Separation and Divorce Therapists in Brighton & Hove

Understanding Separation and Divorce

Separation and divorce can be one of life’s most challenging transitions, often accompanied by a range of intense emotions such as grief, anger, guilt, and fear about the future. Individuals may feel a loss of identity, uncertainty about their family dynamics, or face difficulties adjusting to the new reality of life after the end of a marriage or long-term relationship.

How Counselling Supports Those Going Through Divorce

Therapy offers emotional support for individuals navigating the complexities of separation and divorce. Counselling provides a safe space to process feelings, develop coping strategies, and address any lingering emotional wounds. Therapy also helps individuals rebuild their self-esteem and develop a positive outlook on their future post-divorce.

Managing Co-Parenting and Family Dynamics

For couples with children, divorce introduces new challenges such as co-parenting. Therapy provides guidance on how to communicate effectively, prioritize the well-being of children, and create a healthy co-parenting arrangement that minimizes conflict and promotes stability for the entire family.

Rebuilding Life After Divorce

Counselling supports individuals in rediscovering their sense of self, setting new goals, and rebuilding their lives after a divorce. Therapy helps individuals navigate this new chapter with confidence and emotional resilience.

  • Processing grief and anger
  • Developing healthy coping strategies
  • Managing co-parenting and family dynamics
  • Rebuilding self-esteem and confidence

Separation and Divorce specialists based in Brighton & Hove

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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.  

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Andy Wolage Brighton

Andy Wolage

Therapeutic Counsellor

Sometimes life is really hard. Everything feels like too much. We can get overwhelmed with guilt for not coping, shame for having failed in the past and sometimes we can end up not really liking ourselves very much. We might self medicate with substances or other behaviours which we know don't really help, but they seem better than nothing. But they just perpetuate the cycle. I can offer you a safe, non-judgemental and confidential space to organise and reframe those overwhelming feelings and see the wood for the trees. I can help you understand yourself better and to begin to look in the mirror and like what you see. 

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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.

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