BACP-registered counselling and CBT-informed support for alcohol use and compulsive behaviours. Remote sessions across the UK, grounded in ten years of personal recovery experience. Change that's yours, built together.
I'm a BACP-registered integrative counsellor and Level 5 CBT practitioner based in Sussex, working with people affected by alcohol use, compulsive behaviours, and the overthinking that often comes with them. My approach draws on CBT and ACT, but it's never one-size-fits-all. Every person I work with gets a space that's collaborative, honest, and paced around what actually helps.
I bring ten years of personal recovery experience into this work. It's not something I lead with in the room, but it shapes how I understand change: that it's rarely linear, and that awareness and acceptance have to come before anything sticks.
Most people come to me at a point where something feels stuck on repeat, whether that's a pattern of drinking, a compulsive habit, or a mind that won't switch off. We work out what's actually maintaining it, and what change would realistically look like for you.
Support for people questioning their relationship with alcohol, whether that's cutting down, stopping, or understanding why it's become hard to control.
Working with the patterns that feel automatic or out of reach, including gambling-adjacent behaviours, compulsive habits, and cycles of avoidance.
Practical, CBT and ACT-informed tools for a mind that spirals or jumps ahead of itself, alongside the space to understand what the overthinking or impulsivity is actually protecting you from. ADHD is strongly linked to impulsivity, and research shows it raises the risk of addiction and compulsive behaviours, so this is often part of the picture I work with too.
We work collaboratively to identify where you are with it and what approach we can adopt to help with meaningful change. Therapy here is never prescriptive. I'll bring structure and tools where they help, but the direction is always shaped by what you need.
We start by getting curious about what's actually happening: the triggers, the function the behaviour serves, and what's been tried before. We're all chasing dopamine and that quick hit of pleasure in some form, and a lot of what we struggle with is built on traps that society has set up around us. Awareness of that is often where change begins.
CBT-informed tools help you notice the thoughts and habits that keep a cycle going, often before you've consciously clocked them.
ACT principles support you to relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings, rather than fighting or avoiding them.
Change that's realistic and yours, built session by session rather than handed to you as a fixed plan.
This isn't a diagnosis, just a quick, private way to get a sense of where things sit right now. Answer honestly. At the end you'll see a short reflection and an easy way to get in touch if you'd like to talk it through.
Alongside individual therapy, I'm developing a visiting wellbeing service for private care homes across Sussex, bringing emotional support directly to residents who might otherwise struggle to access it.
I'm currently taking enquiries from care home managers in Sussex who want to explore what a visiting wellbeing offer could look like for their residents.
Enquire about care homesI'm building a small set of structured group courses, drawing on the same CBT and ACT-informed approach as my one-to-one work. Designed for people who want support outside of individual sessions, in a focused, time-limited format.
Register your interestIf you're not sure where to start, a short no-obligation call is the easiest way to find out whether we're a good fit to work together. However you'd prefer to reach me, pick whatever feels easiest.