Counselling & Psychotherapy
If you're feeling alone with your feelings, blocked, or unsure how to proceed, please be assured that when you contact me you will be met with warmth and compassion, together we will begin to work through whatever is causing you stress or upset.
Contact me for support working through issues including: creative blocks, anxiety, depression, low self-confidence, PTSD, relationship difficulties, domestic or sexual abuse, menopause, attachment issues, stress, trauma, self-harm, work-related stress, LGBTQ+ concerns, trauma, bullying, OCD, ADHD, neurodiversity, family and parenting issues.
I am especially qualified to work with artists and creatives, though all are welcome.
Whether you choose in-person or online therapy, I will encourage you to identify recurring patterns and unhelpful inner-narratives, helping you to get to the root of your issues.
Training, qualifications & experience
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Registered Member of The British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
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PG Dip Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy (University of Brighton)
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MA Sculpture / Performance (Royal College of Art)
I have been coaching and mentoring artists since 2007.
I am currently a therapist at Rock Clinic, Brighton alongside my private practice. Before becoming a therapist I worked for West Sussex Mind as a Peer Support Worker, supporting parents of children and young people with mental health challenges.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy looks at how experiences from early childhood may be affecting your current thoughts and feelings. It enables you to reframe the way you think about your past and experience how this might change how you feel in the present.
Therapy with Isobel
As a qualified BACP registered counsellor working psychodynamically, I offer a safe and confidential space for our sessions online or in person. My Newhaven practice is ten minutes from Newhaven Town train station and bus stop, with regular buses from Brighton and Eastbourne.
There is free on-street parking nearby.
You can find me on the BACP Register,
Counselling Directory and in Psychology Today
Book a session with me
Please contact me: Isobel Gilvan-Cartwright
using the form below or email: hello@therapywithisobel.com
and I'll be in touch to discuss your initial session.
Initial session £55
Then £55/week or £200 monthly in advance
Sessions are weekly and last 50 minutes. (Limited concessional places available)
I am fully insured and bound by the BACP Ethical Framework for Counselling Professions.
TESTIMONIALS
Our sessions have truly been a sanctuary and life-line for me. I am so grateful and appreciative for the insights you've helped me to recognise, and helping this dark time become one of healing and growth. (V.R.)
I would like to thank you for your amazing help and support over the last few months. You have helped me understand myself and feel happier and less anxious. (C.G.)
I want to express my gratitude to you for being such a thoughtful, considered and insightful therapist. I couldn't have got through these last months without you. Thank you for helping me to turn my life around. (B.K.)