Depression Counselling in Lancing

In a private room at Intergen House on Western Road in central Hove. From Lancing it is a twenty to twenty-five minute drive east along the A259, or a short train journey, to reach Hove. Every service is also available by secure video across the UK, so you can meet from any private space in Lancing or blend the two.

The free 15-minute call is usually within a few days of you getting in touch, and sessions themselves normally begin inside a fortnight. There is no referral, no assessment and no waiting list. If travelling feels like too much right now, we simply start online.

Weekly hours at £80 are the usual pattern for this work, with £100 for ninety minutes and £120 for two hours if a longer session suits you better. Nothing is charged for the first 15-minute conversation, whatever you decide to do afterwards.

NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies covers this area, is free and accepts self-referrals. Recorded depression on county GP registers reached 14.5% of patients aged 18 and over in 2024/25, which gives some sense of the demand. Working privately while you wait is common.

Light genuinely affects mood and a dark coastal winter makes things harder. It is rarely the whole explanation though, and putting it all down to the season can leave sleep, isolation and everything else unexamined. We would look at the seasonal pattern alongside the rest.

That gap is one of the most common features of depression and one of the most workable. We look at small, low-stakes ways back rather than a grand reappearance, and at the thinking that says too much time has passed. Most people find the awkwardness is largely their own.

Yes. Many Lancing clients choose secure video sessions rather than the drive or train, and the work is just as effective from home. When you would rather come in, my Hove room is around twenty to twenty-five minutes east. We can blend the two too.

When motivation is low, I keep booking simple: a free fifteen-minute call, then a first session. Lancing Station runs trains east through Shoreham to Hove, or the A259 takes twenty to twenty-five minutes. If leaving home feels hard, we can begin online instead.

Sessions are £80 for sixty minutes, £100 for ninety and £120 for two hours, after a free consultation. Free NHS Talking Therapies for West Sussex accepts self-referrals without a GP, though waits can drain momentum; private sessions mean help with low mood starts straight away.

Either works for depression. On flat days, video from home spares the journey; other weeks, the trip east into Hove offers a helpful change of scene. We can alternate, and evening and weekend appointments suit when energy is unpredictable.