HARRIET FLETCHER PSYCHOTHERAPY
PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING
in Brighton
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou
ABOUT THERAPY
Psychotherapy provides a safe, confidential, non-judgemental and supportive space where we can collaboratively explore difficult feelings and deepen our understanding of ourselves and our patterns of behaviour. ​​Understanding our past and how it has shaped us allows us to recognise when our familiar ways of being may no longer be in our best interests. The self-awareness and self-compassion that result from this journey can be liberating and empowering.
Trauma, depression, anxiety, stress, concerns about compulsive behaviours, a lack of deep connection with others, or simply a general sense that life is not being lived to its full potential, represent just some of the experiences that can lead us to try therapy. ​
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Trauma can be experienced on many levels and can often remain unacknowledged and unprocessed for years. It can result from abuse - emotional/psychological, physical, sexual or societal. Any individual or group that has been persecuted, oppressed or marginalised may be living with the impact of societal or socio-cultural trauma.
The wound is the place where the light enters you.
Rumi
HARRIET FLETCHER
I am an integrative psychotherapist offering one-to-one open-ended therapy to adults (18+). Integrative psychotherapy means I studied a wide range of modalities including: humanistic, relational, psychodynamic, person-centred, body psychotherapy - amongst others. I have also trained in the use of attachment-focused EMDR and bilateral stimulation to support recovery from trauma (I can give more information about this - if it sounds of interest). What I hope is to offer a tailored approach to meet each individual's unique needs and issues.
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I am committed to making my practice anti-oppressive and to undertaking regular continued professional development.​​​
Recent trainings completed include:
Working with Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity (Pink Therapy)
Attachment-focussed EMDR (Laurel Parnell Institute)
Trauma-informed therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy
Working with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse
Working with boarding school syndrome
Working with eating disorders
Working with self-harm
Several courses and workshops on decolonising therapy and challenging white-bodied supremacy
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I am accredited by UKCP, having completed an MA in Integrative Psychotherapy with the Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling and Middlesex University. I have volunteered in low-cost counselling services and for Mind.
I am in regular supervision with a UKCP-accredited supervisor and I adhere to the UKCP code of ethics - which can be accessed here.
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I work from a room in North Brighton (BN1 5EE). There is free parking outside and several bus stops that are less than 5 minutes' walk away. I can also work online - using the platform Zoom which can be downloaded to laptop, tablet or smart-phone.
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My fees are £60 per session (sessions last for 50 minutes). I have some spaces for lower fees if circumstances are challenging and we can discuss this when we meet. ​​​​​​
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Please send me an email if you would like to make an appointment for an initial conversation.
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The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Carl Rogers