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Online Trauma Counselling · Hastings
Online Trauma Counselling in Hastings
Online trauma counselling for Hastings, by secure video, wherever you are. Reaching out can feel like a leap, so online trauma counselling keeps it gentle: a free first call, then sessions from your own space in Hastings, with no waiting room and nobody to see you arrive.
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you
Trauma Counselling for Hastings, without the journey
Known for the Old Town, the fishing beach and the cliffs, Hastings is a place of real character, with clients coming to me from from the Old Town and the Stade to St Leonards, Ore and Silverhill. Wherever you are across it, online counselling means experienced support without the travel, fitted around work, family and everything else.
I'm based in Hove on the Sussex coast and work with clients right across the UK by secure video. For Hastings, that means a BACP-registered counsellor specialising in addiction, anxiety, depression, relationships and trauma, available from the privacy of your own space.
I also work online with people elsewhere in London & South East, including Eastbourne, London, Reading.
If you would still prefer to meet in person and can travel to the Sussex coast, you are welcome to, but for most clients in Hastings online trauma counselling is the natural and effective choice.
Life in Hastings
Why people in Hastings reach out
Hastings is a town of real character and real contrasts, a creative, independent place that also carries some of the sharpest deprivation on the south coast. Seasonal and insecure work, the distance from larger centres, and the long winters once the visitors have gone can all weigh on people, and good local support is not always easy to find.
Life by the sea has a slower, gentler rhythm, but it can also leave you feeling a long way from things, including good specialist support. A secure video link closes that distance completely.
What I help with
How online trauma counselling can help
Hypervigilance
Help when your nervous system is stuck on high alert.
Numbness and avoidance
For when you cope by shutting down.
Trauma behind addiction
Healing the wound that drives the habit.
Sub-threshold trauma
Reaching the quieter, accumulated hurts.
Feeling safe again
Working always at a pace that is led by you.
Why online works in Hastings
Why people in Hastings choose online counselling
There all year round
Online support doesn't ebb with the season; it's there through the quiet winter months as much as the busy summer ones.
A wider choice of specialist
Working online means people in Hastings aren't limited to whoever practises locally. You can choose the counsellor who genuinely fits the issue you're facing, not just the nearest one.
Easier to keep to
A weekly session you can take from home is far simpler to protect than one that needs travel. That consistency is exactly where lasting change comes from.
The same confidentiality
Sessions run on a secure, encrypted video link, and everything is held to the same strict BACP confidentiality as work done in person.
How online sessions work
Underneath the screen, the therapy itself works like this. 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.
Sessions run over a secure video link. All you need is a private space where you won't be interrupted, a laptop, tablet or phone, and a reasonable connection. We begin with a free fifteen-minute call, then I send a simple link you click at the agreed time.
Read more about online counselling, about trauma counselling, or about my methods, sessions and fees.
Start the conversationFinding support in Hastings
My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally, and it can be worth knowing what else is there. In Hastings, you can refer yourself directly to Health in Mind, the East Sussex NHS Talking Therapies service for free NHS talking therapy, with no GP referral needed. You can also find your nearest service through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
Private sessions with me usually mean 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 need urgent help now
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.
Hastings questions
Online Trauma Counselling in Hastings: common questions
Do you offer online trauma counselling for people in Hastings?
Yes. I work with clients in Hastings and right across the UK by secure video. You don't need to live near Brighton or Hove; online trauma counselling brings the same care to wherever you are.
How does online trauma counselling work from Hastings?
We meet over a secure, private video link at a time that suits you. You'll need a quiet space, a device with a camera and a steady connection. We always begin with a free fifteen-minute call so you can ask questions and check the fit.
Is online trauma counselling as effective as meeting in person?
For most people, yes. Online therapy can be just as effective as meeting face to face, and many find it easier to open up from home. Everything is held with the same strict confidentiality as in-person work.
Can I use the NHS in Hastings as well as seeing you?
Yes, and many people do both. You can access support from Health in Mind, the East Sussex NHS Talking Therapies service alongside our work; private counselling simply means you can usually start sooner and stay with the same counsellor throughout. I'm happy to work alongside any NHS support you're receiving.
Online Trauma Counselling in Hastings, whenever you are ready
A free fifteen-minute consultation is the easiest place to start. No commitment, just a chance for both of us to see if this feels right for you in Hastings.
Online Trauma Counselling in nearby places
Prefer to meet face to face? See counselling across Brighton, Hove & Sussex, or read more about how online counselling works and about trauma counselling in depth.