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The Deans Practice

Loss and Bereavement

The Deans Practice

Loss and Bereavement

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Loss and Bereavement

The Deans Practice

A therapeutic practice in East Sussex

Waiting list open for September 2026

“Never say you know the last word about any human heart.”

~ Louisa Pallant by Henry James

The Deans Practice

~ ME AND ALSO ME ~ Hello, getting a professional photo done felt a bit gross to me for reasons I don’t unite understand (will take to therapy!) so in introducing myself I’m sharing the ‘professional’ shot, but I also want to s

~ NEW ~ Hello friends, from the gardening community and from the therapeutic community. This page used to be a documentary on my beautiful gardens at Laundry Cottage in Kent. Life changed, my daughter and I moved, and now we live on the coast in Salt

~ SISTERS ~ not twins. These two are growing side by side on the same bush 💛🩷

~ THE POTTERY ~ Some gardens just have it. Heavenly day at a friend’s Pottery.

~ SUCCESS STORY ~ I transplanted my beloved peonies from Laundry Cottage in the spring. I had spent a lot of time and money on them and couldn’t bear to leave them behind, all the while knowing that peonies hate to be moved. I was expecting fai

~ 🍇 ~ Mum and I have transplanted the grape vine from Laundry Cottage. I’m very curious to see how it does on the chalky south coast. It will have to contend with salty winds but I think it will love the soil. What do we think garden nerds?

~ START WEARING PURPLE ~ welcoming my grandma’s irises back this morning. I always think they might be the most purple things in the world 💜. One of my favourites in any garden, bringing full-bodied structure and architectural interest early i