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Helein Treuhaft, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Helein Treuhaft

Hove BN3
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Helein Treuhaft, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Helein Treuhaft

Hove BN3
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My Approach

I believe therapy works best when it is collaborative. I won't tell you how you should think, feel or live your life. Instead, we will work together to understand what is happening for you and what you might want to change.
In our sessions, we will pay attention to what is happening in your life now, while also being curious about your past and how earlier experiences may continue to influence the way you think, feel, relate to others and see yourself today.
Often, the patterns we develop make sense when we understand where they came from. They may once have helped us to cope, belong, feel safe or navigate difficult circumstances, but over time they can become limiting or no longer serve us in the same way. Therapy gives us an opportunity to understand the 'why' behind these patterns and consider whether they still fit the life you want to live now.
My approach is relational and grounded in Transactional Analysis, while also drawing on other humanistic approaches. This means that the relationship we develop is an important part of the therapy. Together, we can notice what emerges, make sense of it with curiosity rather than judgement, and explore the possibility of doing things differently.

About Me

I am a UKCP-registered psychotherapist and Adoption Support Counsellor, working in private practice in Hove, East Sussex, and London as well as online.
I offer a warm, relational and collaborative approach to therapy, creating a space where you can explore what is happening in your life and begin to understand the experiences and patterns that may have shaped you. Rather than making assumptions, we'll begin with your story and work together to understand what has brought you to therapy.
I work with adults experiencing a wide range of difficulties, including anxiety, low mood, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, loss and significant life changes. I also have particular experience in working with adoption and its lifelong impact, addiction and recovery, and people making sense of a later ADHD diagnosis.
No two people arrive in therapy with the same story, so I don't believe in a one-size-fits-all approach. We will work at a pace that feels right for you, with curiosity and without judgement, towards a greater understanding of yourself and the possibility of meaningful change.

I work with

  • Companies
  • Groups
  • Individuals
  • Private healthcare referrals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

I have extensive experience of working with addiction, including alcohol and substance misuse, as well as behavioural or process addictions such as gambling, shopping and problematic patterns around relationships or the internet. Addiction can become a powerful way of coping with difficult feelings, experiences or circumstances. While stopping or changing an addictive behaviour may be an important part of recovery, my approach is not simply to focus on the behaviour itself. Together, we will be curious about what sits beneath it and what purpose it may have served in your life. Rather than asking simply, 'How do I stop?', we can begin to explore, 'What has this helped me to cope with?' Understanding the 'why' can help us make sense of the underlying pain, unmet needs or patterns that may be maintaining the addiction. I offer a compassionate and non-judgemental space in which we can explore both the addiction and the person behind it, supporting you to develop different ways of understanding yourself and moving forward.
I have a particular interest in working with adults who are exploring or coming to understand ADHD and neurodivergence, including those who have received a diagnosis later in life or who identify as neurodivergent without a formal diagnosis. For some people, recognising their neurodivergence can bring relief and a new understanding of themselves. It can also lead to looking back at earlier experiences through a different lens and questioning long-held beliefs about being difficult, lazy, disorganised, too much or somehow not good enough. We can explore the impact this has had on your self-esteem, relationships and sense of identity, including experiences such as masking, overwhelm and trying to fit expectations that may not have suited you. Therapy can offer a space to make sense of these experiences with greater understanding and compassion, recognising both the challenges you may have faced and the strengths that come with knowing and accepting yourself more fully.
I have specialist training as an Adoption Support Counsellor with Barnardo's and work with adults whose lives have been touched by adoption, including adopted adults, adoptive parents, birth parents and other family members. Adoption can have a lifelong impact on identity, belonging and relationships, and the feelings connected with it can be complex and sometimes difficult to put into words. Questions about origins, loss, rejection, loyalty, family relationships or where you belong may emerge at different stages of life, sometimes many years after the adoption itself. For adoptive and birth parents, adoption can bring its own complex emotions and experiences, which may not always feel easy or acceptable to talk about. I offer a space where your individual experience of adoption can be explored without assumptions about how you should feel. Together, we can begin to make sense of your experience and what adoption means for you.

Types of Therapies Offered

  • Transactional Analysis Psychotherapist

What I can help with

  • Addiction
  • ADHD
  • Adoption
  • Anxiety
  • Bereavement
  • Couple Issues
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Family
  • Identity Problems
  • Obsessions
  • Online Counselling
  • Prescribed Drug Dependence
  • Relationships
  • Separation
  • Stress
  • Training
  • Trauma
  • Workplace Counselling

Types of sessions

  • Face to Face - Long Term
  • Face to Face - Short Term
  • Online Therapy

Hove Office

Unique Minds
75 Church Road
Hove BN3 2BB

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Cost:

£70 individuals

UKCP College

  • Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College (HIPC)
Helein Treuhaft

Helein Treuhaft

Hove BN3
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