Welcome to Brighton Therapy Service
We offer friendly, professional therapy in Brighton and Hove and online.
We provide support for adults, young people, children, and families, as well as professional supervision. With many years of experience between us, we pride ourselves on an inclusive, sensitive, and warm approach.
Therapy is flexible and tailored to your individual needs—whether short-term or long-term—with expertise across a wide range of issues.
If you would like to arrange a time for an initial chat, please contact either Rose or Michele.
You can also learn more about each of us and our individual approaches on our separate pages.
MEET OUR THERAPISTS
Michele Karban
Michelle has over thirty years of experience in the caring profession and has been working as a psychotherapist for more than twenty years. Before training as a psychotherapist, I worked as a residential social worker in a children’s home for adolescent girls.
Rose Maxwell
Rose is a very experienced therapist and has a private practice at Fiveways Brighton. Rose has experience with a wide range of problems and children’s worries, from shyness or low confidence, academic or friendship troubles, difficulties in family relationships, divorce and bereavement, to eating disorders and medical problems.
Our Blog
Serious Play
The seriousness of childishness We often think of play as a childish activity which makes us think of spontaneity and impulsivity, or activity that is unstructured and free but I want to suggest that it's nothing trivial and consider just how serious play can be. Our...
Brighton and Hove Success Measures
GCSE figures provide Brighton and Hove Success Measure So Brighton and Hove is in the news this month for the success of its children as official figures are released in relation to their hard work in their GCSEs which they celebrated in August 2013. This is not so...
Twelth Day of Christmas
Twelve Drummers Drumming: About Bringing People Together In this series of items the Twelve Days of Christmas traditional song is used to find inspiration for some Christmas Musings. Another List! There's a huge list of things that we hope for at Christmas. Yes,...
Eleventh Day of Christmas
Eleven Pipers Piping: Melody Bringing Harmony. In this series of items the Twelve Days of Christmas traditional song is used to find inspiration for some Christmas Musings. Keeping in Tune The gift of eleven pipers piping might not be everyone’s idea of a fun present...
Tenth Day of Christmas
Ten Lords a Leaping: Preparing for the Future. The Ten Leaping Lords bringing thoughts about leaving the past behind and moving forward. In this series of items the Twelve Days of Christmas traditional song is used to find inspiration for some Christmas Musings....
Ninth Day of Christmas
Nine Ladies Dancing: The Inner Spirit of Christmas In this series of items the Twelve Days of Christmas traditional song is used to find inspiration for some Christmas Musings. Strong Ties Christmas is much about parties, letting go and having fun. As with music,...
Eighth Day of Christmas
Eight Maids a Milking: a Gift of Peace through Cooperation Eight maids a milking: the gift of peace through co-operation in preparing for the feast. In this series of items the Twelve Days of Christmas traditional song is used to find inspiration for some Christmas...
Seventh Day of Christmas
Seven Swans a Swimming: About Keeping Active, Encouraging Exercise and Avoiding too Much Television. In this series of items the Twelve Days of Christmas traditional song is used to find inspiration for some Christmas Musings. Christmas may be a day or two off work...
Sixth Day of Christmas
Six Geese a Laying: Fresh Starts and Winding Down In this series of items the Twelve Days of Christmas traditional song is used to find inspiration for some Christmas Musings. A bird laying eggs makes me think of two things; Breakfast and Chicks but here I want to...
Fifth Day of Christmas
Five Rold Rings: About Spending too Much. In this series of items the Twelve Days of Christmas traditional song is used to find inspiration for some Christmas Musings. Who Needs Five Gold Rings? So who actually needs Five Gold Rings? Wouldn't one do? There's not doubt...