Child Counselling in Brighton

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Carolyn Hextall
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Welcome. As we embark on a new year, are you resolved to make changes in your personal life or relationships? Have you been impacted by a life change, or are you tired of repeating the same patterns? I provide a warm, empathic space for both individuals and couples to explore their experiences. Sessions will uncover patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving, gently challenging outmoded ways of being. I am trained to work on a wide range of issues, with particular expertise in anxiety and self-esteem, relationship and attachment difficulties, life transitions, loss and bereavement.
Welcome. As we embark on a new year, are you resolved to make changes in your personal life or relationships? Have you been impacted by a life change, or are you tired of repeating the same patterns? I provide a warm, empathic space for both individuals and couples to explore their experiences. Sessions will uncover patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving, gently challenging outmoded ways of being. I am trained to work on a wide range of issues, with particular expertise in anxiety and self-esteem, relationship and attachment difficulties, life transitions, loss and bereavement.
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Sally Hill
Psychologist, PsychD, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
Serves Area
I work predominantly from a trauma-informed perspective and a lot of my work with neurodivergent families focusses on the parent- child relationship.
I am an experienced Clinical Psychologist and I draw on a broad range of models in my therapeutic work including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness, CBT, Compassion Focussed Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic psychotherapy, attachment-based therapies and more holistic approaches that look at how to support the nervous system.
I work predominantly from a trauma-informed perspective and a lot of my work with neurodivergent families focusses on the parent- child relationship.
I am an experienced Clinical Psychologist and I draw on a broad range of models in my therapeutic work including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness, CBT, Compassion Focussed Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic psychotherapy, attachment-based therapies and more holistic approaches that look at how to support the nervous system.
01273 092392 View 01273 092392
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ER Psychological Therapies
Psychologist, MA, HCPC - Couns. Psych.
Online Only
Maybe you feel stuck and all your usual coping strategies do not work at this point; Maybe something difficult and traumatic happened that you need to process and learn to move on; Maybe you got trapped and overwhelmed with anxiety and it stops you from enjoying your life; Maybe you feel deep down in the sadness and struggling to see positive and enjoyable side of life and world; Maybe your childhood trauma shadows got out of the hiding place triggered by relationships or parenting or some challenging circumstances; Maybe you would like to build your confidence, get your sense of self back and get the best of your life.
My main therapy model is CBT but as psychologist I work in an integrative and systemic way. I use ACT and CFT approaches in my work. I think without easing into more compassionate and kind self-acceptance it can be challenging sometimes to open up and process trauma or engage in making behaviour changes.
Maybe you feel stuck and all your usual coping strategies do not work at this point; Maybe something difficult and traumatic happened that you need to process and learn to move on; Maybe you got trapped and overwhelmed with anxiety and it stops you from enjoying your life; Maybe you feel deep down in the sadness and struggling to see positive and enjoyable side of life and world; Maybe your childhood trauma shadows got out of the hiding place triggered by relationships or parenting or some challenging circumstances; Maybe you would like to build your confidence, get your sense of self back and get the best of your life.
My main therapy model is CBT but as psychologist I work in an integrative and systemic way. I use ACT and CFT approaches in my work. I think without easing into more compassionate and kind self-acceptance it can be challenging sometimes to open up and process trauma or engage in making behaviour changes.
01744 411099 View 01744 411099
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Niki Stavrianou
Psychotherapist, MA, MBACP Accred
Serves Area
I provide safe, confidential and professional psychological therapy which aims to help people to learn to listen and communicate better with their emotions, reflect on their experiences, understand patterns of thoughts and behaviors which may be problematic, and support themselves by investing on the voyage towards self-awareness and self-care. My empathetic approach doesn’t involve judgments of any kind.
I provide safe, confidential and professional psychological therapy which aims to help people to learn to listen and communicate better with their emotions, reflect on their experiences, understand patterns of thoughts and behaviors which may be problematic, and support themselves by investing on the voyage towards self-awareness and self-care. My empathetic approach doesn’t involve judgments of any kind.
0113 733 6703 View 0113 733 6703
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Star Nova Counselling
Counsellor, PNCPS Acc.
3 Endorsed
Online Only
Whether you're dealing with stress, relationship issues, wanting to heal your inner child or address feelings of sadness.
Whether dealing with anxiety, depression, peer pressure, or identity issues, my goal is to provide support and guidance during this critical time and understanding themselves. My approach is compassionate and tailored to your individual needs, providing a safe space to explore your feelings and experiences.
Whether you're dealing with stress, relationship issues, wanting to heal your inner child or address feelings of sadness.
Whether dealing with anxiety, depression, peer pressure, or identity issues, my goal is to provide support and guidance during this critical time and understanding themselves. My approach is compassionate and tailored to your individual needs, providing a safe space to explore your feelings and experiences.
