Domestic Abuse Therapists in Brighton & Hove

Understanding Domestic Abuse

Domestic abuse can take many forms, including physical, emotional, sexual, and financial abuse. It often involves patterns of controlling, manipulative, or violent behavior by one partner over another, leading to long-term emotional and psychological damage. Individuals affected by domestic abuse may feel trapped, isolated, and powerless.

How Counselling Helps with Domestic Abuse

Therapy offers a safe space for individuals to process their experiences of abuse and begin the journey to healing. Counselling helps individuals rebuild their sense of self-worth, regain confidence, and develop strategies to break free from abusive relationships. It also provides support in recognizing the signs of abuse and understanding that abuse is never the victim’s fault.

Rebuilding Emotional Strength

Through therapy, individuals work on rebuilding emotional strength and resilience. Counselling offers tools for managing the fear, shame, and guilt that often accompany abuse, while helping individuals regain control over their lives.

Finding Safety and Support

Counselling also helps individuals develop a plan for safety, whether they are still in an abusive relationship or have left. Therapy provides support in creating a network of trusted people and accessing resources to ensure their safety and well-being.

Processing emotional trauma
Rebuilding self-worth and confidence
Creating safety plans
Developing emotional resilience

Domestic Abuse specialists based in Brighton & Hove

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

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.

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Brighton, Hove

Paul Chantry

Integrative Counsellor MBACP

We often think that we can manage on our own, but there comes a point when we need to reach out and seek support. Perhaps you are feeling anxious or depressed? Maybe you are finding life overwhelming or have a sense of sadness, hopelessness and despair? Or maybe you are feeling angry and frustrated? If you are experiencing any of these emotions then counselling can really help you to make sense of things, better understand yourself, and overcome the issues which are causing you distress. I am a qualified counsellor and member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and I have experience of helping people who suffer with anxiety, depression, panic attacks, low self-esteem, childhood trauma, self-harm, relationship and family conflict. If you’ve never had counselling before then finding the right therapist can be confusing and intimidating, so it’s important that you take time to find the right therapist for you. Please don't hesitate to contact me for a free initial telephone consultation so that I can find out a bit more about what's troubling you and we can explore how I can help.