Sleep or Insomnia Counselling in Brighton
Dr. Chris James - Sleep Specialist & Adult ADHD
Psychologist, PsychD, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
2 Endorsed
Online Only
For others, it's about building on existing skills - how to get more out of relationships, improving communication, being more assertive, boosting your sleep and performance, learning to be the best version of yourself.
I'm a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and sleep and ADHD specialist with 20+ years of experience providing evidence-based psychological interventions (including CBT) for a range of difficulties including insomnia, adult ADHD, anxiety, work-related stress and burnout, trauma, OCD, health anxiety, phobias, self-esteem issues and relationship difficulties.
For others, it's about building on existing skills - how to get more out of relationships, improving communication, being more assertive, boosting your sleep and performance, learning to be the best version of yourself.
I'm a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and sleep and ADHD specialist with 20+ years of experience providing evidence-based psychological interventions (including CBT) for a range of difficulties including insomnia, adult ADHD, anxiety, work-related stress and burnout, trauma, OCD, health anxiety, phobias, self-esteem issues and relationship difficulties.
I am an ACCPH, CNHC, BaThH and AC Accredited Life Coach, and Hypnotherapist. I help clients overcome limiting beliefs, feeling stuck in life, fears, phobias, or anxieties. I also help you break negative habits. I will help you re-establish your purpose, life balance, be motivated, and achieve your goals. Simply, I help you overcome all of those psychological behaviours and barriers which hold you back, and go on a journey with you to become the best possible version of yourself. Health, Career, Finances, Relationships, Lifestyle.
I am an ACCPH, CNHC, BaThH and AC Accredited Life Coach, and Hypnotherapist. I help clients overcome limiting beliefs, feeling stuck in life, fears, phobias, or anxieties. I also help you break negative habits. I will help you re-establish your purpose, life balance, be motivated, and achieve your goals. Simply, I help you overcome all of those psychological behaviours and barriers which hold you back, and go on a journey with you to become the best possible version of yourself. Health, Career, Finances, Relationships, Lifestyle.
There are different times in our lives when we may encounter challenges in our emotional world. Transition and change can sometimes trigger these challenging feelings. For example, moving home or employment, changing relationships or friendships; life changes such as going to university or reaching age milestones. Any of these can significantly affect the way we feel about ourselves. We react in different ways to what we encounter in our environment. We might become depressed or overwhelmed by intense emotions or we might feel anxious and unable to engage in social activities. It can all become too much to manage alone.
There are different times in our lives when we may encounter challenges in our emotional world. Transition and change can sometimes trigger these challenging feelings. For example, moving home or employment, changing relationships or friendships; life changes such as going to university or reaching age milestones. Any of these can significantly affect the way we feel about ourselves. We react in different ways to what we encounter in our environment. We might become depressed or overwhelmed by intense emotions or we might feel anxious and unable to engage in social activities. It can all become too much to manage alone.
Free consultation available. My approach blends talking therapy with creative, somatic, and experiential techniques, offering theory-informed ways to understand yourself on a deeper level.
You may be feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck, noticing that talking alone hasn’t been enough. Perhaps your body holds pain or fatigue, or you feel out of sync with yourself and others.
I offer a space where you can slow down and explore what’s happening beneath the surface — not to “fix” yourself, but to develop awareness and a sense of choice, honouring mind, body, emotions, and nervous system.
Free consultation available. My approach blends talking therapy with creative, somatic, and experiential techniques, offering theory-informed ways to understand yourself on a deeper level.
You may be feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck, noticing that talking alone hasn’t been enough. Perhaps your body holds pain or fatigue, or you feel out of sync with yourself and others.
I offer a space where you can slow down and explore what’s happening beneath the surface — not to “fix” yourself, but to develop awareness and a sense of choice, honouring mind, body, emotions, and nervous system.
Undertaking psychotherapy can be daunting, especially nowadays, when so many different types of therapy are available. It can be overwhelming to make that decision. In my approach, I believe that each situation is unique. Through my experience of working with teenagers and their families, as well as adults in individual and group modalities and couples, I learned to develop a sensitive ear for my client’s needs. We all sometimes struggle due to external or internal pressures or a combination. However, I deeply believe that facing difficulties with compassion and an open mind can be liberating.
Undertaking psychotherapy can be daunting, especially nowadays, when so many different types of therapy are available. It can be overwhelming to make that decision. In my approach, I believe that each situation is unique. Through my experience of working with teenagers and their families, as well as adults in individual and group modalities and couples, I learned to develop a sensitive ear for my client’s needs. We all sometimes struggle due to external or internal pressures or a combination. However, I deeply believe that facing difficulties with compassion and an open mind can be liberating.
