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 Sussex
Counselling is a professional group of independent counsellors offering
their services to the public. This site will enable you to find out
about counselling, the kinds of therapy available and to locate a therapist
in your area.
If you are looking for a counsellor, please browse our
searchable directory
 If
you would like to join as a counsellor, please fill in the membership
form on our dedicated page.
For information about the various kinds of counselling available, see
approaches
Who
are Sussex Counselling?
Who's who in Sussex Counselling
Counsellors in the directory
Founded in 1985 by a group of practising counsellors
seeking to establish a professional network to support them in their
work, Sussex Counselling continues to offer to counsellors in East and
West Sussex opportunities for peer support, on-going training, information
about local events and practice, and support to student trainees. We
organise seminars and workshops on counselling theory and practice and
we invite nationally known speakers to give lectures locally for the
benefit of our members and the wider public. We operate a telephone
information line and publish a quarterly newsletter, as well as an annual
directory of qualified counsellors which is widely distributed to GPs,
libraries and other public places. Our membership includes a cross-section
of professional therapists working in statutory and voluntary organisations
throughout Sussex. Members listed in our directory also offer counselling
as private practitioners to individuals, couples, families and groups.
Their training and experience cover all the major theoretical models.
We encourage our members to take an active and responsible role in all
aspects of their counselling work and to be aware of the broader implications
of their practice, both in the community and nationally.
Sussex Counselling aims to:
• promote high quality counselling practice
• support counsellors practising in Sussex
• encourage counsellors in their on-going training
• promote counselling interests in the community
• facilitate the availability of information about counselling
and practitioners to the general public.
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Members of the Executive Committee Responsible
for the Administrative Duties of Sussex Counselling.
Chair: Terry Woodhouse
Deputy Chair: Nick Drury
Treasurer: Sylvia Pace
Secretary: Michael Saunders
Seminar Liaison: Helen Armstrong
Seminars: Jo Moore
Membership Secretary: Jane Roe
Information Line: David Jones
NHS Liaison & Student Co-ordinator: Jen Baker
General Committee Duties: Sue Boyer, Doug Ingram, Sheila Pope, Paola
St George
Committee Support:
Newsletter Editor & Designer – Jane Roe and
Joe Armstrong
Directory Administrator – Gordon Knott
Website Administrator – Joe Armstrong
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This directory lists independent, fully qualified
counsellors working in East and West Sussex, who have trained to a Diploma
standard or beyond. All entrants are members of Sussex Counselling as
well as of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
(BACP), the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) or an equivalent
professional body, and agree to be answerable to that body's complaints
procedure should there be cause for complaint. Accredited counsellors
are those who have already completed several years' work with clients,
and whose practice has been rigorously assessed by BACP or UKCP as having
reached a proficient level. Counsellors must undergo at least 30 hours
of continuing professional development each year to maintain their accreditation
which remains the benchmark of the competent, ethical practitioner.
It is also a requirement of this directory that counsellors have professional
supervision for their work. This involves regular meetings with an experienced
practitioner to discuss the content and process of their work. Supervision
protects both the client and the counsellor, and it enables the therapist
to work with greater insight and skill. All counsellors listed will
have provided evidence of their supervision arrangements and copies
of all their listed qualifications. They must also show proof of adequate
levels of professional liability insurance.
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