Therapy offers a space for Change and Growth.
You may feel stuck, anxious, low in mood, or disconnected from yourself - perhaps you are finding that the same thoughts, feelings or patterns keep coming back, especially when life gets stressful.
I'm Daniela Weetman, a BACP Registered Humanistic Integrative Counsellor based in Lewes, East Sussex, offering counselling in person and online across the UK and Europe.
I work with adults experiencing anxiety, low mood or depression, emotional overwhelm, grief, life transitions, and neurodivergent challenges, including ADHD.
Let's start with a free 30-minute introductory call.
Therapy offers a space for change and growth. You may be feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward - perhaps experiencing low mood, anxiety, or a sense that your usual ways of coping no longer feel helpful.
As a BACP-registered counsellor based in Lewes, East Sussex, I offer to meet you just as you are - with compassion and curiosity - in both your stuckness and your hope for something new.
Working With Me
I offer a calm, thoughtful space where you can be yourself without having to have everything worked out.
Together, we can get curious about what’s happening for you — noticing your thoughts, feelings, body sensations, emotional shifts and familiar patterns. By slowing things down and exploring what might be underneath, we can develop a deeper understanding of yourself and create more choice in how you respond.
I’ll bring curiosity, warmth and steadiness, while you remain the expert in your own experience. We’ll work collaboratively, at a pace that feels manageable, and find an approach that fits you.
Change doesn’t come from pushing past things, but from understanding them deeply enough that something begins to shift on its own.
My Approach
I work in an integrative, humanistic way, drawing on different therapeutic approaches rather than working from one model. This allows me to adapt the way we work to you, rather than expecting you to fit a particular way of doing therapy.
My work is grounded in Person-Centred Therapy, which places the relationship between us at the heart of counselling. I also draw on Gestalt and Existential approaches, which bring different perspectives to our understanding of experience, relationships, identity, meaning and the choices available to us.
I also use ideas from Parts Work and Transactional Analysis. These can help us understand the different sides of ourselves and some of the patterns we can find ourselves repeating, particularly in relationships or when life feels difficult.
These approaches aren't separate steps or techniques that I work through. They are different ways of understanding people and their experiences, which I draw on when they are relevant to the work.
What to Expect
You don’t need to prepare anything before a session. We’ll start with whatever feels most important to you that day — whether that’s something that has happened recently, a thought or feeling you’ve been struggling with, or something that keeps coming up in your life. There is no set agenda, and what we explore can change from session to session. Sessions are 50 minutes and usually take place weekly.
I’ll listen with curiosity, paying attention not only to what you say, but to the patterns, feelings and shifts that emerge as we talk. I may ask questions, reflect on what I’m noticing, or gently draw your attention to something you might not have noticed. Sometimes we’ll stay with what is happening in the moment; sometimes we’ll step back and look at the bigger picture.
You remain in control of what you bring and how far we go with it. If something feels too much, we can slow down; if something feels important, we can give it the space it needs.
I aim to close sessions with a brief moment of reflection, giving you time to gather your thoughts and take anything useful back into everyday life.
"Each person is an island unto himself, in a very real sense; and he can only build bridges to other islands if he is first of all willing to be himself and permitted to be himself."
Carl Rogers
About me
I’m Daniela, a qualified Humanistic Integrative Counsellor and registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
I run a private counselling practice based in Lewes, East Sussex, offering in-person sessions locally and online counselling across the UK and Europe. I work with adults navigating anxiety, low mood, grief, life transitions, emotional overwhelm, and questions of identity or belonging.
At the heart of my work is a simple belief: with care, respect and acceptance, we all have the capacity to heal, grow and find our own way forward. I know how confusing it can feel when thoughts and emotions pull in different directions, and how meaningful it can be to have a space where you don’t need to have everything worked out, but are met with steadiness and genuine care.
Alongside my private practice, I offer low-cost counselling through a local network and have supported adults and young people through grief and bereavement at St Wilfrid’s Hospice in Eastbourne. This work continues to shape the compassion, sensitivity and grounded presence I bring to my practice.
“Hope comes when we start to move.
When we start to act.
When we start to take steps
– any steps –
to make things better for ourselves.”
Carolyn Spring
My background
Originally from Austria and now settled in the UK, I know something of what it means to navigate change, belonging and finding your place over time. This experience informs my work with people exploring identity, transitions and belonging, including through online therapy with clients living abroad.
Before training as a counsellor, I worked as an events manager in a fast-paced environment where emotions could run high. I learned how important it is to stay grounded, notice what is happening beneath the surface, and bring steadiness when things feel intense or uncertain.
I also have years of experience working in educational settings, supporting adults and young people who are neurodivergent or experiencing social, emotional and mental health challenges.
International Online Therapy
Living abroad or between cultures can change how you experience yourself, your relationships, and your sense of belonging. Alongside opportunity and growth, there can be quieter forms of loss — familiar places, language, routines, family, friends, or a version of life that once felt more settled.
You might feel different, unrooted, or caught between worlds. Perhaps you’re coping well on the surface but feeling emotionally tired underneath, or finding that anxiety, grief, relationship difficulties or questions about who you are have become harder to carry alone.
