Uxbridge · online by video, with the Hove room for occasional sessions
Counselling and therapy for Uxbridge
If you live in Uxbridge and sense that something needs talking through, even before you can put it into words, you can start here. I'm a BACP-registered counsellor who works one to one. My room is in Hove, a long drive south, so from Uxbridge our sessions would usually happen over secure video, with a visit to Hove whenever you'd like one.
The practical facts for Uxbridge
- Where sessions happen
- A private room at Intergen House, 65-67 Western Road, Hove BN3 2JQ, or secure video.
- From Uxbridge by car
- About 86 minutes with clear roads (72.6 miles); longer at busy times.
- Free NHS talking therapy
- Hillingdon Talking Therapies, 01895 206 800
- Fees
- £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90, £120 for 120. The first 15-minute call is free.
- Registration
- BACP registered member, no. 109340 (check the register); UKCP student member in advanced psychotherapy training.
Where the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines run out
Uxbridge sits at the very end of two Underground lines, and off-peak eight Metropolitan trains an hour set off from here towards Aldgate, calling at every station.
The town is also where Hillingdon is run from, with the Civic Centre on the High Street, and it draws shoppers into The Chimes and The Pavilions from across the borough. Brunel University London has its campus here and employs about 2,500 people, and Uxbridge College on Park Road brings in younger students as well. Pield Heath Road is home to Hillingdon Hospital, so the town is full of people carrying responsibilities: lecturers and students, council officers, nurses, carers, commuters. A place that busy can make it easy to keep going on autopilot, and hard to notice that worry, grief or a short temper has been building for a while.
Bringing something you can't yet name
Not knowing what to call it is a perfectly good reason to get in touch. Some people arrive with something specific: a bereavement, exam pressure at Brunel or the college, a marriage that has gone quiet, or a shift pattern at the hospital that has worn them thin. Others simply feel flat, wound up or stuck, and want to understand why. In the opening weeks we tease the strands apart, looking at the pressures of now and anything older underneath them, such as money, caring for a relative, a demanding job at the borough's headquarters, or a loss from years back that has stirred again. From there we settle on a focus. If drinking or another habit has crept into the picture, that can be part of the conversation too, at whatever pace suits you. Should another service fit your situation more closely, I'll say so plainly and help you find it. I draw on several approaches rather than one, and a separate page explains them for anyone curious. I have spent over 25 years counselling and came through recovery myself, which means you can speak freely without tidying things up for me.
What an Uxbridge week can put on you
Working and studying at Brunel
With around 2,500 staff, Brunel is one of the area's largest employers, and deadlines, marking or student life on campus can leave little room to think about how you are.
Shifts at Hillingdon Hospital
Long or irregular hours on Pield Heath Road can blur the days together. Video sessions can be booked around a rota rather than squeezed into a lunch break.
Young people starting out
Uxbridge College opened a new employment hub in September 2026 to help young people into work, and that first step into a job can bring its own worries.
Looking after a relative at home
Carers Trust Hillingdon and the Mental Health Carers Project run by Mind in Hillingdon support carers locally, and counselling can give you an hour that is only about you.
Public health figures for the area
These are local authority figures from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. The figures describe a whole population over a period, not any one person.
Free and low-cost support for Uxbridge
Private counselling can sit alongside the free help in Hillingdon. Hillingdon Talking Therapies takes referrals straight from you when worry or a persistent low mood is what's troubling you most. Mind in Hillingdon runs The Free Counselling Service, and the Hillingdon Cove Café, delivered by CNWL with Hestia, offers somewhere to go and talk. Samaritans of Hillingdon also has a branch in Uxbridge.
- Free NHS talking therapyHillingdon Talking Therapies01895 206 800Free NHS talking therapy for anxiety, low mood and related difficulties. You can refer yourself, with no GP referral needed.
- If drinking or drug use is part of itARCH Hillingdon020 3838 7850Run by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL). Free and confidential.
- Local organisationHarlington Hospice & Michael Sobell House: Bereavement Counselling
- Local organisationFootprints bereavement group (St Margaret's Church, Uxbridge)
- Local organisationHillingdon Hospital Bereavement Office
For gambling, the National Gambling Helpline is free, day or night, on 0808 8020 133 (NHS gambling support).
If someone at home is hurting, threatening or controlling you, the National Domestic Abuse Helpline is free, day or night, on 0808 2000 247.
If you need urgent help now
If you need help right now, please don't wait for a session.
Locally, the CNWL Mental Health Single Point of Access crisis line (London boroughs including Hillingdon) is on 0800 0234 650.
If you drink heavily every day, or take drugs such as benzodiazepines or GHB daily, do not stop suddenly without medical advice. Withdrawal can cause seizures and can be dangerous. Your GP or the local drug and alcohol service can arrange medically assisted withdrawal. Call 999 or go to A&E if someone in withdrawal is shaking visibly, unusually restless or agitated, confused, seeing or hearing things that are not there, or has a fit. For milder symptoms, such as a slight tremor or sweating, contact your GP or NHS 111 the same day (NHS guidance). Counselling works alongside medical support, not instead of it.
What people in Uxbridge ask before starting
Is there a face-to-face counsellor I can see from Uxbridge?
There is, at the room in Hove, which is roughly 86 minutes' drive from Uxbridge, or a Tube, Thameslink and Southern trip by rail. Because of that distance, most weekly work from Uxbridge happens on secure video, and you can travel down for a session whenever being face to face feels important, perhaps at the start or occasionally along the way.
How soon could I begin counselling if I live in Uxbridge?
Start with the free consultation, which takes a quarter of an hour by phone or video. When you decide to carry on, I'll name the hours still open in my week, and the one you pick becomes yours, with no queue in between. Sessions by video can fit around a Brunel timetable, a hospital rota or a commute from the end of the Metropolitan line.
Is Hillingdon Talking Therapies a free alternative?
Yes. For anxiety or low mood, the borough's free NHS option is Hillingdon Talking Therapies, part of Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, with self-referral on 01895 206 800. There's no charge, although you may have to wait to be seen. Some people use it alongside private counselling, or come to me for longer or more open-ended work.
Who can I call in Hillingdon if I feel at breaking point tonight?
In Hillingdon, the CNWL crisis line is open 24/7 on 0800 0234 650, and Samaritans pick up on 116 123 day or night. Where a life is at risk right now, dial 999. Both numbers appear again where this page lists urgent help. Counselling is for the weeks after that call, when you're safe enough to talk things through.
How much do sessions cost, and is the first call free?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, the same in person in Hove or by video. The first 15-minute call is free, with no obligation to book. There is no NHS referral needed to see me privately.
A quarter of an hour to see if this fits
When you feel ready, a short conversation is the easiest way to see whether we are a good fit. There is no obligation.