Balance the Mind

My private practice is based in Burgess Hill, West Sussex. Empathy, kindness, enthusiasm and professionalism are my core values. I have 19 years experience working with children and young people within an educational setting, as well as being a parent to 3 young adults. I have supported children experiencing anxiety, trauma, self-harm, bereavement and family issues. I have experience supporting children with individual, special educational needs within an education environment. 

Life presents many obstacles and as adults, we can often feel powerless to help as our children struggle to find the confidence, courage and means to negotiate their way through these ups and downs. Skills learned through early intervention can be used, going forwards, to meet the ongoing day to day challenges which can arise.  

As a qualified, and registered, Advanced Drawing and Talking practitioner, I believe this way of working can offer a valuable early intervention resulting in improved well-being and mental health. 

I also use my experience as a Learning Mentor, Relax Kids Coach, EFT practitioner,  to work with children and young people  to help make sense of and help manage their emotions.  These sessions are unique to your child or young person and we work together to provide them with the skills and strategies to support their happiness.

I feel this review shows how I tailor the sessions to met the need of the individual:

"We were trying to find a counsellor for our 17yr old son who was experiencing anxiety and panic attacks caused by numerous things brought on by covid and the lockdown and the NHS couldn’t offer much immediate help (especially as he was too old for child NHS support and to young for adult help. We were thankfully given Lorraine’s contact details. Lorraine immediately offered a consultation to see if she and my son would be the right ‘fit.’ Even after the first few sessions were completed we could see the confidence returning in our son. Lorraine made it easy to understand the paths to recovery. She used different techniques to find what would work for our son and taught him to replicate these techniques when needed. We really can’t thank Lorraine enough who went above and beyond to help our son."

The age range that I work with is wide, this reflects my experience of working in educational settings from infants through to secondary.