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Fartun Guled
Counsellor, MBACP
Online Only
You may be feeling overwhelmed, anxious, sad, or experiencing a quieter sense of stuckness, fear, or grief that needs some attention. I offer a warm and attentive space where you can feel safe to explore the roots of what is going on for you and deepen self-understanding and insight. I work integratively, drawing on a range of approaches to support you in processing difficult feelings and experiences. I am also currently completing further training in Processwork, an embodied, systemic, and relational approach that helps you unfold complex emotions, relationship dynamics, dreams, and bodily experience.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, anxious, sad, or experiencing a quieter sense of stuckness, fear, or grief that needs some attention. I offer a warm and attentive space where you can feel safe to explore the roots of what is going on for you and deepen self-understanding and insight. I work integratively, drawing on a range of approaches to support you in processing difficult feelings and experiences. I am also currently completing further training in Processwork, an embodied, systemic, and relational approach that helps you unfold complex emotions, relationship dynamics, dreams, and bodily experience.
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Melanie Kinross
Psychotherapist, MSc, MBACP Snr. Accred
Serves Area
If you or your child would like to meet me briefly on the phone or on zoom to discuss your hopes for counselling, I offer a quick meeting free of charge.
I offer a safe space to reflect, make sense of your thoughts and feelings, and explore how past experiences may be shaping your present relationships, behaviours, and ways of coping. Together, we can begin to understand the unconscious dynamics that may be causing distress or holding you back, and consider what changes you could make that might make a difference. I work with young people and adults, and have particular experience with neurodiversity, physical disability, and LGBTQ+ identities.
If you or your child would like to meet me briefly on the phone or on zoom to discuss your hopes for counselling, I offer a quick meeting free of charge.
I offer a safe space to reflect, make sense of your thoughts and feelings, and explore how past experiences may be shaping your present relationships, behaviours, and ways of coping. Together, we can begin to understand the unconscious dynamics that may be causing distress or holding you back, and consider what changes you could make that might make a difference. I work with young people and adults, and have particular experience with neurodiversity, physical disability, and LGBTQ+ identities.
01273 092824 View 01273 092824
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Alan Smithson
Counsellor, MBACP Accred
3 Endorsed
Serves Area
With 10 years' experience, I am an Integrative Counsellor, Lecturer, Trainer, and Clinical Supervisor. I specialise in working with teens, trauma, anxiety, OCD, gender, and autism.
With 10 years' experience, I am an Integrative Counsellor, Lecturer, Trainer, and Clinical Supervisor. I specialise in working with teens, trauma, anxiety, OCD, gender, and autism.
01323 921148 View 01323 921148
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Special Space Play Therapy
Counsellor, PTUK
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
I offer Play Therapy sessions for children providing a safe space for your child to process their thoughts and feelings non-directively, through play and creative arts, giving them a better skill set to cope with everyday challenges.
I offer one to one Play Therapy sessions in a private space or in school, working alongside the families to support children who are experiencing challenging thoughts and feelings and struggling to put their feelings into words, in a safe and trusting environment, enabling a child to process, explore and communicate these feelings through play.
I offer Play Therapy sessions for children providing a safe space for your child to process their thoughts and feelings non-directively, through play and creative arts, giving them a better skill set to cope with everyday challenges.
I offer one to one Play Therapy sessions in a private space or in school, working alongside the families to support children who are experiencing challenging thoughts and feelings and struggling to put their feelings into words, in a safe and trusting environment, enabling a child to process, explore and communicate these feelings through play.
01273 110945 View 01273 110945
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Paul Salvage
Psychotherapist, MSc, MUKCP
Serves Area
Hello, I am an experienced Psychotherapist, supervisor and teacher. I am registerd with the UKCP and qualified with a master in Psychotherapy in 2014. I work by talking with you, and seeking to understand your difficulties. Difficulties, or symptoms can come in many forms, including, depressions, anxieties, anger, addictions, compulsions and relationship difficulties. I will listen carefully to both the conscious and unconscious processes happening in our therapy and offer creative reflections that seek to create greater awarness of your internal experience and relief from distressing and debilitating symptoms.
Hello, I am an experienced Psychotherapist, supervisor and teacher. I am registerd with the UKCP and qualified with a master in Psychotherapy in 2014. I work by talking with you, and seeking to understand your difficulties. Difficulties, or symptoms can come in many forms, including, depressions, anxieties, anger, addictions, compulsions and relationship difficulties. I will listen carefully to both the conscious and unconscious processes happening in our therapy and offer creative reflections that seek to create greater awarness of your internal experience and relief from distressing and debilitating symptoms.
