Annie Shannon
Humanistic Counsellor (adults and young people)
Diploma in Humanistic Creative Counselling
Therapists
Hi I'm Annie, I offer calm, down to earth counselling face to face and online. There are many different reasons that people seek counselling, sometimes a specific life event, past experience or health condition might be better navigated with the support of a trained counsellor - other times there might be value in getting to know ourselves better, exploring and challenging long-held beliefs, behaviours, habits ... whatever brings you, I'm happy you're here and would like to help if I can. I know from experience how overwhelming and confusing it can be when faced with pages of therapists to choose from, as such I offer a free online 15 min session and/or a reduced fee face to face session - in order that you might get a better idea of what counselling might feel like with me.
I am a calm, compassionate and creative counsellor - by creative I mean to say that I am not rigid or formulaic in my approach, recognising everyone is different, with different needs- i.e. some people find sitting in a peaceful, indoor environment, to be their ideal counselling meeting place, whereas others might prefer 'walk and talk' sessions -outdoors in nature - walking side by side with their counsellor, and some people find it useful to actually work creatively within their sessions i.e. with art, dreams, sandplay etc ... we can be creative together in deciding what method and environment will suit you best.
I decided to retrain as a counsellor after experiencing for myself the benefits a healing and empowering therapeutic relationship can bring. To date I have worked with clients as young as 11 years old - up to their late 70s, in areas including: bereavement, neurodivergence, depression, anxiety and relationships.
- Existential
- Experiential
- Gestalt Therapy
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Person Centered Therapy
- Sand Tray
Brighton, Hove and Hurst