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Integrative Counselling in Hove | Support for overwhelm, stress, difficult changes and emotional healing

 

Starting therapy can feel like a big step, especially if you have never spoken to anyone about what you are going through before.

I aim to offer a counselling space where all parts of you are welcome — including the parts that feel tired, uncertain, or hard to understand. Therapy with me is not about fixing or pushing through, but about making sense, building safety, and gently reconnecting with your own inner resources over time.  Whether you are navigating daily overwhelm, the weight of past stress, or a difficult period of change, we will work at a pace that feels safe for you.

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Integrative Counselling
in Hove, near Brighton, and online across the UK

 

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Integrative Counselling in Hove | Therapy for Anxiety, Trauma & Life Transitions

 

Starting therapy can feel like a big step, especially if you have never spoken to anyone about what you are going through before.

I aim to offer a counselling space where all parts of you are welcome — including the parts that feel tired, uncertain, or hard to understand. Therapy with me is not about fixing or pushing through, but about making sense, building safety, and gently reconnecting with your own inner resources over time.

About Me

Aedin Finn Physiotherapist Brighton Hove Sussex

Aedín Finn

MBACP, HCPC Registered, MCSP

I am an integrative counsellor offering counselling in Hove and online across the UK. I provide a calm, compassionate space for people who feel overwhelmed, disconnected from themselves, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve them.

I offer relational and somatic therapy, supporting clients to gently explore thoughts, feelings, and nervous system responses that may sit beneath pain, anxiety, stress, trauma, or emotional overwhelm.

Tailored to you

Because no two people experience the world in the same way, I don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach to therapy. My training is integrative, which means I draw from different therapeutic insights to match your unique needs.

A Relational & Body-Aware Approach

    • Relational Therapy: We look at how you relate to yourself, to others, and to the world around you. Often, the patterns that distress us show up in our relationships, and exploring these in a safe, non-judgmental space can bring profound insight.       
    • Somatic Therapy: Our bodies and nervous systems store our life experiences, stress, and history long before our minds can put them into words. By gently bringing awareness to your physical responses, we can work on regulating your nervous system and finding a sense of grounding.

Professional Membership

I am a Registered member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and work strictly within their Ethical Framework. This ensures that our sessions are safe, confidential, and held to the highest professional and ethical standards.

Alongside my counselling work, I am a qualified and Registered Breathworks mindfulness teacher and coach.  I also work as a  registered CSP physiotherapist, specialising in pelvic health, which has deepened my appreciation of how emotional experience can be held and expressed in the body.

My Practice

 

Areas I work with

I work with adults seeking counselling in Hove or online therapy across the UK who may be experiencing:

  • anxiety and nervous system overwhelm

  • relational and attachment difficulties

  • grief, loss, and navigating family dynamics

  • shame, self-criticism, and feelings of “not being enough”

  • the impact of illness, stress, and trauma on the body

  • persistent pain - including working with pelvic pain

 

Therapy for Women’s Life Changes - pregnancy, postnatal, mid-life, menopause

I have a particular interest in supporting women through key life transitions including processing past experiences,  recovering from relationship trauma including abuse, relationship difficulties and breakups, pregnancy, postnatal recovery, mid-life and menopause. Or working with a feeling of disconnection from yourself or unsure of your next steps.

These stages can bring significant physical, emotional, and identity changes, and therapy can offer a supportive space to explore these shifts at your own pace.

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My Practice

How I offer therapy

I offer a range of flexible options to support different needs:

  • Long-term therapy

  • Short-term therapy

  • Face-to-face counselling in Hove

  • Online therapy across the UK

Location

In-person counselling in Hove.  I offer face-to-face counselling in Hove, as well as online therapy across the UK.
Please note that the therapy room is accessed via steps.

What is Integrative counselling?

If you have never had therapy before, you may be wondering what integrative counselling means.  Some therapists have in-depth knowledge and training in a specific therapeutic model and this may work for you and searching for one under that approach may be useful.

Integrative therapy draws together different therapeutic approaches so that the work can be shaped around your individual needs rather than fitting you into a single model.

This may include:

 

Humanistic Approach: focusing on your personal perspective and lived experience

Psychodynamic Work: exploring how early experiences shape patterns today

Parts Work: understanding different aspects of the self

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: recognising unhelpful patterns,  exploring alternative ways of thinking and behaving. 

Polyvagal-informed work — exploring how the nervous system influences feelings of safety, connection, and stress

Transactional Analysis: Looks at communication patterns and relationship dynamics, often through the lens of Parent, Adult, and Child ego states.

Somatic Work: Pays attention to bodily sensations and physical responses, recognising how emotions and experiences are held in the body. My background in physiotherapy has deepened my understanding of how emotional experience can be held in the body.

My aim is to support you every step of the way...

So you can gain strength and find your way forward

Pricing

The initial consultation is by telephone/online lasting 30 minutes and is free.

Thereafter, £60 per 50 minute session

To help make counselling more accessible, I offer one low cost space at £45 per session for an initial block of 6 sessions. Just mention it when you get in touch.

Contact

If you would like to explore whether working together might feel right for you, please feel free to email me using the contact form.

Testimonials

"Aedin's created a calm, open and non-judgemental space for counselling. She gave me time to process, think and feel whilst gently challenging my pre-conceptions. Ultimately, working through my challenges with Aedin allowed me to recognize a diagnosis in myself I didn't realize I had - tokophobia and OCD. She helped me understand my triggers, where they came from and supported me in processing my diagnosis and phobia. Ultimately, this allowed me to welcome my daughter into this world."

Aiden created a space for safe conversations from the first time I met her, and continued to be warm, welcoming and open throughout our sessions. She changed my world and I am forever grateful"
 

Zoe

"I came to see Aedin feeling constantly anxious, overwhelmed, and like I could never keep up with everyone else. I was always comparing myself to other people and feeling like I wasn’t doing enough. Counselling helped me understand the patterns I’d been stuck in for so long.

It also helped me see how much stress was affecting my body — my pain levels, tension, and low energy.  Learning to be more curious and kinder to myself has helped me feel calmer and more in control.

Counselling has made a real difference in how I think, feel, and cope with everyday life"

Hannah

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