Therapists and Counsellors Directory
Clara Fantoni
- Location: Brighton and Hove
- Offers online appointments: Yes
- Gender: Non-Binary/Fluid
- Ethnicity: White British/Italian
- Sexuality: Queer
- Registration number: HCPC n/a - trainee
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- False Sixteen to Eighteen
- True Over Eighteen
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Practice description
Hello! I’m Clara (they/them). I’m an Integrative Psychotherapist offering Psychotherapy, Counselling and Art Psychotherapy to adults, young adults and groups.
I have experience across a diverse range of mental health settings such as the NHS in acute services working with Psychosis, complex needs and Personality Disorders. I have further experience as a therapist at Macmillan and at Spectra with TNBI youth. I work in private practice as a psychotherapist and at the NHS Sussex Gender Service as a Reflective Practice Facilitator. I am in the final year of my Integrative Arts Therapy Master’s.
The integrative therapeutic frameworks I draw upon are made up of Gestalt, Queer & Feminist Theory, Psychodynamic, Person-Centered, GSRD, Relational, Trauma Informed, Compassion Focus and the Six Therapeutic Relationships.
My Values My practice is inclusive of all people. I am Neurodiverse affirmative. I work with Gender Sex Relationship Diversity frameworks and Queer Theory. I am Trans, Intersex, Non-binary and Gender Diverse affirmative. I hold Intersectional Feminist and anti-oppressive values. I work in a Trauma Informed and non-pathologizing way. I celebrate diversity in all variations.
What issues do I work with?
-Abuse
-Bereavement
-Trauma
-Living with cancer as well as relatives of those with cancer
-Long-term chronic illness
-PTSD and C-PTSD
-Issues around education, learning challenges and pressures
-Climate anxiety
-Childhood Trauma/ Attachment Issues
-Gender dysphoria and Gender Identity explorations
-LGBTQIA+ areas
-Depression and low mood
-Anxiety
-Parent/child attachments
-Low self-esteem
-Relationship issues, sexuality, intimacy
-OCD, ritualistic behaviors
-Shame
-Neurodiversity
-Minority Stress
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS:
I am fully insured, working towards H-CPC accreditation and a trainee member of BAAT, the British Association Of Art Therapists, registration number 68713 . I am a registered trainee member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy, Registration Number: 2011195426.
I am a member of the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) Registration number ZB967558 and adhere to GDPR.
Therapy qualifications
MA Integrative Arts Psychotherapy
Other therapy skills
I am an Integrative Psychotherapist and trainee Art Therapist - using movement, visual art, clay, writing, sandtray techniques
General skills
Trauma, abuse, grief, attachment, relational issues, cancer, anxiety, psychosis, LGBTQ work at Spectra