Intrusive memories
Support for flashbacks, nightmares and re-experiencing.
Online Trauma Counselling · Horsham
Online trauma counselling for Horsham, by secure video, wherever you are. For many people in Horsham, online sessions are not a compromise but the thing that finally makes therapy possible: flexible, private and fitted around your life.
From the heart of Horsham, near the Carfax, the Causeway and the surrounding Weald, out to its edges, from the Carfax and the old centre out to Roffey, Broadbridge Heath and Southwater, online sessions make it possible to get the right support without rearranging your whole day around a single appointment.
I'm based in Hove on the Sussex coast and work with clients right across the UK by secure video. For Horsham, 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 Crawley, Chichester, London.
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 Horsham online trauma counselling is the natural and effective choice.
Life in Horsham
Horsham is a prosperous market town with a long commuter line into London, and that comfortable surface can hide real strain. The early-train, late-home routine leaves little of the day for yourself, and in a settled town where people tend to know one another, there can be a quiet pressure to look as though everything is fine.
In a settled, well-kept town where people tend to know one another, there can be a quiet pressure to look as though everything is fine. Online counselling keeps the whole thing private, with nobody to pass in a waiting room.
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.
Why online works in Horsham
If your week in Horsham runs on the early train and the late return, online sessions slot into the day without adding another journey to it.
If you move, travel for work or split your time between places, online counselling carries on uninterrupted wherever you happen to be.
From Horsham, there's no journey across town and no waiting room. You join from wherever feels safe, and the rest of your day simply carries on around the session.
Working online means people in Horsham 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.
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.
Practically, it couldn't be simpler: a quiet room, a device with a camera, and a steady internet connection. After a free fifteen-minute call to check the fit, you'll get a private link to join at our agreed time.
Read more about online counselling, about trauma counselling, or about my methods, sessions and fees.
Start the conversationMy online counselling sits alongside the help available locally, and it can be worth knowing what else is there. In Horsham, you can refer yourself directly to NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies 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.
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.
Horsham questions
Absolutely. Horsham is well within reach, because we meet by secure video rather than in person. You'll get exactly the same specialist support as someone sitting in my Hove room.
Very little: a private space where you won't be interrupted, a laptop, tablet or phone, and a reasonable internet connection. After a free fifteen-minute call, I send a secure link you click at our agreed time.
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.
Yes, and many people do both. You can access support from NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies 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.
The simplest first step from Horsham is a free fifteen-minute call. There's no obligation, just a chance to ask anything and see how it feels.
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.