About Sue

I am an UKCP Accredited psychotherapist and counsellor, working in Brighton and online.

Over the years of my practice I have become deeply interested in what it is to be human.

The universal themes and experiences which connect us; our capacity and pull towards growth and meaning making; the importance of, and fight against, stillness and boredom; the commonality of the many existential losses at different points in our lives; our complimentary need for intimacy and solitude; our sense of lack, both internally and externally, and a hunger for more.

Then there is the total and wonderfully unique aspects to each of us, in which our journey, pull and dance with each of these themes, and more, is shaped by us, our life, who we have become till now. A therapeutic journey demands our full attention, both yours and mine, and asks how do you want to live from here? Can we trust to find the aliveness we can feel when we are able to step into what it is to be uniquely us.

Time and again I see the distress and pain which brings someone to therapy as symptomatic of a life which doesn’t quite fit them, and the contorted responses to it.

I see my expertise in holding the balance between healing the pain and difficulties held in these symptoms, and holding space for someone to be known in their possibilities, as their unique whole.

I bring tenderness, listening deeply, everything is allowed, nothing is too messy. Together we build a therapeutic relationship in which you can feel safe enough to allow yourself to be truly known, and in doing so get to know yourself with more dignity, understanding and self acceptance.

You might come to therapy feeling exhausted, broken, confused, torn about what you really want.

I will guide you out of knots of thinking, encourage you to really know and feel your own history, and notice and bring understanding to your internal battles.

This work unlocks trapped feelings and energy. I passionately believe that the more we allow ourselves to know of the experiences that have shaped us, the freer we become from their unconscious pull to define us.

We start to make sense to ourselves - differently. We build our emotional muscle to hold feelings and hold ourself in those feelings. We trust noticing over fixing as the pathway to change.

Over and over in my work I witness the empowerment and enlivenment in the centring of knowing ourselves in our own lives. My clients start to feel enabled to bring more of themselves to their relationships, and to tune in, and reflect on their feelings in ways which enable them to be trustworthy guides to living in ways which feel truthful and authentic to them.

I am aware I have used a lot of words to introduce myself, and yet so much more is left unsaid. If your interest has been sparked though please get in touch for an exploratory phone call or session.

Bye for now.