Simon Tibury
I am an experienced psychodynamic psychotherapeutic counsellor (PGDip, MBACP) working in Brighton and Hove (and online). I offer both short-term and long-term therapy. I am BACP registered, fully insured, and adhere to the highest standards of ethics and conduct.
You may be facing a particular challenge, or you may feel weighed down and generally low, feeling that life isn’t as hopeful or as happy as you thought it would be. Therapy can help. Through my counselling and psychotherapy work, I have helped people meet their challenges with kindness and courage. Supportive therapy can help you discover a way forward – we are all capable of finding new freedom and discovering new possibilities, no matter what our past looked like or how we feel now. You can begin to feel more alive, more open, and more joyful with a therapist that holds you and hears you. You can find solutions to obstacles, clarity within yourself, you can learn courage, resilience, and self-acceptance.
I am neuro-divergent friendly, LGBTQI+ and trans affirming, I offer a safe space for all humans. I work with a wide range of issues: depression, low mood, anxiety, relationship difficulties, chronic health conditions, neurodivergence (autism, ADHD, dyslexia, OCD), sexuality and identity, and others (just ask). After experiencing first-hand the benefits of the ‘talking cure’ in my own therapeutic journey, I decided to train as a psychodynamic therapist. The process of exploring and understanding that therapy allowed helped me recover from a long-term health condition (ME/chronic fatigue). An essential part of the process was learning to value myself in ways that weren’t about achieving things out there ‘in the world’. A background in literature, film, and critical philosophy have been helpful in my training as a therapist. What are the stories we live by? How did they come about, who brought them into being, and who controls them? When we give ourselves the space to think about these things, we often discover that, as we are now, we are living a story that isn’t fully ours, that is partly hidden from us, and inside which we feel powerless. Psychodynamic therapy helps us look at the origins of these stories in our early relationships, and this can help us uncover a new understanding of who we are now, and with this knowledge we are able to change our story of ourselves: we re-story ourselves in ways that bring us more aliveness and freedom.
My history of chronic illness has given me understanding and compassion for anyone living with health challenges and other vulnerabilities. I worked extensively in the care sector before training, and have seen first-hand the difficulties of living with other conditions. Creative writing, music, and Buddhist practice also helped me rebuild, and keep me balanced today. When I’m not working or reading a book about therapy, you will find me indulging in my obsession with classic sci-fi movies, writing a song, or working on my long-gestating debut novel (yes, it’s sci-fi).
Online and/or telephone appointments are available.
