Intrusive memories
Support for flashbacks, nightmares and re-experiencing.
Trauma Counselling · Saltdean
Trauma Counselling for Saltdean and the surrounding area, in person or online. Saltdean, known for its restored Art Deco Lido and clifftop coast, sits east along the seafront. From my room in nearby Hove I offer a calm, confidential space to do this work.

In and around Saltdean
Life in Saltdean
Plenty of people walk the Undercliff Walk to think, and some of them are thinking about something they have never told anyone. Trauma sits quietly for years and then makes itself known through the body: sleep that breaks at the same hour, a jump at a sound behind you, an unwillingness to be in certain situations that you have stopped trying to explain. Saltdean is spread out and private, and it is entirely possible to live here for a long time without anyone asking how you are. That privacy is worth something. It also means nothing changes until you decide it should, which is often what brings someone to counselling in the end.
Areas covered
Wherever you are in Saltdean, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
Official figures for Saltdean, 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 approach does not change with the postcode, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods and what each session covers, on trauma counselling in detail, alongside session lengths and fees and my BACP registration.
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.
There is a choice here, and making it is already part of taking back control. You can travel the coast road west to Hove and have the hour somewhere completely separate from home, or you can meet online by secure video and not leave the house at all. People switch between the two as the work goes on. The technique, the pacing and the care are identical in both.
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 Saltdean
The point that reassures most people is this: retelling the event is not part of it. Bradley uses the Human Givens Rewind Technique, which reduces the charge in a memory while you stay relaxed and fully in control, and it can be carried out without you giving any account of what took place. Everything before that is preparation in the present tense, on sleep, on the reactions that catch you unawares, on what you have been avoiding and what genuinely helps you settle. Nothing proceeds without your agreement, and pausing is always an option. The city rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 161.8 per 100,000 in 2023/24, against 117 per 100,000 in England. On the NHS side, the Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service takes self-referrals and assesses trauma symptoms, with Mind in Brighton and Hove able to point you towards other local support.
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 Saltdean, 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.
Saltdean questions
In a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. From Saltdean the coast road brings you west through Rottingdean and Brighton to the Hove office in around twenty to twenty-five minutes. Every service is also available by secure video across the UK, so you can meet from any private space in Saltdean or blend the two.
Yes, and that is deliberate rather than a concession. The Rewind Technique works with the memory while you remain calm, and does not require narration. Some people say almost nothing about the event itself and still find the reaction to it settles.
It is used widely and it works. Being in your own home can make it easier to feel safe, which matters more here than in most work. If you would rather the hour happened away from the house, the Hove room is twenty-five minutes along the coast.
£80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours. Ninety minutes gives more room to arrive and to settle afterwards, which suits some people for this kind of work. There is no charge for the initial 15-minute consultation.
The Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service. You can refer yourself, they will assess, and they offer trauma-focused therapy where it fits or refer on within the NHS if not. It is common to have that running in the background while private work goes ahead.
Not with the event. The first sessions are about you now, how you sleep, what sets you off, what steadies you, and what you would like to be different. Many people find that saying even a small amount out loud, to someone unshockable, is a relief in itself.
No. The Rewind Technique I often draw on is calm and non-intrusive, so you never need to relive or speak the detail aloud. We work entirely at your pace, whether in my Hove room or online from Saltdean, and you stay in control.
We start with a free fifteen-minute call, with no pressure to explain, then a first session. The coast road brings you west through Rottingdean and Brighton to Hove in twenty to twenty-five minutes, or the 12 bus with a change. 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.
Some value the containment of the room for trauma work, while others feel safer on video at home; both suit the gentle Rewind Technique, and the distance makes online appealing. You lead the pace throughout, with evening and weekend slots available.
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: Rottingdean, Peacehaven, Woodingdean. See all areas I cover.
People who come for trauma counselling in Saltdean 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.