Abigail Warren

Monday mornings in person in Haywards Heath - space available.

Other times during week, online.

I offer individual counselling with adults aged 18 upwards.

Counselling is an opportunity to speak about anything that is troubling you, in a confidential and supportive setting. I work with clients experiencing a wide range of issues.

My training is integrative, meaning that I draw upon various approaches and adapt these to the needs of the client. These include the humanistic approach (which is optimistic and emphasises human potential), psychodynamic (which seeks to understand and transform unconscious patterns from early life) and transpersonal (which includes a holistic and spiritual perspective on experience). 

Sometimes in our work we may use practical or cognitive tools to explore what is going on for you. 

Where this seems helpful, I can offer additional techniques of exploration such as artwork, visualisation and body-based approaches.

My work is trauma-informed, meaning that pacing and safety are important.

I am registered with both BACP and UKCP.

I bring warmth, attentiveness and respect to the counselling relationship. My aim is to help you explore what is going on for you, at your own pace. I bring an acceptance of who you are right now alongside a belief in the potential for change.

Rather than seeing the client as ‘a problem’ to solve, I consider that every person is a unique individual with their own particular story and experiences. 

There are good reasons for how we are, for how we coped with adversity in the past, and just making sense of such survival strategies can be liberating. Over time, life continually presents us with new situations and challenges; these can be viewed as opportunities to learn new skills and wisdom. Here, a counsellor can offer insight in an impartial and non-judgemental manner.

Sometimes we experience crisis. Although painful and frightening, once we have travelled across the abyss, we may find we have developed beautiful and valuable qualities in ourselves.

Counselling isn’t a ‘miracle cure’ for all suffering. In a stressful world, however, it offers something quite rare – the time and space to attend to what matters in our inner world.

Counselling can lead to new ways of being and expressing oneself, relating with others, understanding and navigating life experiences, discerning what we value, developing creativity, releasing grief, trauma and frozen patterns, and finding a way forward towards a more meaningful and authentic life.

The purpose of our first session will be to explore what brings you to counselling and how I might be able to help you. It is also an opportunity for you to ask any questions about counselling. If we are both happy to work together, we will agree a regular time (usually weekly) for your ongoing sessions.

My fee for your initial session (50-60 mins) is £65, payable in advance of the session. Subsequent 50 minute sessions are £65. 

Prior to your first session I offer a free no-obligation 15-20 minute phone call, if you would like to find out more before booking a consultation.