About Acorn Counselling Therapy

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The focus of my therapeutic work is on supporting people to live with greater autonomy in their life. I recognise that we can all feel constrained by people and society around us. I have seen personally and professionally how these constraints impact our ability to be ourselves and affects our wellbeing. 

 

I also understand how our early life with the experiences we go through, shapes who we become. As an adult, we can still think, feel, and behave as we did when we were young, so understanding how you operate today, is essential. Gaining this awareness can help you live your life today with greater autonomy and authenticity. 

 

I have supported people with their mental health in many settings. 
 

• In my private practice working with people in Brighton and Hove and across the UK, face-to-face or online.  

• I work for an LGBTQ charity that support people’s mental health and I support and assess individuals seeking help with their mental health. 

• I have experience of working with the elderly, running a reminiscence group for people living with dementia in the city hospital. 

• I have supported people with acute mental health needs in a psychiatric unit. 

• I volunteered as a Samaritan for 5 years listening to people in emotional crisis. 

 

My experience and training in counselling and psychotherapy means I offer an excellent standard of therapeutic work that looks not just at the effects of mental health issues facing people today, but also the cause of these effects that relate to events in the past. 

I have worked with people who have been affected by many different types of issues especially within the LGBTQ+ community. My top specialisms are;

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Identity, Anxiety, Gender identity, Gender dysphoria, Sexuality.

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I worked for the Brighton and Hove branch of Samaritans as a listening volunteer supporting people who were suicidal or in emotional distress on the phone, by email and by text. 

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I volunteered as a counsellor with Mindout, a charity in Brighton, resulting in me working with many clients from the LGBTQ+ community. This, coupled with my own LGBTQ identity, gives me a passion and understanding for Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (GSRD).

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I am the counselling service coordinator for an LGBTQ charity, supporting counsellors and their work in providing mental health support to the community.