Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Counselling and Therapy · Hangleton
Counselling and Therapy in Hangleton
Counselling and Therapy for Hangleton and the surrounding area, in person or online. Hangleton is a settled residential neighbourhood in the north of Hove, close to the open South Downs. From my room in nearby Hove I offer a calm, confidential space to do this work.
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you
In and around Hangleton
Counselling and Therapy for Hangleton, at a glance
- Known for
- Hangleton Park, St Helen's Church and the nearby Downs
- Area
- Brighton & Hove, East/West Sussex
- Getting to the Hove room
- From Hangleton it is a straightforward ten to fifteen minute drive or bus down into central Hove and Western Road.
- Local NHS / support route
- the Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service
- Format
- In person at my private Hove room, or by secure video UK-wide.
Life in Hangleton
What is going on for people in Hangleton?
Hangleton sits up above the town, quiet and residential, with the hills at the top of the road and the sea somewhere below. If you are at home a lot, whether through work, health, caring or a job that has not come back, days here can pass without much happening in them. That is not the same as being at peace, though it can look identical from outside. Perhaps you have started dreading the afternoons, or you cannot say what is wrong beyond a sense that this is not how it should feel. You do not need a better description than that to begin.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Hangleton
Hangleton RoadHangleton WayWest WayBenfield ValleyGrinstead LaneSackville Road endHangleton Park
Wherever you are in Hangleton, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Hangleton
Official figures for Hangleton, for context rather than as a description of you.
26.7% of adults reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, above the England average of 23.8%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Self-reported wellbeing: high anxiety score (2022/23).
recorded depression on GP registers stood at 14.1% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, below the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 161.8 per 100,000 in 2023/24, above the England average of 117 per 100,000. Source: OHID Fingertips – Emergency Hospital Admissions for Intentional Self-Harm (2023/24).
Reviewed June 2026.
What is counselling and therapy, in practice?
Counselling and therapy here is one steady starting point for whatever you are carrying, anxiety, low mood, addiction, relationships or the past, integrative and led by you, so we begin with what matters most and shape the work around you.
What actually happens in the room is the same everywhere, so it is written up once: see the counselling and therapy page for the methods, session lengths and fees for fees and session lengths, and how to check my registration if you want to check who you would be working with.
What does a session actually involve?
Sessions take place in a private, comfortable room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove, held to the strict BACP confidentiality you would expect. We begin with a free fifteen-minute call to check we are a good fit, and the same sessions are available by secure video if travelling is difficult or you would simply prefer it.
The room is a ten to fifteen minute bus ride or drive down from the top of Hangleton into central Hove, which for many people is the shortest journey to therapy they will ever make. Booking one appointment to see how it feels is completely acceptable. If getting out is difficult at the moment, and for some people that is precisely the problem, we can start online by secure video and move to meeting in person whenever you feel ready.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
Which difficulties does counselling and therapy address?
Low mood and depression
For the flatness, exhaustion and loss of interest that drain the colour from things.
Addiction and habits
Alcohol, drugs, gambling or behaviours that have stopped feeling like a choice.
Relationships
Conflict, distance and trust, as a couple or on your own.
Trauma and the past
When something you have been through still shapes your present.
Life feeling stuck
For the big transitions, losses and crossroads that leave you unsure which way to turn.
Counselling and Therapy in Hangleton
Why people in Hangleton come for counselling and therapy
This is the service to choose when you cannot yet name the problem, and it is intended to be the easiest door to walk through. You do not need a diagnosis, a crisis or a coherent story. We start with the ordinary detail of your week, and the shape of the difficulty tends to show itself within two or three sessions. The work stays largely in the present: what has stopped, what you avoid, what helps and has been squeezed out. It is shorter and more focused than psychotherapy, often somewhere around six to twelve weekly hours, and we take stock together as we go instead of committing to an open run. That is enough for many people. For others it uncovers something long-standing, and longer work becomes an option worth considering later. High anxiety scores were reported by 26.7% of adults locally in 2022/23, compared with 23.8% across England. The Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service is the free NHS route and takes self-referrals directly.
