As a counsellor and psychotherapist in Lewes, East Sussex, I strive to create an environment of safety that will allow you to explore your own story. To look at your present circumstances, and understand how you came to be where you are. It is easy to feel like you are a victim of circumstance and one aim of counselling and psychotherapy is to shift us from that feeling and give us a greater sense of control over our lives. I have been a qualified Integrated Counsellor & Psychotherapist since 2006. It's hard to believe sometimes that I am in my 14th year of private practice. The time has flown by. As you read on you will notice that I use the terms "counsellor" and "psychotherapist" and you may ask yourself, what's the difference? There is a very current and on going debate within my industry in regard to this question, but currently, my governing body, the BACP, recognises no official difference. They are essentially the same thing.