Vania Phitidis

Mondays - Thursdays - 9 am - 3 pm - though I can accommodate earlier morning appointments for those wanting sessions before the working day begins.

Something brought you here. Maybe you've been holding things together for a long time and you're tired. Maybe you keep running into the same patterns in relationships, or with yourself, and you can't quite get underneath them. Perhaps something has shifted - a loss, a transition, an ending - and you don't quite recognise yourself anymore. Whatever it is, you don't need to arrive with the right words or a clear agenda. We start from where you are.

I've spent over thirty years working with people - as a coach, a mentor, and now as a counsellor - and the thread running through all of it has been the same: helping people reconnect with themselves, soften the inner critic, and find their own ground. My therapeutic approach draws on Person-Centred, Gestalt, and Existential traditions, and my practice is inclusive, trauma-informed, and welcoming of all bodies and identities. If you're wondering whether we'd be a good fit, reach out for a free 20-minute consultation.

I offer 50-minute sessions, weekly or fortnightly, either online or in person in Uckfield, East Sussex. Sessions are client-led - you set the pace and bring what feels most important. There's no pressure to have a clear agenda.

My work is relational at its core. I don't believe you're broken or in need of fixing. Instead, I aim to offer a space where the parts of you that feel silenced, dismissed, or forgotten can begin to be heard. We might talk, pause and reflect, notice what's happening in the moment, or explore things from different angles. There's no right way to be here - just your way.

I work with adults and offer both short-term and longer-term therapy depending on what's right for you. My practice is inclusive and affirming of all identities, neurotypes, and bodies.

I offer a free 20-minute introductory call before we begin - not a therapy session, just a chance to meet, ask questions, and get a sense of whether working together feels right.

If you decide to go ahead, our first full session (50 minutes at the usual rate) gives us time to cover the practical foundations - confidentiality, how we'll work together, and anything you'd find helpful for me to know. Mostly though, it's a chance for you to begin sharing what's brought you to therapy, in your own words and your own time. There's no formal assessment or checklist. And there's no pressure to commit beyond that first session - it's a chance for us both to feel whether the fit is right.