Health Conditions

Explore therapy for coping with chronic health conditions. Learn how counseling supports mental health while managing physical illness and stress.

Cancer

A cancer diagnosis can bring emotional distress. Counselling offers emotional support for individuals and families coping with the impact of cancer.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME

Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME affects physical health and emotional well-being. Therapy helps manage symptoms and improves coping strategies.

Chronic Illness

Living with chronic illness can be physically and emotionally challenging. Counselling supports emotional well-being and helps with coping.

Dementia

Dementia can be a challenging journey for both individuals and their families. Counselling offers support to navigate care and emotional difficulties.

Disabilities

<h2>Navigating the Emotional Challenges of Living with Disabilities</h2> <p>Living with a disability can bring both emotional and practical challenges. Whether the disability is physical, cognitive, or developmental, individuals often face barriers in daily life, from accessibility issues to social stigmas. These challenges can lead to feelings of frustration, isolation, and emotional distress.</p> <h2>How Counselling Supports Individuals with Disabilities</h2> <p>Therapy provides emotional support for individuals living with disabilities, helping them navigate the psychological and practical challenges they may face. Counselling offers a space to process emotions such as frustration, anger, or sadness and helps individuals develop coping strategies for overcoming obstacles and building resilience.</p> <h2>Building Self-Confidence and Independence</h2> <p>Through therapy, individuals can build self-confidence and independence by learning how to advocate for their needs, set personal goals, and develop a positive self-image. Counselling also helps individuals manage feelings of low self-esteem or inadequacy that may arise from societal expectations or limitations.</p> <h2>Supporting Families and Caregivers</h2> <p>Counselling also plays a role in supporting families and caregivers of individuals with disabilities. Therapy helps caregivers manage the emotional and practical challenges of caregiving, ensuring they have the tools and support they need to care for their loved ones while maintaining their own well-being.</p> <ul> <li>Processing emotional challenges</li> <li>Building self-confidence and independence</li> <li>Supporting families and caregivers</li> <li>Navigating accessibility and social challenges</li> </ul>

HIV

A diagnosis of HIV affects physical and emotional well-being. Counselling supports individuals in managing the impact of the condition.

Menopause

Menopause brings physical and emotional changes. Therapy provides support in navigating the transition and addressing the emotional challenges that come with it.

Older People's Counselling

Older people face unique emotional challenges. Counselling provides support for life transitions, grief, and maintaining well-being in later life.

Therapists who can help with health conditions

All therapists listed are verified and based in Brighton & Hove.

Alan Sparkes Hove

Alan Sparkes

Psychotherapist & Counsellor

I am a qualified UKCP registered Psychotherapist. I aim to help people heal and integrate. I’m a parent, a skateboarder, a basketball player and I’ve done a lot of therapy.I don't do psychic amputation. I believe you can't cut off a part of yourself you don’t like or that causes you pain - and that you will run into more problems if you try. I do believe you can reach into your heart and soul through therapy and establish a healing relationship that will give you the resources you need to live well and fully.  

BACPRegisteredUKCPAccredited
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Cerrie Lantrua Brighton

Cerrie Lantrua

Counsellor

Clients often tell me how much they value having a space where they feel understood, where they don’t have to explain their neurodivergence or justify their experiences.I am neurodivergent myself, and I’m open about that. It’s not something I see as a limitation, but as something that shapes how I understand, relate, and connect. Alongside my training and experience, this gives me a way of seeing things that often helps clients feel recognised in ways they may not have experienced before.I’m naturally creative and tend to think outside the box, which allows me to consider different perspectives and gently step into what it might be like to be you, not from a place of judgement, but from a genuine willingness to understand.At the same time, I don’t assume your experience is the same as anyone else’s. No two people are the same. A big part of what I offer is taking the time to learn what you need, how you experience things, and what support feels right for you.You are the expert on yourself. My role isn’t to tell you what to do or who to be, but to walk alongside you as you begin to understand yourself more fully.I aim to create a space where you feel safe enough to be real. Where you don’t have to mask, filter, or find the “right” way to say things. A space where you can feel seen, heard, and genuinely understood. 

BACPRegistered
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Claire Baker Brighton

Claire Baker

Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counsellor

At Clarity Counselling you will be warmly welcomed by me, Claire Baker, a fully qualified, insured and BACP-registered Psychotherapeutic Counsellor. If you are aged 18+ and are interested in starting therapy, I offer a half price, 50-minute introductory session which gives us an opportunity to meet, discuss what brings you to counselling and see how we feel about working together, with no obligation for you to commit to further sessions if you do not wish. Please visit: www.claritycounselling.co.uk for more details.

BACPAccredited
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Ayesha Daly Brighton

Ayesha Daly

Humanistic Integrative Counsellor

​I am an experienced Humanistic counsellor practising in Lewes and Brighton, East Sussex and believe everyone has the capacity to heal and move forward. I understand how difficult starting counselling can be and will hope to answer any queries you have. For me therapy has been incredibly important, healing and rewarding. As a counsellor I hope to offer you what I have gained.

BACPAccredited
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