that safety on the outside does not automatically translate inwards. The body keeps behaving as though the danger has not finished.
Areas covered
Wherever you are in Hove, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
Official figures for Hove, for context rather than as a description of you.
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 161.8 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above the England average of 117 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Emergency Hospital Admissions for Intentional Self-Harm (2023/24).
Reviewed June 2026.
Trauma counselling here is gentle and led by you, drawing on methods designed for trauma including the Human Givens Rewind Technique, so a difficult memory is returned to ordinary recall.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: the main trauma counselling page sets out the methods, how sessions run and what they cost covers the practicalities, and how to check my registration covers accountability.
Sessions take place in a private, comfortable room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove, held to the strict BACP confidentiality you would expect. We begin with a free fifteen-minute call to check we are a good fit, and the same sessions are available by secure video if travelling is difficult or you would simply prefer it.
Trauma sessions run in a private room in central Hove, near Palmeira Square, or online by secure video. Living locally means you can be home within minutes of finishing, which some people value greatly in this work, while others prefer never to travel at all. That decision is yours and can be revisited. Everything about the arrangements is meant to leave you feeling in charge rather than processed.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Support for flashbacks, nightmares and re-experiencing.
Help when your nervous system is stuck on high alert.
For when you cope by shutting down.
Healing the wound that drives the habit.
Reaching the quieter, accumulated hurts.
Working always at a pace that is led by you.
Trauma Counselling in Hove
The central point first, because it is the one that decides whether people ever make contact: you will not be required to describe what happened. There is no expectation of a full account, in the first session or any later one. The Human Givens Rewind Technique, which this work often uses, addresses the way a memory is stored and does not depend on it being spoken aloud. Ahead of that we build stability, because working on a memory while sleep is broken and everything feels dangerous helps nobody. The pace is yours, checked as we go, and stopping is always available without explanation. The Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service takes self-referrals for post-traumatic difficulties, and the Sussex Mental Healthline is answered at any hour on 0800 0309 500. None of this is hurried, and there is no schedule you are expected to keep up with. The rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm in this city was 161.8 per 100,000 in 2023/24, against 117 per 100,000 across England.
Not sure if it is right for you? A free fifteen-minute call is a no-obligation way to talk it through.
Book a free 15-minute callMy counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Hove, you can refer yourself directly to the Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service for free NHS talking therapy, with no GP referral needed.
Seeing me privately usually means you can start sooner and stay with the same counsellor throughout, working at greater depth and pace; the two can run side by side, and I am glad to work alongside any NHS or GP support you already have.
Other local and national support verified for this area includes:
This is not a crisis service. If anyone 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.
Hove questions
In a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. The office sits on Western Road in central Hove, a few minutes' walk from Palmeira Square and the seafront, and a short bus ride from Hove Station. Every service is also available by secure video across the UK, so you can meet from any private space in Hove or blend the two.
No. This is worth saying plainly because it stops so many people asking for help. We work with how the memory affects you in the present, and the Rewind Technique in particular does not require the content to be described. You decide what is said.
The fee structure is the same throughout: £80 for an hour, £100 for ninety minutes, £120 for two hours. Longer sessions can be helpful here, though many people work perfectly well in the hour. Ahead of all that sits a free 15-minute consultation, which ties you to nothing.
The Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service is the NHS Talking Therapies route for the area, is free, and takes self-referrals including for trauma. Waits reflect real pressure: self-harm admissions here ran at 161.8 per 100,000 in 2023/24. If things become urgent, the Sussex Mental Healthline operates day and night.
You could, and many people do. We would talk beforehand about how you want the last part of the hour to go, so you are not stepping straight out of something difficult onto the pavement. A short walk home can actually be a helpful way to settle.
Only if you want it to. Nothing you say here goes anywhere else, within the usual confidentiality limits explained at the start, and there is no requirement to tell anybody at home. Some people do eventually. Many never do, and the work still helps.
At my private room in Intergen House on Western Road, central Hove, a comfortable, discreet space a short walk from Palmeira and Brunswick. You arrive straight to your appointment, with no waiting room. If coming in feels like too much, secure online sessions work just as well.
We begin with a free fifteen-minute call, with no need to share detail, then a first session at Intergen House, 65-67 Western Road. It is a short, discreet walk from much of central Hove, with parking nearby. If travelling feels too much, online video works too.
Private sessions are £80 for an hour, £100 for ninety minutes and £120 for two, after a free consultation. You can self-refer to free NHS Talking Therapies for Brighton & Hove; waits vary, and seeing me privately means steadier, sooner trauma work at a pace you set.
Many local clients value the containment of the room for trauma work, though some feel safer on video at home; both suit the gentle Rewind Technique. You lead throughout. Evening and weekend slots keep sessions separate from your working day nearby.
A free fifteen-minute call is the simplest place to start, no obligation, just a chance to see if we are the right fit.
Also available nearby: Brighton, Portslade, Hangleton, Preston Park. See all areas I cover.
Related work in Hove: anxiety counselling, addiction counselling and psychotherapy.
Prefer to meet remotely? The same trauma counselling is available online by secure video across the UK, or see online counselling by region.