Anxiety and worry
When your mind will not settle and everything feels urgent.
Counselling and Therapy · Haywards Heath
Counselling and Therapy in Haywards Heath
Counselling and Therapy for Haywards Heath and the surrounding area, in person or online. Haywards Heath is a well-connected Mid Sussex town surrounded by countryside and commuter villages. 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 Haywards Heath
Counselling and Therapy for Haywards Heath, at a glance
- Known for
- Victoria Park, Muster Green and the Ardingly reservoir nearby
- Area
- Lewes & Mid Sussex, East/West Sussex
- Getting to the Hove room
- From Haywards Heath frequent direct trains reach Hove and Brighton in around twenty-five minutes, with the A23 close by for driving.
- Local NHS / support route
- NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies
- Format
- In person at my private Hove room, or by secure video UK-wide.
Life in Haywards Heath
What brings people in Haywards Heath to counselling?
A lot of people arrive in Haywards Heath from somewhere else, for the trains, the schools or the space. Moving is exhausting in a way that is easy to underestimate, and it can take a couple of years before anywhere feels like home. In the meantime you might be doing everything right and still feel oddly untethered, walking round Muster Green on a Sunday knowing almost nobody by name. Or you may have lived here for years, and something has gone flat that you cannot account for. There is no need to work out which it is before you talk to someone. Not being sure is a normal way to begin.
Areas covered
Neighbourhoods in and around Haywards Heath
Muster GreenThe BroadwaySouth RoadLindfieldBolnore VillageFranklynnBentswoodAshenground
Wherever you are in Haywards Heath, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.
The local picture
The local picture in Haywards Heath
These figures are local context from official sources, not a description of you, but they show the scale of what people in and around Haywards Heath are living with, and why local support matters.
24.5% 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 14.5% of patients aged 18+ in 2024/25, above the England average of 14.3%. Source: OHID Fingertips – Depression: QOF prevalence (2024/25).
the rate of emergency hospital admissions for self-harm was 127.2 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).
Local data last reviewed June 2026. Each figure shows the year and links to the official source it was read on.
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.
Because the work itself is the same wherever you live, the detail sits in one place rather than all of them: everything on counselling and therapy sets out the methods, how I work covers the practicalities, and my BACP registration covers accountability.
What happens in a session?
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 in Hove, around twenty-five minutes on a direct train or roughly forty minutes by road. Booking a single appointment to see what it is like is perfectly reasonable, and nothing beyond it is assumed. Where the journey is a barrier, whether because of work hours, health or the cost of the fare, sessions run online by secure video and work in the same way. Some people mix the two across a piece of work.
Book a free 15-minute callWhat I help with
What does counselling and therapy help with?
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 Haywards Heath
Why people in Haywards Heath come for counselling and therapy
Start here if you do not have a name for it. This is the general door, and it is designed for people who cannot summarise what is wrong. We take your actual week as the material and work out from there what is going on, which usually needs a few sessions rather than one. The attention stays on the present: what has stopped, what you dread, what you are carrying that nobody knows about. It is shorter, more focused work than psychotherapy, often around six to twelve weekly hours, reviewed as we go so that continuing is always a fresh decision. Many people find that enough. When something long-standing emerges instead, we can talk about deeper work, but that is a later conversation rather than the price of starting. Around 24.5% of adults in this county reported a high anxiety score in 2022/23, a shade over the England average of 23.8%. NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies is free, takes self-referrals and is worth knowing about either way.
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 Haywards Heath
My counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Haywards Heath, you can refer yourself directly to NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies 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.
Haywards Heath questions
Counselling and Therapy in Haywards Heath: common questions
Where do Haywards Heath sessions take place, and can I meet online instead?
In a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. From Haywards Heath frequent direct trains reach Hove and Brighton in around twenty-five minutes, with the A23 close by for driving. Every service is also available by secure video across the UK, so you can meet from any private space in Haywards Heath or blend the two.
I only moved here recently and have nobody to talk to. Is that a reason to book?
It is a good reason. Relocation costs more than people expect, and being new somewhere can be genuinely lonely without ever looking like a problem. Counselling gives you one hour a week with somebody whose full attention is on you, which is often the first thing to help.
What is the cost, and is the first conversation charged?
You are not charged for the first 15-minute consultation, and nothing has to follow it. From then on it is £80 for an hour, £100 for ninety minutes, and £120 for a two-hour session, paid as you go. Nothing is bought in advance and you can stop whenever you want.
Should I refer myself to NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies first?
It costs nothing and you do not need a GP appointment to do it, so it is usually worth putting yourself on that list regardless. The therapy is structured and time-limited. If the wait is long, beginning privately in the meantime is entirely normal and nobody minds you doing both.
Twenty-five minutes each way is a lot on a working day. Can I do this online?
Yes. Online by secure video is a full alternative, not a lesser version, and plenty of people never travel in at all. Others come to the Hove room fortnightly and join by video in between. We work out what fits your week rather than the other way round.
There is nothing actually wrong with my life. Why do I feel like this?
That question is often the reason people start, and it rarely has a quick answer. Feeling flat or anxious without a cause you can point to is common, and it usually makes more sense once the details are examined slowly. You do not need a reason to justify booking.
How do I get to your counselling room from Haywards Heath?
Frequent direct trains reach Hove in around twenty-five minutes on the main line, with a short walk to Western Road. By car the A23 takes roughly forty minutes. Given the distance, many Haywards Heath clients find online video sessions the more convenient choice.
How long is the train from Haywards Heath to your Hove counselling room?
Around twenty-five minutes on frequent direct services on the main line, after a free fifteen-minute call, with a short walk to Western Road at the Hove end. By car the A23 takes roughly forty minutes. Given the distance, many Haywards Heath clients find online sessions the convenient choice.
How much is counselling, and can I get it free on the NHS in Haywards Heath?
Fees are £80 for an hour, £100 for ninety minutes and £120 for two hours, with a free fifteen-minute consultation. Free NHS talking therapies are available via your GP or self-referral, though waits can be long, so many Haywards Heath clients prefer starting privately without a delay.
Is online counselling as good as coming in, and do you work evenings for Haywards Heath?
Yes. Given the distance, many Haywards Heath clients find online sessions by secure video the convenient, equally confidential choice around a busy commuting week, while others welcome the calm Hove room. Evening appointments are available, and you can blend both to fit work and family.
Counselling and Therapy in Haywards Heath, 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: Burgess Hill, Hassocks. 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 Haywards Heath.
Some further reading, if that helps before getting in touch: 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.