Panic attacks
Support for racing thoughts, panic episodes and chest tightness.
Anxiety Counselling · Preston Park
Anxiety Counselling for Preston Park and the surrounding area, in person or online. If you worry incessantly and struggle to quiet anxious thoughts, anxiety counselling can help you feel steadier and more in control. This is not about fixing what is wrong with you, but reconnecting with the person you already are beneath the fear.
Preston Park, named after the city's largest park, is a leafy and well-connected district north of central Brighton. Wherever in Preston Park you're coming from, whether Preston Park, the Rotunda Cafe and Preston Manor are on your doorstep or a little further out, you're welcome here.
I work from a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in Hove. Preston Park is around ten minutes from the office by car or a short train ride to Hove, with Preston Park Station close by. Prefer not to travel? The same sessions are available online by secure video.
I see clients for anxiety counselling in neighbouring areas too, including Brighton, Patcham, Hove.
So whether you are searching for anxiety counselling near you in Preston Park, or weighing up in-person against online sessions, you are in the right place.
What I help with
Support for racing thoughts, panic episodes and chest tightness.
Help with confidence, self-consciousness and fear of judgement.
Support for overthinking, catastrophising and decision paralysis.
Working with the need for control and approval.
Calming a nervous system stuck on high alert.
Tools for when anxiety starts to take hold.
What to expect
The room is in central Hove, close to Preston Park with good bus and rail links and parking nearby.
We start with a free fifteen-minute consultation, no obligation, so you can see if I'm the right fit before anything begins.
I draw on whatever genuinely helps you, from Human Givens and IFS to solution-focused and relational work.
As a BACP-registered counsellor, everything you share is held to a strict professional and ethical framework.
What actually happens in our sessions is collaborative and unhurried. I take a solution-focused, practical approach that works on the problems actually affecting your day-to-day life. We cover simple, deliberate exercises that help calm your nervous system and respond differently when anxiety shows up.
Reaching out from Preston Park takes something, and I don't take that lightly. I try to make the first step as easy and unpressured as it can possibly be.
You can read more about anxiety counselling and about my methods, sessions and fees. There is no obligation: we begin with a free fifteen minute call to see whether we are the right fit.
Start the conversationMy counselling sits alongside the help available locally, and it can be worth knowing what else is there. For free NHS talking therapy in Preston Park, you can refer yourself directly to the Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service, with no GP referral needed. You can also find your nearest service through the NHS Talking Therapies finder.
Seeing me privately usually means you can start sooner, stay with the same counsellor throughout, and work at greater depth and pace; the two can run side by side, and I'm glad to work alongside any NHS or GP support you already have. If you are waiting for NHS therapy, beginning privately can be a way to make a start now rather than putting things off, and we can always work in whatever way fits best alongside what is already in place.
This practice is not a crisis service. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999.
For urgent mental health support, call NHS 111 and choose the mental health option. The Samaritans are free, day or night, on 116 123, or text SHOUT to 85258.
Preston Park questions
Yes. My counselling room is in nearby Hove, an easy trip from Preston Park, and I also work online by secure video if that's simpler. Either way you get the same support.
I work from Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. Preston Park is around ten minutes from the office by car or a short train ride to Hove, with Preston Park Station close by. There's parking nearby and the buses and trains are close.
For most people, yes. Online sessions are just as effective and just as confidential, and some clients in Preston Park prefer the comfort of working from home. You can also blend the two.
Standard sessions are £80, with 90-minute and two-hour options, and we always begin with a free fifteen-minute call. See how I work for the detail, or just get in touch from Preston Park.
When you're ready, book a free fifteen-minute call. It costs nothing and is the simplest way to find out if I'm the right counsellor for you.
Not local to Preston Park? I also offer online counselling UK-wide, and you can see every area I cover or read more about anxiety counselling.