Intrusive memories
Support for flashbacks, nightmares and re-experiencing.
Trauma Counselling · Kemp Town
Trauma Counselling for Kemp Town and the surrounding area, in person or online. Kemp Town, on Brighton's eastern side, runs from St James's Street down to the Marina, with its Regency crescents and village atmosphere. From my room in nearby Hove I offer a calm, confidential space to do this work.

In and around Kemp Town
Life in Kemp Town
In a neighbourhood built around a major hospital, some people carry things they saw at work as well as things that happened to them. Others are dealing with an assault, an accident on the seafront road, a frightening medical episode, or something from long before they moved to Kemp Town. The effects look similar from outside: sleep that breaks, a startle that seems out of proportion, sudden anger, and routes quietly changed so a particular corner is never passed. People often manage for years, and then something small sets it off and they find themselves standing on Marine Parade unable to explain why they cannot breathe.
Areas covered
Wherever you are in Kemp Town, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
Official figures for Kemp Town, 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.
The method travels; only the geography changes. trauma counselling in detail explains it properly, how I work answers the practical questions, and qualifications, registration and ethics shows how the practice is held to account.
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.
Sessions happen in a private room in central Hove, fifteen to twenty minutes along the coast, or online by secure video. In trauma work the practical arrangements matter more than usual, because feeling in control of them is part of what makes the rest possible. A journey home gives some people a necessary buffer. Others would far rather finish the hour and already be somewhere familiar. Both are properly supported.
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 Kemp Town
Here is the thing people most need to know: you are not going to be asked to go through the event. No detailed retelling, no pressure to disclose, nothing you have not chosen to say. A large part of this work uses the Human Givens Rewind Technique, which handles the memory at the level of how it is stored rather than what it contains. Everything before that is groundwork, spent on sleep, on understanding your own reactions, and on agreeing how we slow down or stop. The pace belongs to you and gets checked as we go. The Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service takes self-referrals for post-traumatic difficulties, and if a night ever becomes unbearable the Sussex Mental Healthline is answered twenty-four hours a day. Self-harm admissions to hospital here reached 161.8 per 100,000 in 2023/24, compared with an England average of 117 per 100,000.
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 Kemp Town, 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.
Kemp Town questions
In a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. From Kemp Town the room is about fifteen to twenty minutes away, heading west along the seafront through Brighton into Hove by bus, taxi or car. Every service is also available by secure video across the UK, so you can meet from any private space in Kemp Town or blend the two.
It does. Repeated exposure to other people's emergencies leaves the same marks as a single event, and it is often harder to admit to because it feels like part of the job. The work is the same, and you decide how much detail ever gets spoken.
Charges are £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours. Some people choose a longer appointment for trauma work so there is proper time to settle before leaving. Nothing is charged for the initial 15-minute consultation, whichever you go on to choose.
The Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service is the NHS Talking Therapies provider for the city, is free, and accepts self-referrals including for post-traumatic symptoms. Waiting times are unpredictable in a city where 26.7% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23. The Sussex Mental Healthline covers urgent nights.
Yes, including the Rewind Technique itself, as long as you have a private room and an hour that will not be interrupted. We would talk through what happens immediately afterwards, since there is no journey home to provide that natural gap when you are already at home.
It can, and living close to the place is a common complication in a city this compact. Once the memory has been processed, the location usually loses much of its charge. Until then we can plan how you want to handle passing it.
Yes. My room is in central Hove, a short journey west and well away from your own neighbourhood, and you arrive straight to your session with no waiting room. Should you prefer not to travel, secure online sessions keep the work entirely private.
We start with a free fifteen-minute call, with no pressure to explain, then arrange a first session. From Kemp Town the 7 bus reaches the centre, then a short change or taxi to Western Road, fifteen to twenty minutes. If travelling feels unsafe, online video is always there.
Private sessions are £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours, after a free consultation. You can self-refer to free NHS Talking Therapies for Brighton & Hove; waits vary, and seeing me privately means gentle, sooner trauma work at a pace you control.
In a close community like Kemp Town, some value a room set well away for privacy, while others feel safer on video at home; both suit the Rewind Technique I use. You lead the pace. Evening and weekend slots mean sessions need not clash with work.
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, Woodingdean, Rottingdean. See all areas I cover.
People who come for trauma counselling in Kemp Town often also look at 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.