INTRODUCTION
Welcome to clearthink counselling
Many people find speaking to someone who’s not involved can help them to feel better. Talking about issues and difficulties you have can encourage change.
I specialise in providing talking therapies and counselling in several main areas: Couples Counselling, LGBTQ+, Anxiety & Depression, Teens & Students.
I offer discreet, safe, and supportive psychological therapies either online or in person. I am fully qualified and adhere to the BACP code of ethics.
Please see the Info page for more details on fees and locations.
LGBTIQ+ Issues
LGBTIQ+
Counselling and therapy can help with many of the issues the LGBTIQ+ communities face. Some of these commonly include the exploration of gender identity and sexual orientation, substance misuse, relationship issues with family and partners, loneliness and lack of self-worth. I provide a safe and non-judgmental space to explore these issues as openly as possible.
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety can take shape in many different forms; from a general feeling of unease and worry, to a specific fear or phobia. If you feel anxiety may be impacting the way you live your life, counselling and psychotherapy could help.
During sessions, we will look at where these fears and worries may have come from, as well as practical tools for managing and coping. These could range from breathing techniques to calm the symptoms of a panic attack, to targeting specific thought patterns and challenging them.
Couples
Couples Counselling
Being able to communicate with and trust your partner transparently is fundamental to a loving, happy relationship. In today’s hectic lifestyles, barriers through work, family, and children impact and erode the strongest of bonds.
Couples Counselling enables an often critical timeout from our hectic lives, supporting couples to refocus on their relationship. Affairs, intimacy or sexual problems, and financial insecurities, are just a few of the issues processed in counselling.
Students & Teens
Student and Teen Counselling
I offer a confidential and supportive counselling and psychotherapy service for 16-18 year-olds, as well as university students. Counselling is a safe place for any young person or student who may be struggling to cope. Problems at school, college or university, or issues at home, eating disorders, drugs and alcohol misuse, self-harm, or generally feeling down or anxious, counselling can help support you back to a happier life.
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Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
C.G. JUNG
Locations
Hove Therapy Rooms
Face to face counselling sessions work best for some of us as it can create a feeling of privacy and security that isn’t always possible when talking online.
Our Rooms in Hove are in a discreet location and are clean and comfortable, they are soundproofed and offer a safe space away from home to talk openly and freely.
Online Sessions
Online counselling and therapy can be incredibly helpful, not only for those living around the world but also for those who prefer to talk from the comfort of their own home.
Since the pandemic struck, more and more people have chosen to have therapy online and I offer sessions via a number of different platforms such as Zoom and Skype.
Newtimber, Hassocks
Face to face sessions are also offered from my home, in a quiet and rural setting.
Secluded and away from the bustle of the town or city, it provides a safe and private option, whilst surrounded by fields and greenery.
Some of the issues I deal with are:
- Depression & low mood
- Anxiety
- Difficulties forming long-term relationships / friendships
- Relationship breakdowns
- Stress
- Infidelity
- Life transitions
- IBS management
- Low self-esteem
- Attachment difficulties
- Feeling overwhelmed
- Communication problems