I am an experienced therapist working with both couples and individuals. I work with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, bereavement, career issues and relationships. If you are a couple, you may be attending therapy to work through a particular challenge or event, to maintain a relationship that's essentially working well, or to consider ending a relationship kindly and respectfully. Whether you're attending individually or as a couple, at the start of our work, we'll identify what you want to achieve from counselling. Whether your aims are abstract or specific, we can work towards them together.
I am an experienced therapist working with both couples and individuals. I work with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, bereavement, career issues and relationships. If you are a couple, you may be attending therapy to work through a particular challenge or event, to maintain a relationship that's essentially working well, or to consider ending a relationship kindly and respectfully. Whether you're attending individually or as a couple, at the start of our work, we'll identify what you want to achieve from counselling. Whether your aims are abstract or specific, we can work towards them together.
I’m Dr Isobel Gammer (BA, Grad Cert, MSc, DClinPsychol). I am an experienced HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist offering assessment and evidence-based therapeutic support for parents, children, teenagers and families. I trained in the NHS and worked in specialist CAMHS services for over 8 years, alongside my work in a parent-infant charity. I specialise in: child and adolescent mental health (e.g. anxiety, panic, low mood, PTSD); perinatal mental health & parent-infant relationships; autism; family relationship difficulties; the impact of developmental trauma & disrupted attachments (e.g. in foster and adoptive families).
I’m Dr Isobel Gammer (BA, Grad Cert, MSc, DClinPsychol). I am an experienced HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist offering assessment and evidence-based therapeutic support for parents, children, teenagers and families. I trained in the NHS and worked in specialist CAMHS services for over 8 years, alongside my work in a parent-infant charity. I specialise in: child and adolescent mental health (e.g. anxiety, panic, low mood, PTSD); perinatal mental health & parent-infant relationships; autism; family relationship difficulties; the impact of developmental trauma & disrupted attachments (e.g. in foster and adoptive families).
I am a BACP (accredited) and UKCP registered psychotherapist working from an attachment based and psychoanalytic perspective. I offer therapy that is collaborative and grounded in real human connection.
You may be coming to therapy feeling stuck or want to understand yourself more deeply; whatever brings you, our work together will aim to get to the root of what’s going on for you.
I am a BACP (accredited) and UKCP registered psychotherapist working from an attachment based and psychoanalytic perspective. I offer therapy that is collaborative and grounded in real human connection.
You may be coming to therapy feeling stuck or want to understand yourself more deeply; whatever brings you, our work together will aim to get to the root of what’s going on for you.
I work with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, insomnia, OCD or attachment trauma, among other states, where I help identify and then challenge the core unhelpful and rigid beliefs about themselves or the world which fuel such emotional difficulties.
What my clients most commonly seek is guidance to help them understand their own emotions, responses and rules that they hold about life. My clients are not dictated to, but supported in learning about what is helpful and rational in their lives, and what is targeted for change. Our honest talks involve a lot of empathy and humour, as there are common themes that we all recognise as causing issues in our lives. My clients are very much individuals, spoken to without judgement and encouraged to make changes to their thinking and then behaviour which will help free them from well-worn paths and being 'stuck'.
I work with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, insomnia, OCD or attachment trauma, among other states, where I help identify and then challenge the core unhelpful and rigid beliefs about themselves or the world which fuel such emotional difficulties.
What my clients most commonly seek is guidance to help them understand their own emotions, responses and rules that they hold about life. My clients are not dictated to, but supported in learning about what is helpful and rational in their lives, and what is targeted for change. Our honest talks involve a lot of empathy and humour, as there are common themes that we all recognise as causing issues in our lives. My clients are very much individuals, spoken to without judgement and encouraged to make changes to their thinking and then behaviour which will help free them from well-worn paths and being 'stuck'.
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I am an Art Psychotherapist and EMDR Therapist. I support individuals who may be facing challenges such as trauma, loss, relationship difficulties including separation, betrayal trauma, or they simply the need for a safe space to explore their thoughts and feelings. Therapy is a collaborative process and our work together will begin at your pace, starting where you feel most comfortable.
Hello and thank you for visiting my page.
I am an Art Psychotherapist and EMDR Therapist. I support individuals who may be facing challenges such as trauma, loss, relationship difficulties including separation, betrayal trauma, or they simply the need for a safe space to explore their thoughts and feelings. Therapy is a collaborative process and our work together will begin at your pace, starting where you feel most comfortable.
I am an experienced, welcoming and open-minded counsellor. Exploring in-depth what is troubling us with someone who is really listening, not just to your words but to the person behind them, can in itself be a healing process. It may also bring to light beliefs and ways of living that are holding you back. I draw on a range of integrative talking therapies (including Internal Family Systems). When something more is needed than talking alone, Brainspotting (a somatic therapy that evolved out of EMDR) can offer a gentle but powerful way to access deeper areas of the brain where emotional difficulties arise.
