Wendy Hemmings-Quelch

Overview

Wendy Hemmings-Quelch offers relationship-focused psychotherapy and counselling. She emphasises a mind-body-heart approach, blending modalities to support individuals and couples through life transitions, relationship difficulties and personal growth. The practitioner combines evidence-informed methods with creative and experiential techniques developed through training in meditation and other practices.

The practitioner aims to create a safe, nonjudgemental space in which clients can explore patterns, build new skills and recover agency. The practice treats a broad range of issues and seeks to tailor sessions to each client’s needs, drawing on both psychotherapeutic and coaching skills.

Best for

Wendy Hemmings-Quelch is best suited for adults and adolescents (12–18) seeking individual therapy, couples counselling, relationship psychotherapy or life coaching. They are experienced working with infidelity and betrayal, communication and intimacy problems, trauma-informed care, and neurodiverse and LGBTQI clients.

• Individuals experiencing low mood, anxiety or decreased energy
• Couples working on communication, intimacy or trust
• People seeking trauma-informed, relational therapy and compassionate inquiry approaches

Approach

Wendy Hemmings-Quelch uses an integrative approach that combines Existential, Person-Centred, Psychodynamic and CBT methods, applied flexibly to each client’s circumstances. Therapeutic work is relational and collaborative, emphasising client agency and reflective exploration.

Treatment may include skills-based coaching for couples, practical strategies for communication and continued therapeutic processing for deeper issues. The practitioner has training in Compassionate Inquiry and adopts a trauma-informed stance to support safety and paced exploration.

Sessions may be offered face-to-face or online. Work typically involves regular sessions where therapeutic goals are set and reviewed, and clients are supported with tools and exercises between appointments as appropriate.

Education and Training

Wendy Hemmings-Quelch holds an MA (Hons) in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy and an Advanced Diploma in Relationship Psychotherapy (NAOS). Additional qualifications include a BA (Hons) in Psychology and Art, an MA in Fine Art and a PGCE. They have over thirty years of experience across education and health settings and have trained with Dr Gabor Maté in Compassionate Inquiry.

Support

Clients receive individualized guidance throughout therapy including assessment, goal-setting and integration work. The practice emphasises confidentiality, ethical practice and clear boundaries in line with professional memberships and codes of conduct.

Support includes preparation for sessions, safety-focused trauma-informed care and follow-up or integration work after significant therapeutic events. The practitioner offers lower-cost spaces by enquiry and works to make services accessible to diverse relationship and lifestyle forms.

Practical details

Sessions are offered in person in Eastbourne and Brighton and online by video. Individual sessions are listed at £50–£70; couples sessions are listed at £70–£120, with some low-cost spaces available by enquiry. Appointments can be requested via the contact email or phone provided on the website.

This description was generated based on information from the official website and other materials provided by the provider.