01273 974238 View 01273 974238
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Judith Jacobs
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
I am a qualified psychotherapeutic counsellor with experience working with adults and 11-18 year olds. My approach is non-clinical as I want to provide a space where you can be yourself, feel relaxed, and explore you're issues with me in ways you find the most helpful. My approach is very much 'one size does NOT fit all' so you will lead our sessions in ways you find beneficial and I will offer you a variety of techniques and tools which we can work with together towards your goal(s).
I am a qualified psychotherapeutic counsellor with experience working with adults and 11-18 year olds. My approach is non-clinical as I want to provide a space where you can be yourself, feel relaxed, and explore you're issues with me in ways you find the most helpful. My approach is very much 'one size does NOT fit all' so you will lead our sessions in ways you find beneficial and I will offer you a variety of techniques and tools which we can work with together towards your goal(s).
01428 774962 View 01428 774962
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Alice Montague
Psychologist, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
Online Only
I am a Clinical Psychologist, EMDR, and CBT therapist who supports people facing experiences that feel overwhelming or hard to talk about. You could be struggling with trauma, anxiety, low mood, intrusive thoughts, or other intrusive experiences. I became a therapist because I believe in justice, compassion, and supporting one another through our shared human experience. I bring these values, along with a touch of humour when it feels right, to all my work.
I am a Clinical Psychologist, EMDR, and CBT therapist who supports people facing experiences that feel overwhelming or hard to talk about. You could be struggling with trauma, anxiety, low mood, intrusive thoughts, or other intrusive experiences. I became a therapist because I believe in justice, compassion, and supporting one another through our shared human experience. I bring these values, along with a touch of humour when it feels right, to all my work.
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Jonny McAuley
Psychotherapist, MSc, MBACP
Serves Area
I am a psychodynamic child and adolescent psychotherapist with extensive experience working with children and young people.
I place the therapeutic relationship at the heart of emotional change and supports young people in making sense of their inner world through a consistent, confidential, and trusting relationship. I work relationally, recognising that, alongside talking, distress can be expressed in a non-directive way through behaviour, play, or physical symptoms.
I am a psychodynamic child and adolescent psychotherapist with extensive experience working with children and young people.
I place the therapeutic relationship at the heart of emotional change and supports young people in making sense of their inner world through a consistent, confidential, and trusting relationship. I work relationally, recognising that, alongside talking, distress can be expressed in a non-directive way through behaviour, play, or physical symptoms.
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Matt Le Mare
Psychotherapist, MA, HCPC-Music Therap.
Serves Area
Want to live your best life? I will work out, with you, the best way of caring for your mental health, your depression, anxiety, anger, grief and loss, shame and self-criticism. What make you feel better and improves your life? Kindness and compassion is at the heart of therapy by working towards treating your self with compassion, which by the way is not a weakness! Compassion means it's not your fault, that just like anyone else in the world you suffer. In my therapy sessions you can develop on your ability to be kind to yourself when suffering to find your way through to living your best life!
Want to live your best life? I will work out, with you, the best way of caring for your mental health, your depression, anxiety, anger, grief and loss, shame and self-criticism. What make you feel better and improves your life? Kindness and compassion is at the heart of therapy by working towards treating your self with compassion, which by the way is not a weakness! Compassion means it's not your fault, that just like anyone else in the world you suffer. In my therapy sessions you can develop on your ability to be kind to yourself when suffering to find your way through to living your best life!
0115 647 2741 View 0115 647 2741
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Lucy Francis
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
Serves Area
I have also completed Continuous Professional Development in: Neurodivergent-Affirming Counselling Practice, Trauma Informed Practice, Bereavement Counselling in Palliative Care, Working with Children Young People and Families, Safeguarding and Discussing Racial Identity Respectfully.
I welcome the messy, confusing and contradictory parts of being human and believe that when someone feels genuinely heard, they begin to hear themselves more clearly too. What matters most to me is creating a relationship where you can exhale - where you don’t have to keep everything together, or hold your thoughts alone.
I have also completed Continuous Professional Development in: Neurodivergent-Affirming Counselling Practice, Trauma Informed Practice, Bereavement Counselling in Palliative Care, Working with Children Young People and Families, Safeguarding and Discussing Racial Identity Respectfully.
I welcome the messy, confusing and contradictory parts of being human and believe that when someone feels genuinely heard, they begin to hear themselves more clearly too. What matters most to me is creating a relationship where you can exhale - where you don’t have to keep everything together, or hold your thoughts alone.
01273 110793 View 01273 110793
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Dr Fatoumata Jatta
Psychologist, PsychD, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
Serves Area
You'll be surprised by how much can change for you. I am able to help people from all backgrounds and those who have exhausted all other options. I am trained to provide individuals, couples, and groups with evidence-based treatments for a range of difficulties that impact well-being and quality of life. My clients struggle with low mood and anxiety, and are affected by issues such as relationship problems, low self-esteem, trauma, sexual problems, loss and bereavement, or substance misuse. Many also experience a number of issues at once, making problems seem insurmountable. Like them, you are likely feeling stuck and tired.
