"The best use of creativity is imagination.  The worst use of creativity is anxiety."  -- Deepak Chopra

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At Hove Counseling,  Tracy asks her clients to become curious about their anxiety.  Too often the goal of therapy is to eliminate negative symptoms.  Subsequently, therapy becomes about prescribing skills rather than truly seeing the client and their struggle.  This approach is short sited.  Tracy works with clients to better understand their anxiety, it's roots, the purpose it has served as well as its adverse impacts.  In this way, clients are invited to reframe anxious triggers and self regulate their emotions with acceptance and compassion.   

“The ego is as you think of yourself. You in relation to all the commitments of your life, as you understand them. The self is the whole range of possibilities that you've never even thought of. And you're stuck with you're past when you're stuck with the ego. Because if all you know about yourself is what you found out about yourself, well, that already happened. The self is a whole field of potentialities to come through.”
― Joseph Campbell

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At Hove Counseling, clients journey into the thoughts, beliefs, and experiences that trigger insecurities, inaction, and hopelessness.  Along side Tracy, they discover paths to reclaiming their power and voice.  

“Trauma is perhaps the most avoided, ignored, belittled, denied, misunderstood, and untreated cause of human suffering.” – Peter Levine

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Trauma can have a profound impact on a person's mental health and well-being. At Hove Counseling, Tracy allows clients the opportunity to process their past wounds. Traumatic events are explored  safely and with careful guidance. 

"When I Let go of what I am, I become what I might be."  -- Lao Tzu

Coaching is helpful for those looking for guidance and support in navigating personal goals, life choices, and relationship changes. Whether it's exploring one's personal identity, establishing or making career moves, navigating responsibilities as a parent, or shifting roles in a partnership, coaching can be a supportive tool in the journey.

* Please note, coaching is not therapy and does not aim to treat or diagnose a mental health disorder

“We cannot make another person change his or her steps to an old dance, but if we change our own steps, the dance no longer can continue in the same predictable pattern.”― Harriet Lerner

Strong relationships are the foundation of a healthy and happy life. Yet relationships are also the source of strife and confusion.  At Hove Counseling, Tracy offers relationship counseling.  She works closely with couples to develop personalized treatment plans that help them better understand their relationship needs, how to express those needs, and how to set stronger boundaries.

“No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

Family quarrels are generally rooted in the 3 B's: being seen, being heard, and boundaries. At Hove Counseling, Tracy uses her vast experience in family therapy to better facilitate how to see and hear one another. She then provides coaching and direction on setting clear boundaries and limits within family relationships.