Rebecca Melville

Although we all know that life can be challenging, when these challenges feel overwhelming, devastating or become a crisis, psychotherapy helps you to know you are not alone, to make sense of things and to find an increasing sense of ease and wellness, within a relationship of trust and safety.

We are all made up of many parts. Psychotherapy helps to illuminate how the many different parts of your ‘self’ are influencing, or being influenced by the challenging situation you find yourself in. It works by using the relationship between us to bring parts of yourself that were previously unconscious and hidden from your view, into your consciousness. Of course, this depends on you feeling confident, safe and relaxed with your therapist so that the real work of delving deep beneath the surface can take place in a supportive relationship.

 Psychodynamic psychotherapy enables you to know your own mind, live an authentic life and find out what you really want and need.

Ultimately, the aim is to free you from those unconscious patterns and behaviours (often established in very early life) that have held you captive. Once conscious however, their spell is broken. They no longer hold the power to keep you stuck or repeating unwanted patterns of behaving or relating.

Having worked for many years within the NHS and Social care with adults, children, new mothers and babies,, I bring great depth and breadth of experience to my psychotherapeutic expertise

My postgraduate degree in Psychodynamic counselling and psychotherapy, combined with my work and life experience equip me to support you in most areas that can affect one's mental health:

including (but not limited to):

Anxiety

Depression, sadness, grief and loss

Trauma – past and present

Anger and emotional instability

Relationship issues

Acute and chronic physical illness

Life transitions – leaving home, fertility, becoming a parent, living with teens, children leaving home, divorce, menopause, retirement, facing mortality.

Sessions last 50 minutes and can be face to face or online or a mixture of both. I work from a variety of private, beautiful counselling spaces in Brighton, Hove and South West London, where you will feel relaxed, safe and comfortable.

Sessions are £55 per hour although I am able to offer some reduced cost sessions for those with restricted finances such as students (please discuss your needs with me during our initial consultation.

I take payment through a contactless card reader at the end of each session and require minimum 48 hours notice in order to cancel a session without charge.

If you would like to ask any questions and find out whether you feel we could work effectively together, please email me to arrange a free 20 minute phone consultation. It is important for you to find the right therapist for you, so that you can get the most benefit from your psychotherapy.