You'll be surprised by how much can change for you. I am able to help people from all backgrounds and those who have exhausted all other options. I am trained to provide individuals, couples, and groups with evidence-based treatments for a range of difficulties that impact well-being and quality of life. My clients struggle with low mood and anxiety, and are affected by issues such as relationship problems, low self-esteem, trauma, sexual problems, loss and bereavement, or substance misuse. Many also experience a number of issues at once, making problems seem insurmountable. Like them, you are likely feeling stuck and tired.
020 3962 1167 View 020 3962 1167
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Psychology, Naturopathy & Clinical Supervision
Psychologist, GMBPsS
Serves Area
I work with adults, young people, and practitioners navigating a wide range of issues — from complex trauma, emotional dysregulation, and dissociation, to anxiety, low mood, or a general sense of being lost or disconnected. You may be managing a diagnosis such as BPD/EUPD, or looking for more regulation, clarity, or reconnection. I offer one-off consultations, structured blocks, open-ended work, monthly packages and intensives. Together we’ll build a therapeutic path that fits your circumstances, drawing on tailored psychological approaches, naturopathy, and body-based care.
I work with adults, young people, and practitioners navigating a wide range of issues — from complex trauma, emotional dysregulation, and dissociation, to anxiety, low mood, or a general sense of being lost or disconnected. You may be managing a diagnosis such as BPD/EUPD, or looking for more regulation, clarity, or reconnection. I offer one-off consultations, structured blocks, open-ended work, monthly packages and intensives. Together we’ll build a therapeutic path that fits your circumstances, drawing on tailored psychological approaches, naturopathy, and body-based care.
07588 695348 View 07588 695348
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Alex Ball
Counsellor, MA, MBACP Accred
Serves Area
I am an approachable and experienced therapist working with a broad spectrum of clients. My therapeutic approach is ‘Integrative’, meaning I use skills and theories from across the major modalities of Humanistic, Psychodynamic and CBT. I have a background in the charitable sector, working as a counsellor in community settings and in schools and colleges, and worked as a Youth Worker. I really value my clients and I am always accepting and non-judgemental, helping you feel safe throughout our work. I work with a collaborative and relational style, meaning our sessions will be conversational and I hope they’ll feel like teamwork.
I am an approachable and experienced therapist working with a broad spectrum of clients. My therapeutic approach is ‘Integrative’, meaning I use skills and theories from across the major modalities of Humanistic, Psychodynamic and CBT. I have a background in the charitable sector, working as a counsellor in community settings and in schools and colleges, and worked as a Youth Worker. I really value my clients and I am always accepting and non-judgemental, helping you feel safe throughout our work. I work with a collaborative and relational style, meaning our sessions will be conversational and I hope they’ll feel like teamwork.
01273 036062 View 01273 036062
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Beri Cohn
Psychologist, MSc, HCPC - Couns. Psych.
Online Only
I specialise in all forms of trauma from adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, road/work accidents, anxiety, depression, bereavement.
No one needs to suffer alone, and in fact, I like to think that no one needs to suffer at all. I have dedicated most of my adult life, helping people with their mental health, as a nurse, a social worker and as a psychologist. I have over 40 years experience in the Mental Health field, 16 of which have been with the NHS as a Senior Psychologist. I help all age groups using on-line therapy. My clients have varied needs and I offer an individual plan of treatment for each person depending upon their specific needs and goals. I also have a special interest in working with LGBTQ+ clients
I specialise in all forms of trauma from adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, road/work accidents, anxiety, depression, bereavement.
No one needs to suffer alone, and in fact, I like to think that no one needs to suffer at all. I have dedicated most of my adult life, helping people with their mental health, as a nurse, a social worker and as a psychologist. I have over 40 years experience in the Mental Health field, 16 of which have been with the NHS as a Senior Psychologist. I help all age groups using on-line therapy. My clients have varied needs and I offer an individual plan of treatment for each person depending upon their specific needs and goals. I also have a special interest in working with LGBTQ+ clients
01323 409736 View 01323 409736
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Polly James
Psychologist, PsychD, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
Serves Area
I am a compassionate and friendly psychologist with experience of working with children and adults across the lifespan.
I offer face to face or virtual sessions for children and adults. During the first session I aim to get to know you and understand the reasons why you have come to therapy. I will ask you questions about your current difficulties and the impact this is having on your life right now.
I am a compassionate and friendly psychologist with experience of working with children and adults across the lifespan.
I offer face to face or virtual sessions for children and adults. During the first session I aim to get to know you and understand the reasons why you have come to therapy. I will ask you questions about your current difficulties and the impact this is having on your life right now.
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