Humanistic Counsellor

PGDip, MPhil, MBACP (Accredited)

Hello, welcome to my website. I am a BACP accredited counsellor and supervisor, based in the Fiveways area of Brighton and Hove. I offer counselling sessions and supervisory sessions either in-person or online.

You may be experiencing anxiety, depression, loneliness, relationship challenges, low self-confidence, a loss in meaning, the complications of mid-life, difficult emotions that overwhelm you, or feeling disconnected and lost.

You may be wanting to make changes or going through a significant life event or transition. I have significant experience supporting people working through mid-life transitions.

I am a calm, grounded and considered counsellor. I will be empathetic and honest with you to help you understand what is underneath how are feeling. By holding up a mirror to you and getting curious about what we find, I can help you identify blind spots and connections you might not be aware of. When we understand our feelings better, we can feel more in control and less at their mercy. My aim is to help you be able to respond to life with resilience.

I am a fully qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and Supervisor with over a decade of experience.  

I offer a free initial 50-minute consultation session so that you can meet me, ask questions, experience the way I work, and decide if I am the right counsellor for you at this time.

I specialise in and can help you with:

Life transitions & changes

Mid-life transitions such as, experiencing peri-menopause symptoms and the menopause, career change, divorce, and children leaving home. In later life, dealing with aging and death anxiety. Regardless of where you are in your life, you might be experiencing a loss of meaning and purpose and we can explore how this has happened and how it can be found again.

Understanding and managing emotions  

Support to understand and manage emotions, including anxiety, fear, overwhelm, anger, stress, sadness, and numbness (an absence of feeling). Often how we feel about feelings can get in the way of understanding and managing those emotions. I can support you to identify how you feel and explore how to manage and respond to emotions you find challenging.

Feelings of low self-worth

This may include anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, feelings of hopelessness or being lost. You may feel disconnected from your needs, feelings or desires. You may be feeling shame and guilt and be engaging in self-sabotage or feeling that you can’t cope. I will not judge you for feeling this way, and we can start to explore where these feelings come from, and what might be underneath.

Relationship Difficulties

Family dynamics and intimate relationships, the challenges of dating, relational co-dependency, difficulties with boundaries, avoidance and fear of intimacy, and loneliness and isolation. I can help you to reflect on your relationship patterns and how these might be contributing and how they can be transformed.

Living with chronic illness

Support to live with chronic pain, fatigue and the impairments chronic illness can bring. I have worked with clients living with fibromyalgia, long-covid, and chronic fatigue syndrome, helping to develop coping mechanisms and providing an empathic and accepting space to explore how chronic illness changes our relationships with ourselves and others.  

You can find out more about my approach to counselling, qualifications and experience here.

You can find about about my fees here.

I have archived some blog posts here.

You can read some of my articles on Substack here.

Please contact me if you want to book an initial consultation.