Our Practitioners
Find out more about our practitioners at Brighton and Hove Psychotherapy and the types of therapy services we offer. For more information on each of our practitioners, watch our video and then click through to their full bio pages.
Mark Vahrmeyer, UKCP Registered
BHP Co-founder.
Mark is an integrative psychotherapist with a wide range of clinical experience from both the public and private sectors. He currently sees both individuals and couples, primarily for ongoing psychotherapy.
Mark is available at our:
Brighton & Hove PracticeLewes PracticeOnline
Sam Jahara, UKCP Registered, CTA, PTSTA
BHP Co-founder
Sam is a transactional analysis psychotherapist with experience of working with individuals and couples in short and long-term therapy.
Sam is available at our:
Brighton & Hove PracticeLewes PracticeOnline
Gerry Gilmartin, BACP Accredited / Registered
Gerry is an accredited, registered and experienced psychotherapeutic counsellor. She currently works with individuals (young people/adults) and couples in private practice.
Gerry is available at our:
Brighton & Hove PracticeOnline
Dr Simon Cassar, UKCP Registered
Simon is an experienced integrative existential psychotherapist providing long and short-term psychotherapy to both individuals and couples.
Simon is available at our:
Brighton & Hove PracticeLewes PracticeOnline
Claire Barnes, UKCP Registered
Claire is an experienced psychotherapist and group analyst. She offers psychodynamic counselling and analytic psychotherapy, working long and short-term with individuals and groups.
Claire is available at our:
Brighton & Hove PracticeOnline
Laura is a Senior Chartered Clinical Psychologist working with the NHS to support children and young people (0-18 yrs) with a broad range of emotional and behavioural difficulties across a number of highly specialist child and adolescent mental health services.
Laura is available at our:
Lewes PracticeOnline
Angela is an Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counsellor working with individuals and couples.
Angela is available at our:
Brighton & Hove PracticeOnline
Magdalena Whitehouse, HCPC Registered
Magdalena is a Drama Therapist registered and accredited with the British Association of Drama Therapists (BADth) and HCPC. She works with individuals and couples.
Magdalena is available at our:
Brighton & Hove PracticeOnline
Thea is a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and Group Analyst working with individuals, couples, families and groups. She offers consultation and supervision to groups and organisations.
Thea is available at our:
Brighton & Hove PracticeOnline
Paul is Psychodynamic Psychotherapist trained to work with adolescents from 16-25 and adults across a wide range of specialisms including depression, anxiety, family issues, self awareness and relationship difficulties.
Paul is available at our:
Brighton & Hove PracticeOnline
Susanna Petitpierre, BACP Registered
Susanna is an experienced psychotherapeutic counsellor, providing long- and short-term counselling. Her approach is primarily grounded in existential therapy and she works with individuals.
Susanna is available at our:
Brighton & Hove PracticeLewes PracticeOnline
Dr Emma Stevens, HCPC Registered
Emma is an experienced Clinical Psychologist. She has an integrative approach drawing on Cognitive Behavioural, Systemic and Psychodynamic models, as well as Attachment Theory. Emma sees individuals primarily for short-term work.
Emma is available at our:
Lewes PracticeOnline
Sharon Spindler, UKCP Registered
Sharon is an experienced NHS and private UKCP Systemic and Family Psychotherapist offering psychotherapy session to individuals, couples and families. She is also UKCP registered to work with children and young people.
Sharon is available at our:
Brighton & Hove PracticeLewes PracticeOnline
Michael Reeves, UKCP Registered
Michael is a Psychotherapist working with children and young people aged 4-18 and/or their parents/carers. He has 20 years’ experience of working with children and over 12 years as a qualified psychotherapist. He is available as a clinical supervisor for training or practising therapists and counsellors, whose work is primarily focused on children/ families/ parents.
Michael is available at our:
Lewes PracticeOnline
Kevin J. Collins, UKCP Registered
Kevin is a UKCP registered Psychotherapeutic Counsellor with an academic background in the field of literature and linguistics. He worked for many years in education – in schools and university.
Kevin is available at our:
Lewes PracticeOnline
Rebecca Mead, Registered with BABCP and accredited with IPT UK.
Rebecca is an experienced Psychotherapist offering Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) to individuals adults.
Rebecca is available at our:
Brighton & Hove PracticeOnline
Dr John Burns, BPS, HCPC and BABCP accredited
John is an experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist registered with the British Psychological Society, Health and Care Professions Council, and the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.
John is available at our:
Brighton & Hove PracticeOnline