People often seek me out for online therapy when they are living abroad or between cultures and want to work with someone who understands this terrain. Alongside my professional training, my own experience of growing up in one country and making a life in another informs how I work.
I support expats and internationally mobile adults across the UK and Europe who are navigating anxiety, grief and loss, overwhelm, identity questions, relationship difficulties, or significant life transitions — often alongside a sense of feeling in-between.
Together, we can make space for what you’re experiencing and explore what might help you feel more grounded and more at home within yourself.steadier and more at home within yourself.
“Part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself to let go of the limiting stories you’ve told yourself about who you are so that you aren’t trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you’ve been telling yourself about your life.”
Areas I support
Anxiety, stress, and emotional overwhelm
Low mood, depression, and feeling “stuck”
Neurodivergence, ADHD, and high sensitivity
Grief, bereavement, and loss
Life transitions, big decisions, and identity shifts
Relationship patterns, boundaries, and communication
Self-esteem, body image, and self-worth
Trauma and difficult past experiences
Work stress, burnout, and pressure to cope
Cultural and cross-cultural experiences, including living between worlds
Women’s emotional and hormonal wellbeing
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.”
Brene Brown
You can read more about my approach to counselling here.
Language and Expression
I offer counselling in English and am also fluent in German. You’re welcome to bring your own language, culture, and way of expressing yourself into our work together.
Some people find it easier to speak in their first language, while others communicate through imagery, metaphor, pauses, or silence. All of this is welcome. Therapy doesn’t have to be about finding the “right” words — it’s about finding what feels true for you.
This can be especially supportive if you sometimes feel caught between different worlds, move between languages, or find that words don’t quite capture what you want to express.
“Many people come to therapy seeking closure. Help me not to feel. What they eventually discover is that you can’t mute one emotion without muting the others. You want to mute the pain? You’ll also mute the joy.”
Carl Rogers
Therapy Location in Lewes
I offer counselling from calm, private rooms in and close-by Lewes, East Sussex. Each space is peaceful, confidential, and easy to access via public transportation and parking on-site or near-by:
Corner Room
Meeting House
32 Friars Walk
Lewes, BN7 2LE
Gather Rooms
The Old Granary
16 Upper Stoneham Farm
Lewes, BN8 5RH
Online and Phone Counselling
I offer online sessions via secure platforms, as well as telephone therapy, if working from home or another familiar space feels more supportive for you. Some clients choose a single way of working, while others find a combination that suits their needs.
Sessions & Fees
Session Length: 50 minutes
Fee: £55 per session
(in-person in Lewes, online, or by phone)
Sessions usually take place weekly, though this can be reviewed together depending on your needs and circumstances. Therapy can be open-ended or time-limited, and we’ll check in regularly to make sure our work continues to feel supportive.
I offer a limited number of reduced-cost sessions for students and people on a lower income. If cost feels like a barrier, please feel welcome to ask about availability.
Cancellation Policy: If you need to cancel or reschedule a session, please let me know at least 48 hours in advance. Sessions cancelled with less notice will be charged at the full fee, as I’m unlikely to be able to offer the time to someone else at short notice.
You might be wondering...
Will you give me advice?
Rather than telling you what to do, I'll support you in becoming more curious about your own experience. Together, we'll explore your thoughts, emotions, relationships and patterns so that your own understanding can begin to grow.
What if I find it difficult to talk about my feelings?
That's more common than you might think. Therapy isn't about finding the perfect words. We can also pay attention to emotions, bodily sensations, images, silence, or whatever feels most natural for you.
How will I know if therapy is helping?
Therapy isn't about becoming happy all the time. Many people begin to understand themselves differently, feel less self-critical, recognise old patterns sooner, and discover they have more choice in how they respond.
What if my reactions don't seem to make sense?
Many people come to therapy feeling confused by their reactions. You might become anxious when nothing seems wrong, feel guilty for reasons you can't explain, or find yourself repeating patterns you'd rather leave behind. Rather than asking, "What's wrong with me?", we'll become curious about what these reactions might be trying to tell us.
An Invitation to Reflect
“There are moments when understanding is more powerful than control.”
Mental health isn’t about feeling calm all the time or getting your emotions “right.”
It’s about noticing when a feeling truly fits what’s happening — and when it might be responding to something older, deeper, or more protective.
Many people arrive in therapy confused by their emotional responses: anxious when nothing seems wrong, guilty without clear reason, overwhelmed by something that “shouldn’t” feel so big. It can feel as though emotions are happening to them, rather than for them.
In therapy, we gently slow this down. We begin to ask what a feeling is responding to — whether it belongs to the present moment, an internal rule, or an earlier experience that shaped how you learned to cope. Rather than suppressing or analysing, we practise understanding — building awareness, integration, and choice.
If you’re curious about how your emotions might be making sense — even when they don’t seem to — you can explore this more fully in my latest blog or reach out whenever you feel ready.
“Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.”
Carl Rogers
Get in Touch
If you’d like to explore whether working together feels right, we can begin with a free 30-minute phone call. This is a gentle space to ask questions, get a sense of how I work, and see what you might need at this time.
There’s no pressure to commit, and you don’t need to have everything figured out — reaching out is enough.
“When someone really hears you
without passing judgement on you,
without trying to take responsibility for you,
without trying to mould you,
it feels damn good…”
Carl Rogers
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