Intrusive memories
Support for flashbacks, nightmares and re-experiencing.
Trauma Counselling · Seaford
Trauma Counselling for Seaford 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.
Seaford, beneath the dramatic Seaford Head and close to the Cuckmere, is a quiet coastal town further east. Whether you live near Seaford Head, the Martello Tower and the seafront, or travel in from the wider area, I offer a calm, confidential space to do this work.
My counselling room is at Intergen House on Western Road in Hove. From Seaford it is around thirty minutes west by car, or a train via Lewes or Newhaven, to reach the Hove office. If getting here is difficult, or you'd simply prefer it, we can meet by secure video instead.
I see clients for trauma counselling in neighbouring areas too, including Newhaven, Peacehaven, Lewes.
So whether you are searching for trauma counselling near you in Seaford, or weighing up in-person against online sessions, you are in the right place.
What 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.
What to expect
The room is in central Hove, close to Seaford with good bus and rail links and parking nearby.
We start with a free fifteen-minute consultation, no obligation, so you can see if I'm the right fit before anything begins.
I draw on whatever genuinely helps you, from Human Givens and IFS to solution-focused and relational work.
As a BACP-registered counsellor, everything you share is held to a strict professional and ethical framework.
Here's how the work itself tends to unfold. 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.
Many of the people I work with come from Seaford and nearby. You don't need to travel far; what matters most is not the distance but finding someone who genuinely fits.
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 conversationMy counselling sits alongside the help available locally, and it can be worth knowing what else is there. For free NHS talking therapy in Seaford, you can refer yourself directly to Health in Mind, the East Sussex NHS Talking Therapies service, 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.
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.
Seaford questions
Yes. I see clients from Seaford 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.
From Seaford it is around thirty minutes west by car, or a train via Lewes or Newhaven, to reach the Hove office. The room is on Western Road in central Hove, with on-street parking nearby and good bus and rail links.
Absolutely. Many clients in Seaford choose online counselling by secure video, either instead of or alongside in-person sessions. The work is just as effective and confidential.
That's exactly what the free fifteen-minute consultation is for: a no-obligation chat to see if we're a good fit before anything begins, wherever in Seaford you're starting from.
Book a free fifteen-minute consultation. Whether you come into the Hove room from Seaford or meet me online, it's a no-obligation chance to see if we're the right fit.
Not local to Seaford? I also offer online counselling UK-wide, and you can see every area I cover or read more about trauma counselling.