A free, unhurried first step
Not sure if it is right for you? A free fifteen-minute call is a no-obligation way to talk it through.
Book a free 15-minute callFinding support in Hangleton
My counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Hangleton, you can refer yourself directly to the Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service for free NHS talking therapy, with no GP referral needed.
Seeing me privately usually means you can start sooner and stay with the same counsellor throughout, working at greater depth and pace; the two can run side by side, and I am glad to work alongside any NHS or GP support you already have.
Other local and national support verified for this area includes:
If you need urgent help now
This is not a crisis service. If anyone 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.
Hangleton questions
Counselling and Therapy in Hangleton: common questions
Where do Hangleton sessions take place, and can I meet online instead?
In a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. From Hangleton it is a straightforward ten to fifteen minute drive or bus down into central Hove and Western Road. Every service is also available by secure video across the UK, so you can meet from any private space in Hangleton or blend the two.
What if I get there and cannot think of anything to say?
That happens and it is not a problem. I ask questions, and silence is allowed to sit for a moment rather than being filled in a hurry. Most people find that once they start describing a normal week, the thing that has been bothering them arrives without being chased.
What does it cost to try one session?
One hour is £80, and before that there is a free 15-minute consultation with nothing to pay and nothing to commit to. Longer appointments are available at £100 for ninety minutes and £120 for two hours. Payment is per session, so stopping after one costs you nothing further.
Would the Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service be a better first step?
It might be, and it is free. You can refer yourself without a GP appointment, and the therapy offered is structured and time-limited. The main drawback is waiting. Some people start here while their referral works its way through, then decide which they want to continue with.
Can I have my sessions at home over video instead of coming down the hill?
Yes, and for people who find leaving the house hard that is often the sensible way to start. Secure video sessions run exactly like the in-person hour. Plenty of people move to the Hove room after a few weeks once the whole thing feels less unfamiliar.
I am at home most of the day and the days blur. Is that something counselling deals with?
It is, and it comes up often in quieter residential areas. Long unstructured days can flatten everything out until nothing feels like anything. We look at what has fallen away, what small piece of it is genuinely recoverable, and what the flatness is protecting you from noticing.
Is it a short trip from Hangleton to your counselling room?
Yes. It is only a ten to fifteen minute run down into central Hove, with buses from Hangleton Road and West Way and on-street parking near the room on Western Road. On a difficult day, when travelling in feels like too much, online video sessions are always there.
How do I reach your Hove counselling room from Hangleton?
Book a free fifteen-minute call, then head down into central Hove. Buses from Hangleton Road and West Way drop you near Western Road, and driving takes roughly ten to fifteen minutes, with on-street parking nearby. When a trip down the hill is awkward, the same counselling runs online.
How much is counselling, and can I get free NHS talking therapy in Hangleton?
Fees are £80 for an hour, £100 for ninety minutes and £120 for two hours, with a free fifteen-minute consultation. The NHS offers free talking therapies via your GP or self-referral, though waits can be long, so many Hangleton clients prefer to begin privately without a delay.
Is online counselling as good as coming in, and do you work evenings for Hangleton?
Yes. Online sessions by secure video are just as confidential and effective, and many Hangleton clients value them when weather or a busy day makes coming down inconvenient. Others prefer the calm of the Hove room. Evening appointments are available, and you can blend both as suits your week.
Counselling and Therapy in Hangleton, whenever you are ready
A free fifteen-minute call is the simplest place to start, no obligation, just a chance to see if we are the right fit.
Also available nearby: Hove, Portslade, Patcham. See all areas I cover.
If counselling and therapy is not quite what you are looking for, anxiety counselling, depression counselling and psychotherapy may fit better in Hangleton.
If you would like to read more first, I have written about how change actually sticks and where to start when you cannot name it.
Prefer to meet remotely? The same counselling and therapy is available online by secure video across the UK, or see online counselling by region.