Music Imagery Psychotherapy is the collaborative use of pre-recorded music, drawing with pastels and meaningful discussion to access feelings in a safe, contained way.   No prior musical or artistic ability is required for you to benefit from these sessions, as you will be guided step-by-step through a set process.

This therapy is designed to support you to connect primarily with your inner resources, a crucial starting point for anybody facing life’s difficulties.   Its musical focus works subtly to engage and bring online your calm parasympathetic nervous system, (as opposed to your ‘fight-flight’ sympathetic nervous system).  As a non-verbal expressive modality, it also activates your right brain hemisphere (store of our early memories and imaginative capacities), eventually promoting a re-balancing with the left hemisphere (of words and rational thought) through meaningful discussion.   Short-term Music Imagery Psychotherapy (6 – 10 sessions) thus provides a safe, accessible effective way to find authentic, creative responses to life’s difficulties.   Longer-term therapy works powerfully to help you access, process, and make meaningful sense of such difficulties.     

Music Imagery Psychotherapy may therefore be an ideal for clients who would like to try an alternative approach to talking therapy, who are struggling with depression, anxiety, loss, bereavement, or who have experienced various forms of trauma.   

We are an independent practice of experienced clinical & counselling psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and psychological healthcare professionals providing a range of psychological services including assessment, treatment and evaluation for clinical, legal and occupational purposes.

Based in the city of Brighton and Hove in Sussex, Psychology Sussex take referrals or receive instructions from general medical practitioners, medical and surgical consultants, lawyers, insurance companies, social services, probation services, psychologists, health care providers, health authorities, employers, police, fire & rescue service and individuals.

As a practice we are committed to delivering the highest standards of service. In order to do so we regularly undertake Continuing Professional Development (CPD) events at the practice to ensure that we are up to date with the latest theory and practice. We also undertake regular reflective practice meetings, individual and group clinical supervision.

At Psychology Sussex, we have a dedicated administration team and practice manager, to help you choose the right therapist for you and make appointments at your convenience. The admin team are here to answer your questions about our services, practitioners, including general enquiries about your/others mental health.
We have a wide range of caring, compassionate and professional psychological healthcare professionals from trainees and newly qualified practitioners through to senior consultants with over 15 – 20 years’ experience.
Our head office is located in central Hove, a short walk away from the seafront and Hove train station. We are also able to offer services from Worthing, Eastbourne and Haywards Heath. On site and home visits can also be arranged
We are of course GDPR compliant and we handle digital and physical data with the utmost security and diligence. More information on privacy and confidentiality can be found

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Locations
Our head office is located in central Hove, a short walk away from the seafront and Hove train station. We are also able to offer services from Worthing, Eastbourne and Haywards Heath. On site and home visits can also be arranged
Contact Details
  • Psychology Sussex.
  • 6 The Drive
  • Hove, Sussex
  • BN3 3JA
  • Telephone +44 (0) 1273 778123
  • Fax +44 (0) 1273 776266

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Equal opportunities
Psychology Sussex is an equal opportunities practice and employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of disability, gender, religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation. To find out more about a particular area of our work, or how we can help you, please don't hesitate to contact us