Laura Charlton

I am currently unavailable on Tuesdays during term time due to my secondary school work.

I have worked as a qualified counsellor for over 20 years with adults, young people and children, initially in London and then in Brighton and Lewes. After qualifying, I worked for 6 years in a GP surgery with a wide variety of clients. I have subsequently worked in the charitable sector, a low-cost clinic, primary and secondary schools, and in private practice. Prior to my counselling training I worked for 10 years in social housing with refugees and asylum seekers and, with people experiencing mental health, drug and alcohol difficulties.

I currently work in private practice and in a secondary school, and offer long and short-term work with adults, young people, children and families. I offer face-to-face, in-person, online and telephone counselling.

My approach is relational and collaborative. The therapeutic relationship we build would provide you with an opportunity to explore how you have felt and how you feel in relationships outside the room. This can happen in quite subtle ways. I value a clients whole life experience and whatever they may want to bring and explore. Sometimes clients are initially unsure what this might be and why they feel unhappy, anxious or repeat difficult patterns. We can work together to gently untangle what may feel hard to understand, identify and painful to explore, to help you find a way through to greater clarity.

Working with children, and sometimes children and parents together, I work in a way that is play and art based, providing a safe and relaxed space to explore and express feelings.

Longer Training:

Post Grad Diploma, Psychodynamic Counselling, Goldsmiths College. 2000-2002

PG Cert, Therapeutic Communication with Children, Tavistock and Portman 2008-2009

PG Dip  Working  with Children, Young People and Families, Tavistock and Portman 2015-2018

My practice room is located in central Lewes, 5 minutes walk from the train station, bus routes and 2 minutes from a public car park.

If you feel what I offer might fit with what you are looking for, an initial chat on the phone can help you decide whether you would like to arrange a longer consultation. 

Its a good idea to meet for an hour for an initial consultation, this provides an opportunity to talk in more depth, ask any further questions we may have and allows you to get a sense of me the way I work. 

20 minute Initial telephone chat: Free

1 hour consultation: £40

50 minute Individual Counselling sessions: £60

1 hour Family sessions (including couples): £70