Justine Orme

Currently I can offer Monday and Thursday afternoons and evenings and have some availability at weekends.

I'm a humanistic therapist with a focus on creating a safe and compassionate space for you to explore your thoughts and feelings. I have extensive experience of working with people who have experienced trauma such as sexual violence, and those who have been negatively impacted by adverse childhood experiences. I feel passionately that therapy can help people find their voice and have witnessed how transformative that can be.  

In my practice I strive to work in a way that seeks to reduce, undermine or eliminate discrimination and oppression and remove the barriers that prevent people from accessing services. I believe therapy should be available to everyone and to this end I can offer discretionary rates and online working if required.

I'm a Registered BACP member and qualified to Diploma level.

I work from a lovely practice in the centre of Worthing. I will contact you in the first instance and have a chat about what you are hoping to get from counselling and between us we can see if it feels like I'm the right therapist for you.

The length of time we will work together deodnds upon you and what you feel you need. Sometimes people have a specific goal in mind, and for others it may not feel clear for a while and that's completely fine.

I mainly work in a person-centred way, which means I don't direct or advise you. Instead I focus on creating a trusting relationship which will allow you to express yourself fully in the knowledge you will not be judged, and you will feel seen and heard. I may bring in other therapeutic concepts if appropriate, such as Transactional Analysis or Attachment Theory.

In the first instance I will conduct a telephone or online assessment with you, and this is to ensure I am the right therapist for you at this time. This is free. Our first session together will involve talking through how we will work together including looking at confidentiality and safeguarding.