I am an experienced, welcoming and open-minded counsellor. Exploring in-depth what is troubling us with someone who is really listening, not just to your words but to the person behind them, can in itself be a healing process. It may also bring to light beliefs and ways of living that are holding you back. I draw on a range of integrative talking therapies (including Internal Family Systems). When something more is needed than talking alone, Brainspotting (a somatic therapy that evolved out of EMDR) can offer a gentle but powerful way to access deeper areas of the brain where emotional difficulties arise.
The Joy of my work is meeting people from many walks of life, each with their own unique story. I am an experienced counsellor within the LGBTQ+ community (of which I am a part). I also have lived experience of neurodiversity and have supported many neurodivergent clients. I work affirmatively with these communities although my practice is open to all. Many of us struggle to make sense of ourselves or to find belonging. You may be living with anxiety or depression or wanting to explore spiritual or relational issues. Maybe you are experiencing a difficult transition or longing for change but feeling stuck or hopeless.
The Joy of my work is meeting people from many walks of life, each with their own unique story. I am an experienced counsellor within the LGBTQ+ community (of which I am a part). I also have lived experience of neurodiversity and have supported many neurodivergent clients. I work affirmatively with these communities although my practice is open to all. Many of us struggle to make sense of ourselves or to find belonging. You may be living with anxiety or depression or wanting to explore spiritual or relational issues. Maybe you are experiencing a difficult transition or longing for change but feeling stuck or hopeless.
I offer therapy and counselling to help people understand, process, and shift unhelpful or distressing thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Whether these challenges are recent or have been present for some time, meaningful change is possible—and so is a more fulfilling, authentic life.
I have extensive experience supporting men with a wide range of personal and emotional difficulties. I also work with issues such as anxiety, low self-esteem, stress, family and relationship problems, depression, trauma, and existential concerns.
I offer therapy and counselling to help people understand, process, and shift unhelpful or distressing thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Whether these challenges are recent or have been present for some time, meaningful change is possible—and so is a more fulfilling, authentic life.
I have extensive experience supporting men with a wide range of personal and emotional difficulties. I also work with issues such as anxiety, low self-esteem, stress, family and relationship problems, depression, trauma, and existential concerns.
I'm Helen. I offer a space where you can truly be yourself and be met with understanding, honesty and acceptance. Working at your pace I can support you with whatever challenges you're facing (anxiety, depression, grief, ADHD, neurodiversity, abuse).
If you wish, we can blend talking therapy with mind–body practices. Together we’ll focus on the changes you want to make in your life.
I look forward to working with you.
I'm Helen. I offer a space where you can truly be yourself and be met with understanding, honesty and acceptance. Working at your pace I can support you with whatever challenges you're facing (anxiety, depression, grief, ADHD, neurodiversity, abuse).
If you wish, we can blend talking therapy with mind–body practices. Together we’ll focus on the changes you want to make in your life.
I look forward to working with you.
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapeutic counsellor offering both short-term and long-term therapy. I am warm, supportive, & non-judgemental. With me you can explore your experiences in a safe, welcoming environment. I want you to relax and feel like you can say anything you need to without fear or shame.
You may be facing a particular challenge or you may feel weighed down and generally low, feeling that life isn’t as hopeful or as happy as you thought it would be. Therapy can help you discover a way forward – we are all capable of finding new freedom and new possibilities, no matter what our past looked like or how we feel now.
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapeutic counsellor offering both short-term and long-term therapy. I am warm, supportive, & non-judgemental. With me you can explore your experiences in a safe, welcoming environment. I want you to relax and feel like you can say anything you need to without fear or shame.
You may be facing a particular challenge or you may feel weighed down and generally low, feeling that life isn’t as hopeful or as happy as you thought it would be. Therapy can help you discover a way forward – we are all capable of finding new freedom and new possibilities, no matter what our past looked like or how we feel now.
At times life can be distressing or leave us feeling less able to cope. Perhaps you feel at odds with yourself; unsure of how to move forward or aware that you don't want to continue feeling as you do now.
At times life can be distressing or leave us feeling less able to cope. Perhaps you feel at odds with yourself; unsure of how to move forward or aware that you don't want to continue feeling as you do now.
I’ve been a therapist for 23 years now . My special interest are mid life crisis , Depression , drugs alcohol dependence and Relationships of all sorts , from sublime to absolutely weird and wonderful . My subjects of interest are Narcissistic Pd. Anxiety disorders . Alcohol snd Drug addiction. Sex addiction Couple Counselling. Gas lighting snd abusive Relationship. Porn addiction.
