Individual and couples counselling in Borough, London and Haywards Heath, West Sussex.

We're Gavin and Elina Demurger-Jones. Married, which explains the shared surname, but you won't be working with both of us. You'll be working with one of us, and we each bring something different to that room.

Gavin works integratively, with a strong focus on body psychotherapy. People are more than a brain running on legs, and a lot of what troubles us lives in the body as much as the mind, tension, sensation, the things we can't quite think our way out of. He sees all his clients in person, one to one, and has particular depth working with men.

Elina brings years of experience from the NHS, working with individuals and with couples. She's fluent in the language of relationships, what goes wrong in them, and what it takes to repair them.

Whoever you end up seeing, the approach is the same. We don't come in assuming we already know what's wrong or how to fix it. We start by understanding your world, properly before we start working out what to do about it.

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Testimonials

 

"Gavin helped me through a really tough time. I had never had any type of counselling or therapy before and didn't know what to expect. He walked me through it, helped me to open up, to think about my actions and how I felt deep down. I use what I learnt to this day, helping me to cope, know that I can't control and fix everything and most importantly of all to look after myself."

Laura

“Gavin shows patience, warmth and listens attentively. When we started our sessions together, he provided a simple roadmap of how the therapy would be conducted and was honest and open about what therapy could help me achieve. Gavin does not control the topic of conversation, instead, he lets his patients draw out their own thoughts and emotions during each session which encourages a more natural flow of discussion. During our sessions together he has shown no signs of judgement but rather he has endeavoured to understand the thoughts and emotions behind words and actions to help me isolate potential root causes behind how I react to various situations.”

Martin

“When I started my therapy with Gavin I was in an incredibly chaotic state of mind and my daily life was shared with my 2 inseparable friends: fear and insecurity.

With Gavin, I managed to calm down the emotional waves, and being objective, I learned to distinguish my triggers and cope with the unconscious reactions to them.

I left the clothes of the victim and the shoes of the trauma behind.

This year of therapy we spent together is an experience I would repeat without a doubt.”

Angela