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
Fourth Day of Christmas
Four Calling Birds: the Joy of Singing and Sharing in Music In this series of items the Twelve Days of Christmas traditional song is used to find inspiration for some Christmas Musings. Christmas traditionally has been a time of music and some people love to sing...
Third Day of Christmas
Three French Hens: Exchanging Visits In this series of items the Twelve Days of Christmas traditional song is used to find inspiration for some Christmas Musings. Inspiring ideas about community and maintaining links with people who live far away. Christmas is a time...
Second Day of Christmas
Two Turtle Doves : Balancing Feasting and Friendship In this series of items the Twelve Days of Christmas traditional song is used to find inspiration for some Christmas Musings. Family Warmth For all of us when we think of the Christmas holiday we think of all the...
First Day of Christmas
A partridge in a pear tree: The quiet heart of the family In this series of items the Twelve Days of Christmas traditional song is used to find inspiration for some Christmas Musings. A partridge and a pear tree makes me think of something simple. Perhaps of two...
Chirstmas Tips
Got Christmas Wrapped up? Much as we would love it to be, Christmas isn't always all fun and games. We have a series of brief posts coming soon inspired by the Twelve Days of Christmas but in the mean time, take a look at these two helpful articles on the Young Minds...
Before and After
Living Before and After Life is full of Before and Afters; it really is a whole collection of transitions and how we manage these will in turn determine how we cope. We have all seen those before and after photographs to do with dieting, cosmetic surgery, injuries and...
When Does Adolescence Begin and End?
Adolescence: New Guidelines for UK Psychologists It has been reported recently that UK Psychologists are being given new guidelines relating to Adolescence. It contradicts our existing idea that the transition to adulthood occurs at the age of 18 and that now, this...
Balance Your Emotional Books
Age of Austerity We hear a lot about austerity these days and mostly, we know that it relates to the government cutting back on spending in a way that few of us have experienced before. The grand themes of cut-backs, fiscal policy, debt measured in billions and so on...
Brighton Therapy Service: News and Views
Welcome to Brighton Therapy Service! We launched Brighton Therapy Service in April 2012 and so far, we are pleased with the response we have had to the site and the services we offer. We are always keen to hear from our visitors whether it is to say hello, give us...
Managing emotional storms in your child Part 4
Rainy days in half term - working out what is wrong Oh no! After a fantastic sunny weekend it is raining again. You probably want to get on with some things at home. is your child whining or arguing with a sibling? Children always act out rather than work it out. ...