Identity

Explore identity and resolve social issues with experienced, understanding therapists.

Career Counselling

Career counselling helps individuals make informed professional decisions and navigate career transitions with confidence.

Childless Not by Choice

Childlessness not by choice can bring deep emotional pain. Counselling provides a safe space for healing, acceptance, and finding meaning.

Discrimination

<h2>Understanding Discrimination and Its Emotional Impact</h2> <p>Discrimination can take many forms, including racial, gender, sexual orientation, or disability-based prejudice. Individuals who experience discrimination often face emotional distress, anxiety, depression, and feelings of isolation. The trauma of being treated unfairly can have a lasting impact on self-esteem, mental health, and personal relationships.</p> <h2>The Role of Therapy in Healing from Discrimination</h2> <p>Counselling provides a safe and supportive space for individuals to process the emotional wounds caused by discrimination. Therapy helps individuals explore their experiences, validate their feelings, and develop strategies to heal from the trauma of being treated unfairly. Therapy also provides tools for building resilience and self-worth in the face of prejudice.</p> <h2>Building Emotional Resilience and Confidence</h2> <p>Through therapy, individuals can learn to rebuild their self-confidence and sense of self-worth. Counselling helps individuals manage the emotional impact of discrimination, providing strategies to cope with ongoing prejudice and develop a more positive self-image.</p> <h2>Improving Relationships and Social Support</h2> <p>Discrimination often leads to social isolation or strained relationships. Therapy helps individuals build stronger social support networks, improving their relationships and fostering a sense of belonging in their communities.</p> <ul> <li>Processing the trauma of discrimination</li> <li>Building emotional resilience</li> <li>Improving self-confidence and relationships</li> <li>Developing coping strategies for prejudice</li> </ul>

Gender Dysphoria

Gender dysphoria involves discomfort with assigned gender. Counselling offers support in navigating identity and finding self-acceptance.

LGBTQ+ Counselling

LGBTQ+ individuals may face unique challenges related to identity, relationships, and societal pressures. Therapy provides support and affirmation in navigating these challenges.

Loneliness

Loneliness can affect emotional well-being and lead to feelings of isolation. Counselling helps individuals find meaningful connections and manage feelings of loneliness.

Race and Racial Identity

Race and racial identity shape personal experiences. Therapy provides space to explore and affirm racial identity in a supportive environment.

Racism

Racism can lead to deep emotional pain. Counselling helps individuals heal from the effects of discrimination and build resilience.

Therapists who can help

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Imogen Salt Brighton

Imogen Salt

Humanistic Psychotherapist

I offer one-to-one humanistic counselling, for adults and young people within the Brighton &amp; Hove area. I prioritise face-to-face therapy, but offer online where needed. I am experienced, thoughtful, intuitive and warm.

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Jaz Stroe Brighton

Jaz Stroe

Therapist / Counsellor

A Registered Member of the BACP, I've trained extensively in psychodynamic psychotherapy and counselling, working with the past, memories, dreams and the unconscious. I also volunteer with two leading mental health organisations and benefit from bi-weekly supervision to deepen my knowledge and approach.I’m also a third-culture person. I grew up in the UK with mixed Romanian and Serbian heritage. I know what it's like to perform versions of yourself while quietly feeling like someone else. Cultural identity, migration, belonging and othering are all woven into my psychology and therapeutic practice.I aim to maintain a genuinely inclusive space across culture, identity, sexual orientation, relationship structure, faith, and background. I don't work from a single script of what a person, a relationship, or a life should look like. I work within an ethic of non-harm, to self and to others, and I ask the same of the therapeutic space we share.Ultimately, I came into this work wanting to understand and aid my own mental wellbeing. I've had personal therapy for over a decade. I can only take you as far as I've gone myself, and I've gone deep. In other words, you're in safe hands, and you will be held week after week, for as long as you keep showing up.

BACPRegistered
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Redundancy

Job loss due to redundancy can cause stress and anxiety. Therapy supports individuals in coping with change and finding a new sense of direction.

Spirituality

Spirituality can be a powerful tool for personal growth. Therapy explores spiritual beliefs to foster emotional well-being and inner peace.

Therapists who can help with identity

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

Imogen Salt Brighton

Imogen Salt

Humanistic Psychotherapist

I offer one-to-one humanistic counselling, for adults and young people within the Brighton &amp; Hove area. I prioritise face-to-face therapy, but offer online where needed. I am experienced, thoughtful, intuitive and warm.

NCPSAccredited
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Jaz Stroe Brighton

Jaz Stroe

Therapist / Counsellor

A Registered Member of the BACP, I've trained extensively in psychodynamic psychotherapy and counselling, working with the past, memories, dreams and the unconscious. I also volunteer with two leading mental health organisations and benefit from bi-weekly supervision to deepen my knowledge and approach.I’m also a third-culture person. I grew up in the UK with mixed Romanian and Serbian heritage. I know what it's like to perform versions of yourself while quietly feeling like someone else. Cultural identity, migration, belonging and othering are all woven into my psychology and therapeutic practice.I aim to maintain a genuinely inclusive space across culture, identity, sexual orientation, relationship structure, faith, and background. I don't work from a single script of what a person, a relationship, or a life should look like. I work within an ethic of non-harm, to self and to others, and I ask the same of the therapeutic space we share.Ultimately, I came into this work wanting to understand and aid my own mental wellbeing. I've had personal therapy for over a decade. I can only take you as far as I've gone myself, and I've gone deep. In other words, you're in safe hands, and you will be held week after week, for as long as you keep showing up.

BACPRegistered
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Tessa Williams Brighton

Tessa Williams

Integrative Counsellor

I’m a warm, thoughtful and genuine therapist, working with individual adults in person in Brighton &amp; Hove and online.I see therapy as something we build together, with the relationship between us at the heart of the work. I aim to offer a space where you can feel accepted as you are, while also supporting you to consider different perspectives when that may be helpful.My way of working is flexible and shaped around you. We might explore emotions, relationships and recurring patterns, pay attention to how experiences are felt in your body, or use more creative ways of working where that feels useful.I offer an affirming and inclusive space, including for LGBTQ+, neurodivergent and disabled identities and experiences.

BACPRegistered
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