I have been involved in the rich and creative dialogue between depth psychology and spirituality - to personal growth, emotional healing and creativity. Religion , existentialism , purpose and the meaning of life.
I’ve been a therapist for 23 years now . My special interest are mid life crisis , Depression , drugs alcohol dependence and Relationships of all sorts , from sublime to absolutely weird and wonderful . My subjects of interest are Narcissistic Pd. Anxiety disorders . Alcohol snd Drug addiction. Sex addiction Couple Counselling. Gas lighting snd abusive Relationship. Porn addiction.
I have been involved in the rich and creative dialogue between depth psychology and spirituality - to personal growth, emotional healing and creativity. Religion , existentialism , purpose and the meaning of life.
Are past experiences impacting on your day-to-day life or your relationships?
Are you feeling lost and looking for a space where you can unpack your thoughts and feelings to make sense of them?
I offer a collaborative space where we can explore the themes that bring you to therapy and support you in getting a deeper understanding of yourself and your needs. Many people seek therapy with the goal of “feeling better” – I am interested in what “better” looks like to you. What are the aspects of your life or yourself that you need to take a closer look at?
Are past experiences impacting on your day-to-day life or your relationships?
Are you feeling lost and looking for a space where you can unpack your thoughts and feelings to make sense of them?
I offer a collaborative space where we can explore the themes that bring you to therapy and support you in getting a deeper understanding of yourself and your needs. Many people seek therapy with the goal of “feeling better” – I am interested in what “better” looks like to you. What are the aspects of your life or yourself that you need to take a closer look at?
I’m Julia Fry (she/her), and I offer counselling and psychotherapy for adults online via Zoom. I work in a warm, open, and neurodivergent-affirming way — helping people process life experiences in ways that work for them.
I support ND clients in designing a life that works for them, not against them. I can include blended coaching and therapy, depending on your comfort and needs. I blend listening, reflecting, and offering — to support your exploration in a way that feels affirming, respectful, and safe.
I’m Julia Fry (she/her), and I offer counselling and psychotherapy for adults online via Zoom. I work in a warm, open, and neurodivergent-affirming way — helping people process life experiences in ways that work for them.
I support ND clients in designing a life that works for them, not against them. I can include blended coaching and therapy, depending on your comfort and needs. I blend listening, reflecting, and offering — to support your exploration in a way that feels affirming, respectful, and safe.
Life can feel tough - living with worry, sadness, self-doubt or relationship stress. I offer a supportive space to make sense of your experiences and their specific impact on you, and to find ways to relieve symptoms like anxiety and depression.
You may have reached a point where it is affecting your life and health, and just want things to change. It is difficult to do this alone. Together, we can look at your specific experience, patterns that you may have noticed, and work on ways to achieve the change you are looking for - perhaps feeling lighter with clarity about yourself and more able to manage problems and relationships.
Life can feel tough - living with worry, sadness, self-doubt or relationship stress. I offer a supportive space to make sense of your experiences and their specific impact on you, and to find ways to relieve symptoms like anxiety and depression.
You may have reached a point where it is affecting your life and health, and just want things to change. It is difficult to do this alone. Together, we can look at your specific experience, patterns that you may have noticed, and work on ways to achieve the change you are looking for - perhaps feeling lighter with clarity about yourself and more able to manage problems and relationships.
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Sleep or Insomnia Counsellors
How effective is treatment for insomnia?
The most effective treatments for insomnia are behavioral techniques that reduce anxiety, including anxiety about falling asleep, and allow the body’s natural cycles to be recalibrated. The most common treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), which researchers have found to be more useful than medication, with rates of success as high as 80 percent.
Are there specific medications for sleep problems?
There are many medications, both over-the-counter and prescription that treat sleep problems. Supplements such as melatonin are popular and may help, though there is little evidence that it is more effective than a placebo. Prescription medications such as zolpidem are sometimes prescribed.
Are there natural treatments for sleep problems?
There are many natural treatments for everyday sleep problems. Reducing blue-light emitting screens, setting a regular bedtime, regular exercise, reducing caffeine and nicotine consumption, and keeping the bedroom dark and cool at night are all lifestyle changes that can help those who struggle with sleep but may not reach the level of an insomnia diagnosis.
What’s the difference between having trouble falling asleep and insomnia?
Life events, stress, and anxiety can lead to sleepless nights for everyone from time to time. To be diagnosed with insomnia, a patient must experience trouble falling asleep, trouble remaining asleep, waking up too early, or non-restorative sleep at least three nights per week for at least one month. Sleep problems affect one-third to one-half of the population, while chronic insomnia affects about 10 to 15 percent of people.